Digitization
Cooperation between ifm and Schuler
In order to monitor and improve quality in press shops through digitalization, ifm and the Schuler Group have entered into a cooperation agreement. The aim is to offer customers greater transparency and increase efficiency in sheet metal forming.
Presses for sheet metal forming are among the most important machines in all industries in which sheet metal is processed. The Schuler Group has 180 years of experience in forming technology and, with digital solutions such as 'Track and Trace', 'Visual Die Protection' or 'DigiSim', offers a wide range of tools that support digitization in the press shop. With 'SmartStamp' from ifm, this range is now being expanded to include a software tool that detects tilting and eccentricity as well as the resulting tilting moment on forming presses within milliseconds.
"Excessive tilting of the slide puts excessive strain on the press guides and damages them in the long term," explains Christoph Schneider, Vice President Product Management Applications at ifm. The tool protects the press from excessive wear and damage and contributes to improved availability. SmartStamp is seamlessly integrated into ifm's IIoT platform 'moneo' - and now also into the 'Metris' platform from Andritz, Schuler's parent company. "By combining this with the data from our cloud-based digital solutions, customers benefit from interoperability and thus even greater transparency in the press shop," emphasizes Rohitashwa Pant, Chief Digital Officer of the Schuler Group.
The cooperation agreement provides for collaboration in sales. Users benefit from the use of SmartStamp from ifm and Schuler's Digital Solutions - because, according to the company, it doesn't matter which system customers start with when they begin digitizing. They can expand the digitization solution with the other system at any time.
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