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The accuracy of inventory records is an essential KPI in the manufacturing industry and in many logistics operations. Currently, the amount of manual workforce needed to maintain high accuracy is relatively high. To establish the location and quantity of products and parts, and to align this information with enterprise resource planning (ERP), typically involves many …

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As a new member of the Platform Automation Technology Steiermark (AT Styria) we look forward to interesting and innovative projects! Styria and especially the surrounding Graz area have a high density of specialized technical industrial and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the field of automation technology. By networking companies and institutions, valuable synergies can …

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Leo Botler our academic partner from the Institute of Technical Informatics – presented project work from the Pro2Future’s multi-firm project “Development Processes and Tools for Cognitive Products” at this years all-digital International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2020). The article titled “Jit Fault Detection: Increasing Availability in 1oo2 Systems Just-In-Time”, was coauthored by …

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We are delighted to be able to welcome new companies to the Pro2Future GmbH partner team again and again during the current first funding period – the most recently new companies are: ANTEMO GmbH Anlagen & Teilefertigung (Luft- & Raumfahrt, Halbleiter, Medizintechnik) D-ARIA GmbH (Elektronik, Automatisation, Internet, IT, Drohnen, Luft- & Raumfahrt,) AUVA (Unfallversicherung, -prävention …

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The project “Adaptive Smart Production 2” was launched in July 2020. Over a period of 3 years the interdisciplinary cooperation of Area 3 (Cognitive Decision Making) and Area 4.2 (Cognitive Production Systems) together with the Institute of Production Engineering and the Institute of Machine Components (both TU Graz) will research on the topics fuel cell …

Production Systems of the Future meet Mobility of the Future Read More »

SCALABLE CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR TEST ENVIRONMENTS Industry 4.0 is considered as the “fourth industrial revolution” that fully automatizes the production in the manufacturing industry. It is a large-scale digitalization of manufacturing, where the machines are connected producing large amounts of products with low costs. Read full article

When developing cognitive products in the context of perception and aware systems, it is important to understand the business processes and applications, especially in those companies in which the products and tools are finally used. Cognitive welding in the WorkIT / Guide project: In order to better incorporate the cognitive properties and fields of application …

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On the 3rd of June 2020, researchers from Area 3 (Cognitive Decision Support), Milot Gashi and Matej Vuković, held a guest lecture at University of Graz. Lecture was held as a part of the “Data-Driven Decision Support” course (Elektronische Geschäftsmodelle und Digitale Ökonomie) at Business Analytics and Data Science-Center. The lecture topics were focused on …

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PRIVACY-RESPECTING MONITORING OF MANUAL ASSEMBLY LINES SUPPORTING THE DETECTION OF DEVIATIONS, OPTIMIZATION POTENTIAL, AND JUST IN TIME REPLANNING WITHOUT EXPOSING WORKERS As manufacturing companies move towards producing highly customizable products in small lot sizes, assembly workers remain an integral part of production systems. However, with workers in the loop, it is necessary to monitor the …

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