By the end of the year, Germany‘s largest used injection molding machine will be on its way from southern Germany via Amsterdam to Mumbai. Gindumac organizes the complete logistic handling with the customer.

Komponenten für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Spritzgießmaschinen, allgemein

Spritzgießmaschinen

Gebrauchtmaschinenhandel

Dienstleistungen

Dienstleistungen in der Metallbearbeitung

Kunststoff-Verpackungsmaschine

Sondermaschinen

Gebrauchtmaschinen

Betriebstechnik für Kunststoffverarbeitung (Peripherie)

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Gindumac Receives Big Order from India

Part 2 of the series on the Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 (PIC 4.0) at RWTH Aachen describes the procedure by which industrial use cases of a Smart Factory are identified and converted into real testbeds within the PIC 4.0.

PIC 4.0 Elaborates Holistic Solutions for Industrial Demands

Industrie 4.0 für die Qualitätssicherung

Industrie 4.0

Digitale Transformation

Wirtschaft

Innovationen und neue Technologie

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Use Cases of Digitized Plastics Processing

Maintaining competitiveness while producing in Germany requires not only cost-efficient production, but also high-quality products. Vorwerk Elektrowerke is accepting this challenge. In collaboration with the Institute of Product Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, the company is testing a 100 % inline quality monitoring system as well as a quality prediction using machine learning.

Successfully Managing Digital Transformation with Automation and Artificial Intelligence

Spritzgießen

Künstliche Intelligenz für die Qualitätssicherung

Mehrkomponenten-Spritzgießen

Kameras, intelligente

Fertigungsautomation

Bildverarbeitung

Machine Learning / Künstliche Intelligenz für die spanende Fertigung

Industrie 4.0 für die spanende Fertigung

Datenanalyse

Inline- / Online-Messsysteme

Qualitätssicherung

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

Inline Quality Monitoring and  Data-Based Quality Prediction

Because it has not yet been possible to exploit the full potential of digitization in plastics processing, the Institute for Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University is building a new application-oriented research infrastructure along the lines of a Smart Factory. Kunststoffe is accompanying the building of the Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 with a series of publications. Part 1 describes the concept and the initial demands on the physical infrastructure.

The Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 Is under Construction at the Campus Melaten in Aachen, Germany

Smart Factory

Energieeffizienz

Central Hub for Digitization  in Plastics Processing

Munich-based mechanical engineering group KraussMaffei is repositioning itself and uniting all divisions under a single brand. At a time of accelerated technological change, the company is increasing its efforts to develop new products for digital solutions and new business models – and that includes plastics recycling.

KraussMaffei Consolidates Three Divisions and the Previous Group Brands under a Single Brand

Extrusion

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Nachhaltigkeit

Umweltmanagement

Kunststoff-Recycling

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Ressourcenmanagement

Produktion

Compoundieren

Moving with the Times

A consistent flow of data and information is essential for digital solutions and meaningful analytics. The introduction of potential solutions is therefore often associated with high costs for data preparation.

Standardization Guarantees High Data Quality for Future Applications

Vernetzung / Cloudlösung für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

IoT-Plattformen für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

To Get the Information Flow in a Row

M-Hub is the first mobile App that helps entrepreneurs to promote their business and find all players in the plastic industry with the tap of a finger.

Software

The Plastic Industry in Your Hand

The cluster of excellence “Internet of Production” at the RWTH Aachen University conducts research on structures to realize a “Google of Production”. The Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 serves as demonstration platform to present real-world solutions to the industry already today.

IKV Offers an Application-Oriented Demonstration Platform for Excellent Research

The PIC 4.0 as Part of the Internet  of Production

With the help of the coupling station, fast material changes become normal practice, material sources such as dryers, roller containers or external silos can be used by several consumers, and RFID monitoring ensures a faultless production process.

Kunststoffverarbeitung allgemein

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Materialhandling

Material Distribution Monitoring

In an online survey, representatives of the plastics industry formulated their expectations toward the Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 (PIC 4.0).

Part 5 of the Series: Practical Demonstrators for the Plastics Innovation Center 4.0

Messdatenerfassung und -verarbeitung

Steuern, Regeln

Prozessoptimierung

Prozessmanagement

Machine Learning

Automatisierungstechnik

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Focus on the User Benefit

The multitude of software applications often requires the handling of information in different data formats. It is not uncommon for information to be lost in the process, which is why PIC 4.0 is researching methods for implementing continuous simulation chains.

Part 6 of the Series: How a Web-Based Interface Supports Data-Handling

Simulation

Spritzgießsimulation

Virtual Reality für die Qualitätssicherung

User-Friendly Data-Exchange in the Digital Engineering

Over past months, many in-house workflows and development processes have slowed down and also changed. Nevertheless, time has not stood still, also not in injection molding technology. The debate and development have been shaped by two themes: digitalization and the circular economy. Below are some examples of developments and projects that underpin this trend.

Innovative Injection Molding in Times of Pandemic

Schaumspritzgießen

Folientechnik (IMD, IML, FIM, u.a.)

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Biokunststoffe

Spritzgieß-Sonderverfahren

Schnecken und Plastifiziersysteme

Lasermarkieren

Oberflächentechnik

Laserbearbeitungen

Kreislaufwirtschaft

There Is More beyond the Horizon

The Managing Director of KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH Nadine Despineux is a new advisory board member at used machinery dealer Gindumac.

Gindumac Extends Advisory Board

A tool logbook on paper is often not to hand just when you need it most. Or it is incomplete, since it is time consuming to keep the information up to date. A cloud-independent, electronic tool log, which is directly integrated into the tool could make all the relevant data available directly.

The Electronic Tool Logbook as a Combination of Operating Manual and Check List

Werkzeuginnendrucksensoren

Messtechnik

Sensoren / Messwertaufnehmer

Papierlose QM-Dokumentation

Qualitätsmanagement

Dokumentationsmanagement

Werkzeugkonstruktion

Werkzeug-, Formen- und Modellbau

Werkzeugüberwachung

Toolmanagement

Mobile Datenerfassung

Logistik

Lagertechnik

Werkzeug- und Formenbau

Fernwartung / Ferndiagnose

Instandhaltung

Dokumentenmanagement, CAQ

Data Management at the Tool

Digital transformation presents concrete challenges in a dynamic way. Continually mastering them, time and again, requires a workforce with a high degree of expertise and know-how. The plastics processor framas therefore not only regards training and ongoing education as essential, they usually begin directly on recruitment. It is now three years since the SME re-prioritized the issue of qualification as a strategically important competitive factor and began to promote it.

At framas, Advanced Training of All Employees Is a Cornerstone of the Company’s Strategy

Soft Skills

Wissensmanagement

Strategie und Organisation

Weiterbildung, allgemeine

Seminare, Schulungen, Kongresse

Continuously Investing in  Expertise and Skills

Online Trading with Used Machines Booms in Corona Times

Corona is also driving digitization in the used machinery trading. The global second-hand market for metal and plastics processing machinery is undergoing structural change.

Plant closures and project cancellations bring more supply of used machinery. At the same time, the high market dynamics in times of crisis require flexibility in the planning of production capacities. When new projects are confirmed at short notice, new production capacity is needed quickly. The advantage of direct availability increases the demand for used machines.

Currently, two crucial questions arise for machine users: How can I sell my machine at the best possible price and how can I quickly find a suitable machine to expand my production capacity?

Local Trading Declines, Global Online Trading Grows

The market with used metal working and plastics processing machinery, whose global market volume is estimated to be in the double-digit billions, is changing. More and more local and stockholding dealers are withdrawing from the business because they can no longer ensure the necessary global distribution channels or no longer withstand the pressure of capital requirements. It is also becoming increasingly difficult for long-established traders to find suitable successors. This is currently leading to consolidation in the trading environment. Dealers who increasingly rely on the online channel and global sales will be among the winners in the booming used machinery market.

One of these modern used machinery dealers is, for example, the Gindumac group, which has digitized and globally positioned its trading business with its transactional machinery platform since it was founded in 2016.

„Important for us is to offer sellers and buyers the optimal sales and procurement channels. Through our online platform, we generate the highest possible reach and assortment widths here. For sellers, we offer global marketing at the best possible price or a direct purchase option for planning security. Buyers will find a broad assortment including an all-round carefree package with transparent documentation and worldwide logistics services,“ says Benedikt Ruf, Managing Director of the Gindumac Group.

In the 4th quarter of 2020, the Gindumac Group was able to increase the machinery value offered on the online platform by 117% compared to the previous year, while maintaining the same marketing investment.

„We see the doubling of the machinery value offered in Q4, 2020 as a confirmation that the used machinery market is moving more strongly towards global online trading. That is why we always focus on maximum and global online reach in our marketing. When we market a used machine via our transactional online platform, we are also listed on all relevant advertising platforms worldwide. The current development shows that the future of the used machinery trading can only take place digitally and globally,“ adds Janek Andre, CEO of the Gindumac Group.

It is to be expected that the Corona crisis will continue to drive the digitalization of the used equipment trading in 2021 and that the trading structures will undergo a lasting transformation. In this process of change, the used machinery market will take on a new relevance for manufacturing companies. The purchase and sale of used machinery opens flexible planning and concrete expansion options for production capacity as well as new opportunities for more economical liquidation of existing machinery.

Gindumac GmbH  

https://www.gindumac.com

The Gindumac Group focuses on global online trading with used machines.

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Janek Andre (left) and Benedikt Ruf, founders and directors of the Gindumac Group

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