THE DIGITAL FACTORY BY UTECO

Held in Bologna the main flexographic event of 2019,  the Flexo Day lasted  for two days, for the first time.

These two days were full of presentations and special Guests such as Vincenzo Boccia, full of awards won by important Converters, many of them affiliated with Uteco equipments and many convivial moments.
Important topics were addressed such as sustainability, the use or better use of plastic and Industy 4.0; regards Industry 4.0  Uteco Group has developed its presentation titled:  The digital factory – Industrial IIOT (internet of things) and competitiveness of companies.

This was illustrated by Davide Valbusa, a graduate of electrical  engineering who specializes in automation and who has been working in the Uteco Electronics department since 2004.  His main role is as an electrical designer and has been dealing involved with new technologies applied related to printing machines equipment for quite a few years.

After a short introduction of Mr Stefano Russo,  COO of the Group and an opening speech by Mr Romano,   engineer of San Marco Informatica Company, Mr. Valbusa has described how Uteco, thanks also to the support of the company just mentioned, has created a data collection system that through an encrypted binary transmission allows remote analysis and monitoring of printing machines.

At first,  he briefly explained the latest revolution in the field of industrial production IIOT and its different fields  of application, then entering into the heart of the presentation described  how, through the development of a speacial software, it is possible to receive and analyze data collected by m.e.s and sensors and able to be transformed into real information, obviously involving different department depending on their skills. Information are  immediately usable for a perfect analysis and management of the  customer plants.

The analysis of the data also, through sophisticated algorithms, gives us the possibility of having predictive maintenance and therefore the ability to anticipate breakages and damages” – emphasizes Davide and continues: “At the next Drupa, at our Stand B20 in Hall 10 , we will present our offer of “centralized dashboarding” and “instant intelligence” in a clear, simple and direct way. Thus even the most reluctant visitors will be able to approach the future of Industry 4.0 and words such as mes  ( Manufacturing Execution System)  IIOT systems, business intelligence, algorithms and work-flow will become their daily bread “.