34 TRADE SHOW REVIEW PETplanet Insider Vol. 24 No. 06/23 www.petpla.net Practical digitalisation solutions The Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging presented its new technologies and solutions for business in the packaging and food sectors. These new developments can help companies establish digitalised value creation processes and take their first step into the circular economy. Fraunhofer IVV is developing digital training systems based on virtual reality (VR) to provide support for vocational training and continued professional development for operating and technical staff. This enables the staff to master the steps involved in processes such as changeovers. The systems will also assist with developing in-depth process understanding as quickly as possible — a necessary step for eliminating and avoiding faults on a long-term basis. The training program can be run as a stand-alone application on VR terminals; there is no need for the machine itself to be present for the training activity. Learners are able to make mistakes and gather experience without impeding a machine’s availability for other uses or even risking damage. The VR training scenarios are based on a CAD model of the machine and the corresponding process model. When it comes to challenges such as ensuring the resilience of processes, implementing the circular economy or addressing skilled worker shortages, digitalisation can offer solutions. Fraunhofer IVV assists companies undergoing transformation processes — i.e., implementing concepts such as networked production, the industrial internet of things and data exchanges encompassing the entire value chain — by developing companyspecific technology and assistance solutions, individually tailored software for supporting system integration and AI applications for the production process. Fraunhofer IVV also demonstrated their AR-based technology CleanAssist, alongside two variants of their Mobile Cleaning Device. These technological applications enable efficient, resilient production processes that are claimed to ensure a high level of quality. Cleaning processes can be documented in a fully automated manner using intelligent sensor technology and a digital twin. This means that it is possible to genuinely validate cleaning processes. www.ivv.fraunhofer.de Intelligent cleaning robots for automated and reproducible cleaning of plants and production environments. Intelligent cleaning robots for automated and reproducible cleaning of plants and production environments
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