The COMET CDP Center for Digital Production is funded within the framework of COMET – Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies by
BMK, BMDW, the states of Lower Austria and Vienna. The COMET program is managed by the FFG.
The Austrian Center for Digital Production supports companies in the digitalization and automation of discrete manufacturing and production processes.
Special focus is on the needs of SMEs and the tasks arising from the production of small batch sizes. The portfolio of expertise ranges from the virtual representation of products and production systems to the automation of design tasks, machine-to-machine communication, including sensor integration, integration with and into IT systems, data science and the consideration of socio-economic aspects.
M2M – COMMUNICATION – AUTOMATED SHOPFLOORS
In cooperation with our partners, we develop solutions that enable:
- Flexible, reconfigurable automation
- Vertical integration
- Interactive production planning
- Comprehensive access to process data
- Predictive quality assurance
The “Pilotfabrik Industrie 4.0” of the TU Wien allows testing and evaluation under realistic production conditions.
DATA DRIVEN PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Based on real-time data supply at both machine level and resource planning entities, we develop solutions for:
- Optimized, interactive production planning
- Self-learning process optimization (at machine and planning level)
- Resource consumption optimization
- Predictive maintenance
The “Pilotfabrik Industrie 4.0” of the TU Wien allows for rapid prototyping and demonstration by using sample data of typical production situations.
AUTOMATED DESIGN | LOT-SIZE-1 MANUFACTURING
Using product virtualization, automated design, workshop connectivity and flexible automation, we develop solutions that enable the production of small batches (down to lot-size 1) with the same quality and production costs as larger series.
Production examples of the “Pilotfabrik Industrie 4.0” of TU Wien provide both a representative product variety and required environment.
DYNAMIC PRODUCTION NETWORKS
By providing concepts for the intra- and interorganizational coordination of workflows, decentralized production can be made more reliable and efficient. In addition, these approaches enable the creation of virtual “bottom-up” factories by individually bundling (manufacturing) technology-driven suppliers to form production network being on a higher layer of the supply chain hierarchy.