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Process 4.0 – Into the Digital Future

Systems in the processing industry are often operated for decades, which means constant rebuilding, expansion and modernization. Aspirations to make processes more efficient are as old as the processing industry itself. The digital transformation of the economy creates new possibilities for more advantageous configurations in processing through numerous innovative approaches and technologies. A consensus has been reached that machines must communicate with each other in order to function with maximum efficiency. The Internet of Things is the new reality – even if it continues to be interpreted and implemented in different ways. Data is provided, collected, evaluated and used at different levels. Yet how do companies in the processing industry actually profit from big data?

This is how you profit from the digital process industry:

Standards for Higher Efficiency
Adaptable Production through Modularity
Increase Availability, Minimize Idle Times
Independent and Flexible Thanks to the Cloud
Process Optimization in Real Time Through Location-Independent Access

Process 4.0

The Processing Industry Goes Digital

Learn how companies in the process industry can profit from big data.

Promoting Digitalization with Open Interfaces

Businesses need data to streamline their processes and become more efficient. So far, however, many relevant process information is hidden in vendor-specific systems. A demonstration and test facility for Industry 4.0 at Industriepark Höchst shows how it could work.

Read in this customer application:

Make handling your monitoring and optimization tasks easier.
What advantages open automation solutions offer.
Why the WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM is the best solution for the requirements of the process industry.

Standards for Higher Efficiency

Increased efficiency and cost reductions through standardization: This happens in the form of concepts that unify function blocks, interfaces and protocols for automating machines and systems.
For example, leading oil companies already rely on established programming standards. Every single step in software engineering is documented with incredible accuracy and codified so the same program modules can be used every time.
Uniform interfaces between different systems reduce the failure rate during both the design phase and actual operation, while increasing system availability.

Adaptable Production through Modularity

In the context of batch size 1, fluctuating volumes and ever-shifting regional sales markets, companies must have manufacturing processes that are universal, mobile, scalable, modular and compatible.
In processing systems for oil and gas extraction, or in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, the primary focus during design is on flexible production. Within these sectors, processes here have to be adapted more quickly than within the oil industry.