JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #107 - August/September 2016 - 4

OPlNlON internet of things

Plataine & Composite Technology Center

"Industrial IoT creates continuous
improvement in tomorrow's factory"

with

CTC Stade (Composite Technology Center GmbH, Stade) operates
and simulates Plataine's Industrial Internet Production Optimization solutions and examines the opportunities that reside within
technologies such as Industry 4.0, Industrial IoT (Internet of
Things) and cloud computing to drive the development of series
production technologies for the manufacturing of composites components for aircraft construction. Here's a look at this collaboration.

Avner Ben-BAssAt
CEO, Plataine
&
Prof. Dr. Axel HerrmAnn
CEO
CTC GmbH Stade

between ERP, PLM/CAD and the shopfloor. Plataine's TPO platform allows manufacturers to track critical assets, provide
instant alerts, and generate reports and
analytics to give you total control over your
manufacturing processes.
Context-aware actions and recommendations in real-time dramatically increase
worker productivity. Our TPO solution
holistically evaluates any stream of customer or internal work orders, for product
mix and volume for a given time-period, to
produce ready-to-cut dynamic production
plans and streamline operations.
Context-aware actions and recommendations in real-time dramatically
increase worker productivity

JEC Composites Magazine: Can you briefly
introduce your two companies?

Avner Ben-Bassat: Plataine is an
award-winning, leading provider of Intelligent Automation software for advanced
manufacturers, leveraging IoT and Artificial Intelligence Technologies. Plataine's
Total Production Optimization (TPO)
solutions bring the world of IoT to composite part fabrication and leverage patent-protected technologies, to enable manufacturers to significantly improve their
Buy-to-Fly ratios. Plataine's solutions are
used worldwide by leading OEM, Tier 1 &
2 suppliers including GE Aviation, Hitco/
Avcorp, IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries),
MT Aerospace. Plataine is a Siemens PLM
Foundation Partner and a GE Digital (Predix) Partner.

Additionally, Plataine maintains full traceability of the digital thread from raw material to end product to guarantee quality is
never compromised.

Prof. Dr. Axel Herrmann:

CTC, Composite Technology Center
GmbH Stade, Germany, is an Airbus company which is driving the development of
efficient series production technologies for
the manufacturing and assembly of carbon
fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) components for aircraft and lightweight construction. CTC Stade drives innovation in
composite manufacturing to enable Airbus
to maintain its top position as a leading aircraft manufacturer.

JCM: How did your collaboration start?

JCM: What advantages does Plataine's
solution propose to composites component
manufacturers in the aeronautics field?

Pr. Dr. A. H.: We were introduced to

A. B.-B.: Plataine's TPO solution is able

JCM: What solutions do Plataine offer concerning composite materials and their specificities?

A. B.-B.: Plataine leverages IoT and Artificial Intelligence technologies to offer
a new software intelligence layer that sits

Plataine by one of our consulting partners
and after getting to know Plataine's solutions and surveying the market, decided
that Plataine is the perfect partner for us to
step into the topic of Industry 4.0. Following that, CTC and Plataine Technologies
have signed a Cooperation Agreement to
deeply examine Plataine's solutions and
the opportunities that reside within stateof-the-art technologies such as Industry
4.0, Industrial IoT (Internet of Things) and
cloud computing, to drive the development of series production technologies for
the manufacturing of composites components for aircraft construction. CTC Stade
operates and simulates Plataine's Industrial
Internet Production Optimization solutions as part of its effort to maintain competitive advantage by driving innovation
and advanced technologies to the Aerospace Community.

Materials and
parts tracking allow
final assembly on time

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