ManuTex 4.0 – the future of textile manufacturing

Adjunct Prof. (Clemson Univ.) Dr.-Ing. Yves-Simon Gloy

• Institut für Textiltechnik der

RWTH Aachen University

• Industrie 4.0

• ManuTex 4.0

• Successful examples

• Perspectives and

opportunities

Content

Control of a weaving machine via tablet;

Reference: ITA

• Institut für Textiltechnik der

RWTH Aachen University

• Industrie 4.0

• ManuTex 4.0

• Successful examples

• Perspectives and

opportunities Control of a weaving machine via tablet;

Reference: ITA

Content

RWTH Aachen University

Our strategic approach

Our approach: Comprehensive service

Personnel

• 110 scientists

• 65 technical and service staff

• 200 undergraduate research assistants

• 50 students, who major in textile engineering per year

ITA

RWTH, Peter Winandy

ITA - Facts & Figures

Budget: approx. 15 mill. €

Basic resarch

projects

approx. 30% Direct industry

research

approx. 30%

Network projects

Industry/Institute

approx. 35%

University funding:

approx. 5%

public

semi public

Strictly

confidential

• Institut für Textiltechnik der

RWTH Aachen University

• Industrie 4.0

• ManuTex 4.0

• Successful examples

• Perspectives and

opportunities

Content

Control of a weaving machine via tablet;

Reference: ITA

Industrie 4.0

Industrie 4.0

CPS = Cyber-Physical Systems use realtime- and internet-capable,

intelligent sensors and actuators

CPS

Smart Products Smart Buildings

Smart Logistics

Smart Mobility

Smart Grids

Industrie 4.0

• Institut für Textiltechnik der

RWTH Aachen University

• Industrie 4.0

• ManuTex 4.0

• Successful examples

• Perspectives and

opportunities Control of a weaving machine via tablet;

Reference: ITA

Content

• Textile & Clothing industry in the EU-28

turnover of 165 billion €

investments of around 4 billion €.

• Thanks to a revival of the EU activity

173,000 T&C companies

employ over 1.6 million workers.

• EU external trade getting more dynamic with

43 billion € of T&C products exported

99 billion € imported from third markets

*Euratex estimates

EU-28 Textile and Clothing Industry - 2014

ManuTex 4.0

• The objectives of the ManuTex 2007 initiative were:

Collaboration textile/clothing manufacturers/developers

and manufacturers of machines, systems & tools

Combination of priorities in the

Strategic Research Agendas of the ManuFuture

and Textile European Technology Platforms

• Achievements

Design of several joint calls (as input to NMP & FoF)

Projects NuWave and Mach 2

Multiple dissemination activities on EU level (incl. ITMA 2007)

• The objectives of the ManuTex 4.0 initiative are:

Update the ManuTex Activitites within the frame of

Industrie 4.0

The Factories of the Future Research Roadmap

The Textile Flagships for Europe

• Necessity for Relaunch

Better link to calls by EFFRA on „Smart Factory“

Link to EU Industrial Renaissance policies (DG Enterprise)

“Digital” is the hot topic

First 4.0 project by Adidas AG under the frame of Autonomik 4.0

Textil industry needs to keep „the pot boiling”

ManuTex 4.0

ManuTex 4.0

• Topics

Horizontal integration through value networks

1. New business models

2. Framework value-added network

3. Automation of value-added network

End-to-end digital integration of engineering

across the entire value chain

4. Integration of real and virtual world

5. Systems Engineering

ManuTex 4.0

• Topics

Vertical integration and networked manufacturing systems

6. Sensor data analysis & data based optimisation of process control

7. Intelligence – flexibility – changeability

8. Multi-modal assistance systems

9. Acceptance of the technology and job design

Cross-cutting technologies

10. Security & Safety

11. Reference architectures and distributed

service-oriented IT architecture

• Institut für Textiltechnik der

RWTH Aachen University

• Industrie 4.0

• Manutex 4.0

• Successful examples

• Perspectives and

opportunities

Control of a weaving machine via tablet;

Reference: ITA

Content

Successful examples

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Successful examples

Successful examples

RFID-

Transponder

Spool

RFID -

Antenna

Successful examples

Successful examples

Successful examples

• Institut für Textiltechnik der

RWTH Aachen University

• Industrie 4.0

• ManuTex 4.0

• Successful examples

• Perspectives and

opportunities

Control of a weaving machine via tablet;

Reference: ITA

Content

• Energy efficiency

• Material efficiency

First shot right

• Capacity efficiency

Staff

Warehouse space, …

Reference:

http://blog.iao.fraunhofer.de

Perspectives and opportunities

Textile production chain

Supplier

Spinnery Fabric Production

CustomerEnd Customer

Business Process Level

Execution level

Customer Request

lot size 1

Internet of Things / Communication Platform

Material information flow through transport media Flow of information through intelligent machine network

Process

Step 1

Process

Step nProcess

Step 1

Process

Step n

Data on produc-

tion and product

Inherent Machine

Cognition

Transport Media

(e.g. RFID-Chips)

Sources of pictures:

nx.-id.com

Freedigitalphotos.net

(bluebay)

Perspectives and opportunities

Get your people ready for 4.0 !

Textile Learning Factory 4.0

Perspectives and opportunities

• Why ManuTex 4.0? Lessons learned

Great network

World leading research partners

World leading industry partners

Industrie 4.0 know-how

Highly educated people

Culture to innovate

Close to customers

Participation of relevant people needs effort

Perspectives and opportunities

Adjunct Prof. (Clemson Univ.) Dr.-Ing. Yves-Simon Gloy

Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) der RWTH Aachen University

Otto-Blumenthal-Str. 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany

Fon +49 (0)241 80 234 70

yves.gloy@ita.rwth-aachen.de

Europe

– the leading place for textile production 4.0