At the official K Preview event end June in Düsseldorf, recycling machinery supplier Erema (Ansfelden, Austria) unveiled its plans for K 2016 with the introduction of its trade fair theme of “Careformance – We care about your performance” to grow its pioneering role this year with Industry 4.0 applications. Erema says “it is all set to herald the age of Recycling 4.0 as the first in the plastics recycling industry to present an extensive Smart Factory package for both recyclers and producers.” “Building on the high degree of automation of the Intarema systems we have developed a Smart Factory package which enables us to give our customers a clear competitive edge and make them fit for the future,” reveals Erema CEO Manfred Hackl.
Careformance consists of 4 components, with the Intarema system forming the basis for further Smart Factory applications. In addition to the previous machine data, specially integrated sensors – the QualityOn package – can be used in future to record and evaluate MVR (Melt Volume Rate), colour and moisture.
The QualityOn package enables recyclers and producers to make their recyclates with consistent quality in accordance with the special requirements of their customers and document them transparently using online data acquisition and analysis. Recipes recorded electronically can be compared with each other and modified. In order to make use of the vast amount of machine, quality and process data in a worthwhile and user-friendly way, Erema says it has developed a sophisticated MES (Manufacturing Execution System).
With re360 one can keep track of the productivity of an entire range of machinery in five modules. “A key benefit of re360 is that it works independently of the plant manufacturer,” emphasises Manfred Hackl. “Customers can integrate not only different systems but also their global production locations.” re360 gives you an overview of the capacities/stoppage times of the systems for management, documents key quality data of the recyclates for the location manager and informs the operator about upcoming maintenance jobs.