Smartenance' from Festo is available as a mobile app in the Apple and Google app stores for smartphones and tablets. As a dashboard for production managers, 'Smartenance' is accessed via the web browser. With 'Smartenance', end customers can schedule, track and evaluate plant maintenance. A digital maintenance calendar simplifies and speeds up maintenance.

'Smartenance' is cloud-based and not manufacturer-specific. The software consists of two parts: a mobile maintenance calendar as an app for smartphones and tablets and a dashboard as a view in the web browser. The dashboard allows users to manage and document maintenance tasks.

After downloading via the Apple and Google app stores, users purchase a license for 'Smartenance' in the 'Festo App World'. If they have a valid license, they independently transfer their tasks and maintenance intervals from the system documentation they received from the machine manufacturer. The system is then immediately ready for use and users can view and process all tasks. Production managers automatically have an overview of all completed and open tasks.

Smartenance' is also interesting for machine manufacturers: they can use the app to transfer the maintenance tasks for each system directly into a digital solution and pass them on to their customers as added value for the system. Maintenance instructions can also be enhanced with images, videos and PDFs, making it easier for team members to work together.

Festo will also be presenting its cloud-based condition monitoring concept at the trade fair. The company's dashboards and IoT gateway CPX-IOT enable irregularities to be detected at an early stage and necessary measures to be initiated before a system failure occurs. The preconfigured dashboards require no additional programming or software installation. Further processing and long-term evaluation of data takes place in the cloud, with the dashboards visualizing the information obtained.

The IoT gateway connects components and modules from the field level, such as the CPX automation platform including the MPA valve terminal and the MSE6-E2M energy monitoring module, to the Festo cloud via its OPC UA interface. It collects information and data on Festo devices and their statuses via an Ethernet-based interface and a standardized communication protocol, such as OPC UA. It sends this information to the cloud via the second Ethernet connection using IoT protocols. Suitable IT security mechanisms ensure data security.