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Zauchensee2020 Ralph CONTRIBUTION
Zauchensee2020 Ralph CONTRIBUTION
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ABSTRACT: The conception of Industry 4.0 in 2011 marked the beginning of a new era of industrial manufacturing.
Since then, data-driven decision making and smart networks supported by artificial intelligence have led to a continuous
change in working environments in production. Nevertheless, there are many companies that have not fully exploit the
potential of the fourth industrial revolution. To a considerable extent, this can be attributed to a low level of automation.
This circumstance often results from financial or process-related restrictions and affects not only the production
facilities but also the sensitive IT infrastructure. The lack of automation is therefore often compensated by expert
knowledge and experience. The fear of job loss due to disruptive technologies is a further contribution to the significant
delay in the digital transformation of such companies. Companies in the metal forming industry are particularly affected
by this development. This paper describes the key technologies of digitalization and provides an outlook to possible
solutions for specific challenges during the next years in the manufacturing and especially metal forming industry
environment.
KEYWORDS: Industry 4.0; Metal Forming; Smart Production; Digital Factory; Cyber Physical Production Systems;
Industrial Internet of Things; Big Data; Cloud Computing; Digital Twin; Finite Element Analysis;