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New opportunities through networked production
Former industrial production is evolving from a patchwork of isolated machines into a networked and intelligent mesh. Networked production forms the core of the Industry 4.0 megatrend. For a better understanding, we divide this trend into several levels. From the component level to the network of companies. The components of the products of smart production are information carriers. They communicate with employees and machines and exchange status data via sensors. This provides us with information about capacity utilization or tool wear, for example. Changing market requirements such as individual products in small quantities are accelerating this trend in the long term. Networking makes the factory more flexible and resilient, making it possible to achieve prices for individual products that are comparable to those of mass production.
In addition to intelligence at the interface, new technologies such as additive manufacturing are gradually replacing established processes. At the enterprise level, Industry 4.0 aims at self-controlling order processing through cyber-physical production systems.