Equipment: Demo-Center with several demonstrators, including the world’s first and largest vendor independent Industrie 4.0 testbed
Key Partners: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence DFKI; TU Kaiserslautern
Network: 50 partners from Industry and Research, mostly technoloy providers (global companies, SMEs, start-ups) among those Rexroth, Harting, PILZ, Siemens, SAP, IBM, Weidmüller, Phoenix Contact, CISCO, Huawei and many others
Contact
CEO Miguel Mendozza
ads@adsmex.com
Swiss Smart Factory
Place: Biel/Bienne
Country: Switzerland
In Operation: since 2017
Distinguished Characteristics
First and only test & demolab for Industry 4.0 in Switzerland
Based in the heartland of Swiss manufacturing (watchmaking, precision industry, medtech, ...)
Starting the construction of a lighthouse factory by 2019
National RESEARCH PARTNERSRISE (Swerea IVF), Högskolan Väst, KTH, PMH, IUC, GTC, Skövde University
International RESEARCH PARTNERSUniversity of Monterey, Polytechnical de Milan, Profactory, Vienna
Contact
Åsa Fast-Berglund
asa.fasth@chalmers.se
Magnus Åkerman
magnus.akerman@chalmers.se
Connected Intelligence Research Centre
Place: Sibiu
Country: Romania
In Operation: since 2018
Distinguished Characteristics
Probably only test & demo lab for Industry 4.0 in Romania
Located in the Centre Region of Romania (Transylvania) with the highest specialization index for industry (manufacturing of mechanic and mechatronics components, R&D centres in: automotive, production equipment, software)
Relocation in a new building planned by 2022
Key Activities
R&D
Demonstration
Key Technologies Focus
Model-driven engineering of CPS (e.g. INTO-CPS technology)
Human-cobot collaboration in manufacturing and training
Equipment: 2x small demonstrators, 1x mid-scale demonstrator (under-construction)
Key Partners Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Network: access to more that 30 partners, as technology providers and technology users (LEs, SMEs) such as: Compa, Continental, Dacia, Faurecia, Harting, ifm, Industrial Software, Ropardo, NTT Data, VISMA ,etc.
Contact
Dr. Bogdan-Constantin Pîrvu
bogdan.pirvu@ulbsibiu.ro
Malaysian Smart Factory 4.0
Place: Shah Alam
Country: Malaysia
In Operation: since 2017
Distinguished Characteristics
First hands-on industry 4.0 lab in Malaysia
Focusing on talent readiness for industry 4.0 initiatives
Public-private partnership model for proof of concepts and talent development activities
Key Activities
Training & Education
Demonstration
Other: Proof of Concept
Key Technologies Focus
Autonomous Robotic & Cobotics
IoT & IIoT in automation
AR & VR applications in manufacturing
AI and Smart Data applications in manufacturing
Key Figures
9 Staff members: Mechatronics engineering, Electronic engineering, IT & Big Data Analytics
Demo-Center with several small & mid-scale demonstrators
Key Partners: Selangor State Government, Swiss Smart Factory
Key Clients Industrial Chambers and Business Associations, SMEs and MNCs
Network: Solution Providers - Omron, Pepperl+Fuchs, Balluff, CuberLab, Altair,Siemens,Ceyeclons / Talent Partners – over 15 companies / Education Institutions – at least 3 institutions
Contact
Tan Beng Teong
UNIST Smart Factory Lab
Place: Ulsan
Country: South Korea
In Operation: since 2015
10 autonomous assembly workstations, CNC, laser cutter, 3D printers, 6 axis robots and 3D vision
Key partners: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute, Korea Testing Laboratory, POSTECH, Chonnam National Univ., Ulsan City, KyeongBuk Province., Gumi City, etc.
Key Clients: Korean SMEs, research institutes
Contact
Prof. Duck-Young KIM
dykim@unist.ac.kr
Technology Initiative SmartFactory Kaiserslautern
Place: Kaiserslautern
Country: Germany
In Operation: since 2005
Distinguished Characteristics
Unique association whith 50+ members that integrates industry and research
World’s first and largest vendor-independent Industrie 4.0 demo testbed
International collaboration plattform
Detlef Zühlke as inventor of the smart factory concept
Key Activities
R&D
Training & Education
Demonstration
Other:transfer_______
Key Technologies Focus
Smart Automation
Smart Human-Machine-Interaction
Plug&Produce, 5G for industry, V+H Integration
AI in manufacturing
Standardization
Key Figures
Staff: 50
Equipment: Demo-Center with several demonstrators, including the world’s first and largest vendor independent Industrie 4.0 testbed
Key Partners: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence DFKI; TU Kaiserslautern
Network: 50 partners from Industry and Research, mostly technoloy providers (global companies, SMEs, start-ups) among those Rexroth, Harting, PILZ, Siemens, SAP, IBM, Weidmüller, Phoenix Contact, CISCO, Huawei and many others
Contact
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Detlef Zühlke
zuehlke@smartfactory.de