On 7th of July 2015 the Detmold technology company MSF-Vathauer Antriebstechnik at Detmold welcomed District Administrator Mr. Friedel Heuwinkel and the first Deputy District Administrator Mrs. Kerstin Vieregge. The main focus of the visit was industry 4.0 and the solutions developed by the company, which are already available in the marketplace.
Industry 4.0 is the fourth revolution in the Industry. Optimisations can be reached by digitize all components in the daily working processes. In the area of embedded systems, MSF-Vathauer Antriebstechnik has already made a significant contribution to optimise autonomous decision-making processes, and to control all production processes of the entire value-added chain in real time.
Mr. Karl-Ernst Vathauer showed "MONO-SWITCH Field Drive System Even Thinking" as a practical example for the intelligent automation solution, for which the company was awarded in November 2013 with OWL-Innovation Prize MARKET VISIONS 2013. This shows what the industry of the future will look like and which opportunities and energy advantages this will bring. He presented the "Energy-Recovery-System (ERS)", the latest development of the company, as a prominent example. The ERS is an innovative new development for the direct and loss-free energy recovery from drive traction technology. Operating electromechanical systems produces regenerative energy, when an electric motor runs faster than the power grid driving it. Until recently, it was not possible to make direct use of the excess energy without losses. The ERS now makes the recovered electrical energy available to the system, directly and without any intermediate storage. Through the use of the latest technology very high efficiency rates can be achieved.
To what extent is the "Thinking System" regarded as an intelligent and technically-minded system? How does the system reduce the installation times? What is the extent of energy and resource savings? This and other questions were addressed during a walking tour across the company with District Administrator Mr. Friedel Heuwinkel and with the first Deputy Minister Mrs. Vieregge. Both were very impressed by the innovative capacity of this medium-sized Company in East Westphalia.
Because the Detmold headquarters encompasses everything from R&D, Production to Sales & Marketing, Friedel Heuwinkel and Kerstin Vieregge were able to get a wide overview of the most varied company areas. MSF-Vathauer Antriebstechnik GmbH & Co. KG is very thankful to Mr. Heuwinkel and Mrs. Vieregge for their visit, which has definitely strengthened the union between People and Industry.
District administrator visits technology companies in Detmold