The physical product, its digital twin, its virtual master in PLM and modern analysis methods are the "actors" at CONTACT's trade fair appearance this year. The software provider uses them to show how companies can exploit the potential of smart products and new service models for their customers.
"The Internet of Things has an impact on the entire product life cycle," emphasizes Roland Drewinski, Marketing Manager at CONTACT Software." This not only concerns the use phase, but is already starting in the development phase.” CONTACT illustrates the interaction between product development processes and smart services using an example from its customer Weidmüller, a leader in the field of industrial connectivity.
The focus of the live demo in Hanover is the control of photovoltaic systems. Since electronics and software are increasingly contributing to the added value of products, interdisciplinary development is indispensable today. Using the 3D model of Weidmüller's control unit, CONTACT visualizes how the components of its open elements platform together support IoT business processes.
In other scenarios, the digital twin is at the heart of the CONTACT Elements for IoT platform, which was awarded as best factory software 2018 in the "Internet of Things" category. The digital twin connects the photovoltaic system in the field with its virtual master in the PLM system and helps companies to use data from ongoing operations quickly and effectively for new business models or product improvements.
CONTACT uses condition monitoring to illustrate how the wear of components is determined from part of this data and mapped in the digital twin. This allows users to trigger maintenance operations before a system is down (predictive maintenance), or to initiate an engineering change process if individual components are too error-prone. Among other things, a real solar panel, which is controlled and monitored from a tablet via the cloud, serves as illustrative material.
CONTACT Software can be found at the IAMD – Integrated Automation, Motion & Drives in hall 16, booth A04.
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