{"id":48444,"date":"2023-02-07T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?p=48444"},"modified":"2023-01-29T14:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T13:48:52","slug":"demag-led-optimum-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/demag-led-optimum-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Demag-led OPTIMUM project won \u201cExceptional ITEA Award of Excellence\u201d award from Germany’s BMBF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo by Demag Cranes & Components GmbH<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The international OPTIMUM project led by Demag Cranes & Components and funded in Germany by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), has received the \u201cExceptional ITEA Award of Excellence\u201d. The research project has been recognized in all three award categories. The jury acknowledged its decision for the OPTIMUM Project\u2019s high level of innovation, its significant impact on the markets in the fields of \u201cMaterial Handling\u201d and \u201cSmart Manufacturing\u201d and for its great achievements in standardization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consortium Lead Anja Fischer of Demag Cranes & Components explains: \u201cAs an international consortium, we are thrilled to receive this special award, which we see as appreciation of our joint efforts. For all of us, it was a special experience that united the many international experts into an outstanding team to achieve and finally present exceptional results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OPTIMUM: safety and efficiency in production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ITEA project OPTIMUM (OPTimised Industrial IoT and Distributed Control Platform for Manufacturing and Material Handling) started in November 2017 to develop a future-oriented control platform for the \u201cMaterial Handling\u201d and \u201cSmart Manufacturing\u201d sectors. The research project focussed on distributed control systems, indoor localisation of man and machine, cyber security as well as 3D engineering & visualisation. A further goal was to benefit from new IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) concepts to promote connectivity and efficiency in production. Seventeen consortium partners from six nations were involved in the project. Thanks to this international cooperation, the technologies developed in OPTIMUM can be used in different domains and different countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OPTIMUM: on the way to the Smart Factory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the status that industrial processes are predominantly controlled centrally and hierarchically, the partners from industry, SMEs, research institutes and universities, who were united in the OPTIMUM project, investigated pioneering future concepts such as component-based and collaborative automation, which require decentralized control structures. To promote this development, OPTIMUM addressed<\/p>\n\n\n\n