More value creation through integral automation solutions

• An intelligent combination of machine tool and automation solution
• Automation solution for all DMG MORI machines
  • Production plants supply the machine and the automation system from a single source
  • Hardware and software – perfectly coordinated
  • DMG MORI HEITEC: Joint Venture supplies integral automation concept
  • Digital Twin: Virtual models to support engineering processes

• The range of services extends from standard automation and customer-specific automation solutions to turnkey solutions

• 20 intelligent automation solutions at the Open House in Pfronten

• New: PH 400 – automation with up to 800 kg loading capacity
  

Automated machines are crucial components of a digital factory and are therefore an integral part of Industry 4.0. DMG MORI is the pioneer of digitalization in machine tool construction, and considers automation to be a strategic future-orientated field. The latest examples of DMG MORI’s automation expertise are the Robo2Go 2^nd Generation for flexible workpiece handling on lathes and the wide range of pallet handling systems. A PH 150 with up to twelve pallets and a maximum load capacity of 250 kg is displayed on a DMU 65 monoBLOCK. A DMU 85 monoBLOCK is presented for the first time by DMG MORI with the new PH 400. Both palette handling systems are a part of the DMG MORI automation portfolio, which includes a total of 50 solutions in the area of workpiece and pallet handling systems. The latter are additionally divided into linear and rotary magazine systems, whereby the workpiece handling systems are available in robot or portal loading variations.

The interplay between engineering from the DMG MORI production plants and automation expertise on the part of DMG MORI HEITEC provides the user with a customized, integrated and reliable solution – and everything from a single source. “In essence, we implement modular manufacturing cells and systems on the basis of a building block system, which allows them to be individually set up and customized,” explains Kai Lenfert, joint managing director of DMG MORI HEITEC GmbH together with Markus Rehm. This is a decisive factor, particularly for small and medium-sized companies. Problem solving is what counts at DMG MORI HEITEC and thus value creation in the long term.

It is also about incorporating important implications of automation throughout the entire production process. Kai Lenfert provides a simple but obvious example: “A customer that develops an automated system for unmanned nightshift must also be capable of making available the required resources beforehand and during further processing.” The more complex the task, the more detailed the planning needs to be for the system and, above all, integrated into value creation.

Integral overview with digital engineering

Due to the direct interaction with the DMG MORI plants, DMG MORI HEITEC can already plan and optimize every automation project very specifically and optimized for the customer based on virtual mapping and in real time. Digital engineering with the depiction of real plants and machines through the digital twin and the analytical predictability of events are seen by DMG MORI HEITEC as an important building block for networked and intelligent production. Even specific component programs can be run virtually for the customers already prior to installation on the computer. This creates a high degree of investment security for the customer, guarantees fast installation and commissioning on site and ensures an incomparably fast production start. The cycle times can be reduced by up to 80 percent in this way. Above all, equipped with knowledge gained from the virtual results of the digital engineering, the customer can already precisely asses during the decision-making phase how the system will affect the process chain and what the company may potentially need to do to guarantee efficient operation of the system and its entire production process.

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