BMW ups the pace on industry 4.0 innovation
Published on : Monday 30-11--0001
In 2015, BMW Group united with the Fraunhofer Institute IML to build up the principal self-driving Smart Transport Robots (STR). After three years, the carmaker is progressively depending on advancements from industry 4.0 in its creation coordinations, including robots, self-ruling transport frameworks and digitalisation extends, those going to its development feature a month ago in Regensburg, Germany, were told.
A few coordinations forms are being controlled from cell phones, for example, cell phones and tablets, while computer generated reality applications are being utilized to design future coordinations territories, in light of 3D information displaying.
The OEM has likewise been teaming up with new businesses, explore organizations and colleges, remarkably trialing AR glasses as a major aspect of a PHD venture, which, when utilized for checking and pressing in the distribution center, have expanded profitability by 20% and decreased the mistake rate by 33%.
"We generally have a few pilot ventures running at our areas around the world," Marco Prüglmeier, head of developments and industry 4.0 for BMW Logistics, disclosed to Automotive Logistics at the occasion. "We work like a start-up inside the BMW Group and ensure we approach the most recent discoveries and innovations. We have just exchanged various [pilot] ventures to arrangement generation, with further executions made arrangements for what's to come."
Appearing (and ants) the ropes
Among the developments exhibited at the occasion were four transport robots with self-ruling route capacities, which are right now being tried or have just been incorporated into arrangement creation.
Stationary SplitBots, which can take full plastic boxes from a bed before setting them onto a transport framework that vehicles them to a distribution center, are relied upon to be utilized in arrangement generation at BMW Group Plant Dingolfing from 2019.
The moveable PlaceBot, which empties tugger prepares and puts boxes stacked with merchandise on a rack, is as of now being tried on the mechanical production system and over the long haul, while the PickBot (presented underneath), which gathers different little parts from supply racks, ought to before long have the capacity to perceive and deal with up to 50,000 little parts. As indicated by the OEM, the PickBot will most likely be utilized in arrangement generation at the BMW Group plant in Leipzig from 2019.
The SortBot is as of now conveyed in arrangement creation at the OEM's Leipzig plant and stacks void compartments on beds before they reemerge course. Three SortBots will be being used at Leipzig before the year's over.
In the interim, at BMW's body shop at Regensburg, self-ruling lift trucks called "ants" have been steered in the course of recent months. These are accustomed to bring segments from the plant's 'grocery store' to the point of establishment. Going ahead, an aggregate of eight ants will supply different territories of arrangement generation.
Associated inventory network
While the carmaker's in-house coordinations development group and specialists have been investigating and actualizing computerized forms, BMW administrators underscored the significance of working with its inventory network accomplices and 3PLs.
BMW PickBotThe organization's Connected Supply Chain (CSC) framework refreshes plants' material controllers and coordinations authorities on the area of merchandise in the production network and assessed conveyance times at regular intervals. Beforehand, the computerized association between providers, transport specialist co-ops and BMW sent a vehicle notice, yet now it likewise gives material numbers GPS information and increasingly exact landing times.
Since mid-2018, various providers and transport specialist organizations in Europe and Mexico have been incorporated into the framework. As indicated by BMW, before the finish of 2019, a few thousand accomplices are relied upon to be associated. The CSC framework additionally lays the reason for prescient examination and man-made consciousness (AI) in production network control, the carmaker said.
Independent trade
Digitalisation is progressively reshaping BMW's independent transport frameworks. The carmaker at present uses a cloud-based stage, BMW Services, to organize these and utilizing the stage, staff can decide new driving guidelines and calendars, or access constant information on all vehicles.
As per the OEM, the stage will before long have the capacity to help self-sufficient vehicles worked by various makers. "We are engaged with the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) and Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) to set up a standard that will empower correspondence between all independent transport frameworks in the commercial center," clarified Jurgen Maidl, senior VP coordinations, BMW Group. "Despite the producer, each self-ruling transport framework ought to have the capacity to trade information with BMW Services.
"Our expansive range of earth shattering undertakings causes us run progressively complex coordinations forms. We are exploiting the extensive variety of accessible mechanical advancements and working with tomorrow's industry 4.0 innovations today," included Maidl.