Pepperl + Fuchs and Symate are developing an AI platform together

Details: Released: 10.09.2020; Last updated: 18.04.2023; Hits: 9035

The specialist for the optimization of manufacturing processes using the methods of Artificial intelligence (AI), Symate is testing the connection of his know-how with that of the global specialist for factory and process automation in a pilot project, Pepperl + Fuchs. The goal is to develop an integrated expert solution for the automated analysis and optimization of industrial manufacturing processes and quality features.

Symate is currently testing the hardware from Pepperl + Fuchs and connecting it to the AI system details. On this basis, a perfectly coordinated overall package should be created. It is intended to offer the customers of the two companies a significantly larger range of functions relating to the automation of manufacturing processes than the previous individual solutions.

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For example, users benefit from a high Features the perfectly coordinated hardware and software. While Pepperl + Fuchs receives valuable feedback from ongoing processes and clearly visualizes the data from its own sensors, Symate is getting much closer to its strategic goal of developing Detact into a central and holistic AI platform for the manufacturing industry.

David Haferkorn, Symate Product Manager, explains:

“Our AI system records and analyzes a large number of parameters. In order to process this data quickly and reliably at all times, we need highly reliable Hardware componentsthat provide very detailed information, ”explains David Haferkorn, Product Manager at Symate GmbH. “Even if we can integrate almost any data source into Detact, the quality of the data supplied is not always suitable for extensive and automated AI analysis.

Therefore we often have to make adjustments or add additional sensors. With Pepperl + Fuchs we now have an expert in the field of Automation services found who can support us very well in choosing the right hardware. In this way, we can also offer our customers reliable hardware right from the start, which can be perfectly coordinated with our software and which can incorporate expert functions based on the entire Pepperl + Fuchs database. "

Daniel Moest, New Business Development, Pepperl + Fuchs, adds:

“Together with Symate, we would like to use our expertise in the field of sensor technology with the artificial intelligence of details connect. For us, this is a perfect match for sustainable business models. In the Pepperl + Fuchs SE we collect completely new empirical values when we link the data from our sensors with Detact and visualize it clearly.

There are currently various industrial sensors with IO-Link interfaces, RFID Components, IO-Link Master and the associated connection technology at Symate in the trial phase. As soon as we use the sensors in a real system, we can gather further practical experience and find a perfect solution for industrial applications. We are very excited about that. "