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Rösler Smart Solutions - Innovative solutions for the digitisation of shot blasting and mass finishing processes
While digitisation has already established itself in various industrial sectors , it is still not very common in the surface treatment industry , especially in the field of shot blasting and mass finishing operations .
To promote the digital transformation in these areas , Rösler Oberflächentechnik is developing innovative digitisation solutions . The Rösler Smart Solutions activities focus on the comprehensive monitoring and control of work and production processes and the intelligent linking and handling of the respective data . This creates added value for the equipment users and represents an important milestone in the digitisation of shot blasting and mass finishing operations . The first digitisation packages will be available for commercial use in spring 2021 . Further solutions for the equipment portfolio of the Rösler brand “ AM Solutions - 3D post processing technology ” are already in the planning stage .
Nowadays digitisation and intelligently linked work and production processes are hot subjects . Generally , developments in this field are focused on improving quality and productivity within a more flexible production environment , achieving better financial results and generating continued growth . The overall goal is , of course , to make a business more competitive and to make it fit for the future . This trend poses also new challenges for the suppliers of surface treatment machinery . In order to create added value for the equipment users , intelligent solutions must be developed , which – with the use of dedicated sensors – collect and evaluate precisely defined equipment and process data .
The benefits of the Rösler Smart Solutions
To date the available solutions for shot blasting and mass finishing operations were limited to stand-alone systems with no or very limited networking possibilities . To promote the digitisation of its own equipment range , the Rösler Oberflächentechnik GmbH is actively pursuing the development of suitable solutions under the trade name “ Rösler Smart
Solutions ”. The company ’ s ultimate goal is to make processes more transparent and reduce their costs , actively monitor the processes to develop suggestions for specific actions and , on the basis of already archived data , to allow quick correction of deviations and equipment faults . All this is intended to create an intelligent process and equipment control system , which also allows a wide variety of consumption and wear forecasts to be made . Moreover , with the new smart solutions package the company wants to achieve the optimum usage of resources and , thus , contribute to an improved cost-efficiency . Of course , this approach will also help to document all relevant equipment and process conditions , which is already a requirement in the automobile and aerospace industry as well as for medical engineering companies .
The begin of digitisation in the Rösler product portfolio
The company intends to quickly implement the digitisation of the Rösler equipment range . This will extend to solutions in the fields of mass finishing and shot blasting as well as the Rösler brand “ AM Solutions - 3D post processing technology ” for the automated post processing of 3D printed components . In a first phase the digitisation
package for the entire shot blast equipment range will include software and hardware modules in the areas of work piece quality , operating parameters and maintenance . These modules can be used individually or as entire packages and are , therefore , ideal for customer specific digitisation strategies . The first solution in the field of mass finishing deals with process water cleaning & recycling with centrifuges . A dashboard will display all relevant equipment and process data , and the user will be able to obtain suggestions for immediate corrective action in case of detected problems or deviations .
All Rösler Smart Solutions described above will be available by spring 2021 and will be regularly updated . They represent only the beginning of further developments in the field of digitisation , which will cover the entire equipment portfolio of the Rösler Oberflächentechnik GmbH , including the brand “ AM Solutions – 3D post processing technology ”.
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14 JUNE 2021 read online : www . surfaceworld . com