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HARTING vigorously advancing the development of Industry 4.0 solutions
Turning trends into applications/ Focus on HARTING IIC MICA and Infrastructure Box
Espelkamp, Germany, 24 November 2015 --- The HARTING Technology Group has
vigorously pushed forward with the development of its Industry 4.0 solutions since the
Hannover Messe and will be presenting the results at the SPS IPC Drives trade fair in
Nuremberg from 24 to 26 November 2015 (Hall 10; Stand 140). "Industry 4.0 is the
dominant topic here at the trade fair. Consequently, we have been pressing ahead with
developing our Smart Factory, the HAII4YOU* Factory, since April," as Philip Harting,
Chairman of the Board and personally liable partner emphasises.
"We have developed concrete applications from the trends in Integrated Industry, while
consistently focussing on customer benefits," explains Uwe Gräff, Managing Director
HARTING Electric and HARTING Electronics. At this year’s Hannover Messe HARTING
clearly identified the six trends in Integrated Industry (Customisation, Miniaturisation,
Identification, Modularisation, Integration and Digitalisation) and targeted product and
solution development in these areas.
"Consequently we will also be presenting a HAII4YOU Factory update in Nuremberg,"
states Dr. Volker Franke, Managing Director HARTING Applied Technologies and
Industrie 4.0 expert at HARTING. With the implementation of "intelligent stop points"
HARTING will be using the HAII4YOU Factory as the basis for a demonstration of how the
material flow within a Smart Factory can be controlled. "This control does not require any
additional programming or PLC," explains Dr. Franke. The Technology Group is
combining its competence as a component, application and system provider in the
HAII4YOU* Factory.
Two prominent trade fair highlights are the HARTING IIC MICA and the Infrastructure Box.
MICA is a modular platform of open hardware and software that can be rapidly and
economically adapted to many industrial application areas. HARTING will be presenting
production models and solutions and MICA deliveries will commence in 2016.
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The decidedly positive customer response has prompted HARTING to hold an application
contest called "How do you use MICA?" Users are called on to develop an innovative
application with MICA. The three best applications will be announced at the Hannover
Messe 2016 and the winning teams will be awarded premium prizes.
The Infrastructure Box ensures availability and establishes flexibility with the optimal
efficiency of modular Smart Factories for Industrie 4.0. The HARTING Infrastructure Box
offers constant monitoring of all of the system's lifelines. The reconfiguration and
expansion, including during operation, are guaranteed by Han-Modular® connection
technology and selective operation start-up. This allows the Infrastructure Box to act as a
link in the Industrie 4.0 architecture and keeps the system's heart ticking, so to speak.
For more information MICA contest:
http://www.harting-mica.com/und-was-machst-du-mit-mica/
Caption: The HARTING Technology Group combines its competence as a component,
application and system provider in the HAII4YOU Factory.
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Caption: Philip Harting, Uwe Gräff and Dr. Volker Franke (from left to the right).
HAII4YOU* Factory (Slogan: HARTING Integrated Industry 4 You) is the Smart Factory of
HARTING.
About HARTING:
The HARTING Technology Group is one of the world's leading providers of industrial
connection technology for the three lifelines of "Power", "Signal" and "Data" and has 12
production plants and branches in 42 countries. Moreover, the company manufactures
cash desks and checkout areas, electromobility components, as well as hardware and
software for customers and applications in areas such as automation technology, robotics
and transportation. In 2013/14, some 4,200 employees generated sales of 547 million
euros.
Contact:
HARTING KGaA
Detlef Sieverdingbeck
General Manager
Communication and Public Relations
Marienwerderstr. 3
32339 Espelkamp Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)5772 47-244
Fax: +49 (0) 5772 47-400
Detlef.Sieverdingbeck@HARTING.com
Additional information: www.HARTING.com