Machine tools become ready for IIoT applications
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Machine tools become ready for IIoT applications
17.12.2020Author:
Sariana Kunze
The machine tool industry is suffering from the economic situation. Digital networking offers the greatest leverage in the future. With connectors, machine tools can be made fit for IIoT applications.
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Milling, turning, grinding, nibbling, punching — these are the tasks performed by machine tools, which are at the core of every industrial production process. Because of this central role, machine tool manufacturing is particularly affected by digitalisation. This view is also held by the German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW), for which digitisation in the narrower sense already began in the 1960s with the introduction of CNC control. Furthermore, the association advocates uniform interfaces and clarified legal aspects. After all, digitalisation promises faster development of more flexible machines, more reliability, smooth maintenance and a higher degree of automation.