If the monitoring data is collected on an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform, a machine history can be built up over time. Comprehensive platforms such as the FIELD system from Fanuc are ideal for this purpose. Or locally based solutions such as the i.Cee:local from igus. This allows to advance the supervised learning on the machine even […]
The Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon offers the following definition: smart maintenance describes the development of maintenance in the age of digitisation and Industry 4.0. In this context, smart maintenance deals with the strategic, tactical and operational management of industrial production facilities (i. e. equipment, buildings and technical infrastructure). The goal of smart maintenance is to maximise the technical and economic effectiveness […]
Of course, the first applications of energy harvesting to become known to a wider audience are in the consumer goods sector. Here, for example, there are already self-charging backpacks or wristwatches. But energy harvesting is not only playing an increasingly important role there. In the latest version of the igus P4HD rol e-chain, service life has again […]
Where there is movement and friction, there is also energy. Harnessing this energy is the basic principle of “energy harvesting”. Energy harvesting eliminates the need for cables to supply power or recharge batteries in mobile devices. Vibrations in devices, machines, or buildings, or temperature differences between tubes, cables, radiators, or valves and the environment can […]
To drive itself, the generation power by means of energy harvesting in the new P4HD rol e-chain® from igus is not yet sufficient. But the smart monitoring sensors for predictive maintenance can very well be operated with the “Power through friction”. The external energy supply, previously implemented by rechargeable batteries, can thus be saved by […]