Extrusion Asia Edition 1-2025

33 EXTRUSION & RECYCLING ASIA 1/2025 SML负责bitWise的维护 bitWise由一支技术精湛的团队创建，成员包括七名全栈 软件开发人员和数据科学家，他们在自动化和数据分析领 域拥有丰富经验，如今仍在进行定期更新。bitWise完全由 SML自主开发这一事实带来诸多益处，最重要的是，SML 会对其进行全方位维护： • SML提供自动更新 • SML观察使用的组件并解决安全问题 • SML监控连接到挤出生产线的本地bitWise服务器，在出 现问题之前，SML会通知客户。 • 自动添加新功能 • 个性化支持和协助 开放系统-互联互通 bitWise的一个重要特点是其系统开放性：数据交换基于 HTML和OPC-UA等开放标准。因此，bitWise为挤出生产线 和与之连接的辅助设备（如检测系统、基于云的解决方案或 ERP系统）之间的全面数据交换提供完全的互联互通。 FILM EXTRUSION, DIGITALISATION “F or several years now “industry 4.0” has been a popular buzzword but the underlying question is always how the companies that operate our machines can bene t from the rapid developments being accomplished in the digital sector,” Christoph Strasser, Team Leader of SML’s Digital Business Unit, says. Like all of its other core competencies, such as mechanical engineering, electrical design or automation, SML makes sure to keep the development of digital solutions strictly in-house. Close co-operation among the di erent departments, all located at SML’s headquarters, supports the creation of coherent extrusion concepts with perfectly harmonised digital solutions. bitWise: Analysing data – increasing productivity Bitwise, the data generation and analysis tool, is at the heart of SML’s digital activities. Today it is used in more than 200 extrusion lines around the world. “bitWise enables the comprehensive collection, processing, analysis and trans - mission of manufacturing data – in an extraordinarily fast and easy manner. The process knowledge bitWise generates, helps to continuously optimise both the manufacturing pro - cesses and the product quality,” Christoph Strasser contin - ues. Its main purposes are to streamline work ows, identify and solve problems pertaining to quality, analyse machine defects – and, above all, to increase machine productivity. The most popular areas of application include • The real-time monitoring of various process-relevant or quality-relevant production values, such as the melt temper - ature, extruder pressure or coating weight – with an alarm function, if certain values deviate • Digital shift books for the systematic documentation of all events during a shift • The bitWise Track and Trace function: all of the data gen - erated during production can be assigned to a speci c, n - ished lm roll, for example via a QR code. This presents new opportunities for quality control and product enhancement. Flexible dashboards for operators and CEOs bitWise enables data-driven decision making, regardless of the organisational level – execution, planning or enter - prise. It supports the machine operators, the maintenance team, shift leaders, quality managers and not least the CEO / management. To simplify day-to-day work, the bitWise dashboard can be customised to suit the speci c eld of activity of the user. Since bitWise is per se a web-based solution, remote access, i.e. via a tablet or a personal com - puter is possible, provided that the company can cater to the system requirements. SML takes care of bitWise bitWise was created by a highly skilled team of seven full- stack software developers and data scientists with a wealth of experience in automation and data analytics who now continue to develop it on a regular basis. The fact that bit - Wise is made 100% at SML generates an array of bene ts. Above all, that SML takes care of it in a comprehensive way: • Automatic updates from SML • SML observes the components used and closes security issues • SML monitors the local bitWise server attached to the extrusion lines, customers are noti ed by SML before prob - lems occur. • New features can be added automatically • Personal support and assistance Open system – interconnectivity One vital characteristic of bitWise is its system openness: The data exchange is based on open standards such as HTML and OPC-UA. So bitWise provides full interconnec - tivity for the comprehensive exchange of data between the extrusion line and connected machine auxiliaries, such as the inspection system, cloud-based solutions or the ERP. SML Maschinengesellschaft mbH Gewerbepark Ost 32, 4846 Redlham, Austria www.sml.at