Uwe Richter

OEE key figures at a glance – easy connection of brownfield with existing machines

Condition monitoring with a commissioning time of less than 10 minutes – this is what Balluff GmbH promises with its shop floor solution. The user – in this use case Ziehl-Abegg SE – receives a turnkey product. A few cables that need to be connected, the step into the cloud where a user account needs to be created, and off you go. No intervention in the control system is required to implement the solution. Balluff GmbH is known worldwide as a supplier for all areas of automation, one of the largest manufacturers of sensor technology, and a digital expert for the use and integration of valuable industrial data. Ziehl-Abegg is one of the leading international companies in the field of air, control and drive technology: “Wherever air is moved, we are at home”. The high-tech company employs 2,400 people in production plants in southern Germany. Worldwide, 4,300 employees work for the company. Agriculture, wind turbines or data center cooling are application areas of their technology. How does Balluff support Ziehl-Abegg in this use case? With complete monitoring over their assets, regardless of global location. Not only do long distances on the map have to be overcome, but also the heterogeneous plant landscapes. The challenge was to create a system that would function completely autonomously from the prevailing structure and IT infrastructure. Whether and how this was mastered can be heard in this podcast. This episode’s expert guests: Robert Tilch (Strategic Incubation Manager (Startup), Balluff) Uwe Richter (Head of Quality Management International and Technology Scout, Ziehl-Abegg) If you’ve been following along for a while, you know there’s already a podcast episode with Balluff on IoT Use Case. In episode 26. At that time, everything revolved around the sensor-based condition monitoring of so-called punching machines and transport carriage tracking with RFID in intralogistics. It’s also worth listening here! Happy Birthday 100th birthday, Balluff!