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56 5/2018TechnologyINTERNATIONALon th
56 5/2018TechnologyINTERNATIONALon the smart road to Industry 4.0 5/201857Selection is key to de“ning the some decision makers are still confused by the issues surrounding Industry 4.0 technologies. Combined with when it comes to the selection of Not everything that is possible container plant. The glass people at Heye combine long-term process ogy. Every possible solution is evaluated by Mark Ziegler container industry, says Mark Ziegler. Glass is constantly under pressure from other packaging materials, while attracting skilled people to work at the industrys factories is an increasing challenge. Heye offers customers a partnership on their individual path towards a smart plant, resulting in the creation of a highly automated and cost-effective glassworks. based on the decision criteria of and in”uence on product quality.SMART USER INTERFACESThe availability of smart user in

terfaces for operators has become especi
terfaces for operators has become especially important, as production employees with edge are increasingly dif“cult to “nd. The Heye Cockpit will the Heye SpeedMaster hot end portfolio. The Heye SpeedMaster consists of three modules: E-timing; motion control (servo and pneumatic actuators) and closed loops.The approach employed is user-centric. The cockpit inte-at the hot end, plus the Heye grated article database make job Combined with precise mecha-helps to achieve maximum pro-duction speed at high quality lev-etc. High production ”exibility ogy. Glass plants with small cus-tomers and many different jobs changes can be performed in a very short time, as important parameters will be retrieved and the major parts of the machinery the future. Second, the opera-tors can produce different bot-tles on one IS machine, by using of samples or short job runs PROCESS CONTROL AND CLOSED LOOP SOLUTI

ON SETAs well as being the inventor of
ON SETAs well as being the inventor of the NNPB process, Heye has 58 5/2018Technology 5/201859set the standard in closed loop production technology. A large set of closed loop solutions gives for gob loading and closed loops for gob form and weight. Following the glass ”ow, on the blank mould side, closed tion/glass distribution are avail-able. The swabbing robot elimi-nates one of the most important manual working steps, at the cise, infrared-based temperature Closed loops on the blow side allow accurate, high speed ware handling. Dead plate cooling is the closed loop for ware spac-factor. Furthermore, both loops Many of these solutions are already available, while others are in the prototype phase. In areas, full closed loop systems are already in place. CONNECTING THE HOT END The Heye PlantPilot is a cor-nerstone in the “eld of data inte-gration in the glass plant. By using int

er-net-based technology, modules can be
er-net-based technology, modules can be con-nected to manage the In addition, impor-bilities are offered to tion process. Data integration between hot end and cold end helps especially to gain time. Via the Heye Cockpit, the hot end opera-defect situation on the different cavities. By a future extension of the database to an expert system, recommendations for the correc-tion of production defects can be given. As production companies es to “nd skilled people, these will become an important success In summary, the Heye smart ent innovative solutions in major areas. All of them have become bling technologies, from sensors and communication networks ple are the correct partners to develop a common roadmap for the journey to a smart plant, a ciently and with a consistently Lohplatz 131683 Obernkirchen - GermanyTelephone: +49 (0)5724 26-0Fax: +49 (0)5724 26-539.www.heye-international.comGMB