30 October 2014
ABOUT BASF DISPERSION & PIGMENTS
Industry 4.0 - with new ways of thinking
The modular production technology
already meets the requirements of “Industry 4.0”.
After the invention of
1. the steam engine,
2. mass production and
3. automation,
which is called “Industry 1.0 to 3.0”,
4.0 is the revolution of today’s industrialization.
Today, development times are halved every three years.
The idea behind this: a new system is brought onto
the market before the cheap duplicators
can bring their older versions there
The modularization of processes is a prerequesite for this,
from which the ramifications follow that
with an integrated process thinking,
the goal today is to constantly lower process costs
even though the module costs may increase.
Additionally, there is the fact that
old processes in companies working with formulations
usually do not permit production controlling.
However, production controlling is
a pre-condition for calculating process costs.
DETAILS
BASF and Hemmelrath Technologies,
a company that is specialized in modular facility concepts
for the production of paint and coatings,
have decided to cooperate in order to develop future-oriented
concepts of pigment technology.
The aim pursued by both partners is
* to improve the output and
quality of coatings and paint production and
* save costs through the introduction of new processes.
Both organizations plan to combine
the modular coating plant technology
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