Open AccessImplementation of a Machine Tool Retrofit System
Author(s) -
Alexander Dietrich,
Ron van de Sand,
Jörg Reiff-Stephan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
th wildau engineering and natural sciences proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2748-8829
DOI - 10.52825/thwildauensp.v1i.19
Subject(s) - retrofitting , unavailability , modernization theory , safer , investment (military) , work (physics) , production (economics) , process (computing) , control (management) , architecture , engineering , manufacturing engineering , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , reliability engineering , business , computer security , economics , visual arts , macroeconomics , economic growth , operating system , mechanical engineering , art , structural engineering , artificial intelligence , politics , law , political science
Small and medium-sized companies increasingly turning their attention towards the fourth industrial revolution. In order to increase their own long-term competitiveness, there is a growing desire to make production smarter, more efficient, safer and more sustainable through new technologies. Often, however, existing plants cannot be easily replaced by modern equipment. The reasons for this can be high investment costs, excessive downtimes or the unavailability of an equivalent machine. An alternative solution to the purchase of new equipment is the modernisation or expansion of existing systems, also called retrofitting. Thus, this paper deals with the retrofit process of a machine tool, whereby the software architecture of the control unit is the primary concern of this work.