AI, robotics and sustainability: it’s OWL and partners present themselves at the FMB

It is more important than ever for companies to find innovative solutions to secure their competitiveness. At the FMB – Trade Fair for Mechanical Engineering – the it’s OWL joint stand offers the ideal opportunity to discover precisely such solutions. From November 5 to 7, leading research institutes from OstWestfalenLippe will be presenting technologies and applications that drive industrial transformation with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and the it’s OWL strategy ‘Industrie.Zero’. Take the opportunity to gain practical insights and concrete support offers for your company and visit our stand in Hall 21, Stand C20.

“At the it’s OWL joint stand, we will be presenting innovative solutions that drive forward the industrial transformation of SMEs. For over ten years, the FMB has been a central platform for us to present technologies and applications from our projects,” says Günter Korder, Managing Director of it’s OWL Clustermanagement GmbH. Under the title ‘Industrie.Zero’, OstWestfalenLippe is to become a model region for sustainable value creation. To this end, the it’s OWL technology network is developing new solutions and technologies with the support of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the region’s companies and research institutions.

For the reduction of CO2 emissions and circular value creation. For intelligent energy supply and sustainable product development. And for new forms of skilled worker development.

Trade fair participants can find out more about ‘Industrie.Zero’ and how companies can benefit from the technology network and its partners at the it’s OWL joint stand.

What is the FMB?

One of the strongest mechanical engineering clusters in Germany is at home in OWL. Since 2005, the FMB has been the trade fair in OWL where players from mechanical engineering, automation technology and production technology network and make new contacts. The FMB represents the entire spectrum of the supplier industry for mechanical and plant engineering, including the associated industrial services and special machine construction.

AI in companies: LEGO model shows potentials

Applications of AI solutions in various industries will be vividly presented at the joint stand by the it’s OWL competence center Arbeitswelt.Plus and the it’s OWL project Datenfabrik.NRW using a LEGO model. Visitors can use the Arbeitswelt.Plus model to experience how AI is revolutionizing laundry technology, for example, how it optimizes sequence planning in production or how AI supports companies in their sales planning. The LEGO model of Datenfabrik.NRW illustrates how AI is revolutionizing production and factory planning at the agricultural machinery manufacturer Claas and at Schmitz Cargobull, the leading manufacturer of semi-trailers, bodies and trailers in Europe.

Fraunhofer IEM presents Cobot for real money verification

Fraunhofer IEM presents a collaborative robot from the it’s OWL project ‘CogeP’. The so-called Cobot was developed by Fraunhofer IEM together with Diebold Nixdorf and Verlinked. Cobots are characterized by simple and intuitive learning and programming functions. The cobot is intended to support Diebold Nixdorf in the real money testing of ATMs and the assembly testing of control panels on ATMs.

Simple application of data-driven services for SMEs

The Think Tank OWL showcases an Industry 4.0 ecosystem for the automated use of data-driven services that has emerged from the it’s OWL project ‘I4.0AutoServ’, in which companies can implement product-service systems faster and more cost-effectively. With the help of the Think Tank OWL, small and medium-sized enterprises can gain low-threshold access to the research landscape of the Bielefeld campus. At the stand of the Leading-Edge Cluster, the institution will present interested companies with tailor-made offers for cooperation with Bielefeld University or Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences.

CO2-neutral coffee machine provides an example of flexible, sustainable and digitalized production

How can the individual production of goods in batch size 1 be implemented, using the example of a cup of coffee? This question is the focus of the presence of the Fraunhofer Institute from Lemgo together with the TH OWL at the it’s OWL joint stand. With the presentation of a miniaturized production line as a coffee machine demonstrator, Fraunhofer will provide insights into the future of flexible, sustainable and fully digitalized production. The CO2-neutral coffee machine is powered by solar energy, uses biodegradable capsules and utilizes 3D-printed components. Visitors can order the coffee using a QR code and the entire production process is recorded digitally, including energy consumption and carbon footprint. These technologies are transferable to larger production processes and the solutions presented offer more transparency, flexibility and sustainability.