Modular production poised to hit the market
HANNOVER MESSE 2019 features a showcase on modular production where, for the third year running, manufacturers, users and module providers will demonstrate the ability of interface standardization to significantly increase production plant flexibility in process manufacturing. The key is to have end-to-end modularization and make greater use of intelligent, decentralized automation.
11 Mar 2019Share
Hannover. Modular production technology is now sufficiently mature to be released onto the market. Visitors at HANNOVER MESSE 2019 will be able to witness this for themselves at the
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NAMUR (User Association of Automation Technology in Process Industries)
MTP facilitates the integration of modular process units into higher-level control systems by encapsulating complexity, thereby making it easier to deal with, and by increasing flexibility without pushing up overheads. "NAMUR has absolutely no doubt that this approach will transform the world of automation," says
ISPE (International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering)
Pharmaceuticals manufacturers need to digitize their production documentation in order to comply with various regulatory requirements, including data integrity requirements. "The main challenge is to ensure that validated quality-relevant process data is made available for digitized documentation processes and archived for future audits," says Wolfgang Dedden, Co-Chair of the ISPE Plug & Produce working group. "By collaborating with NAMUR, we aim to ensure that new approaches, such as MTP and NOA, are available to pharmaceuticals manufacturers in usable form right from the outset, so that we can achieve security of investment for both module suppliers and module operators."
ProcessNet
"With components for modular automation now available on the market, it is now possible to realize the first modular production plants in chemicals and pharmaceuticals process manufacturing. We urgently need modular production, so that we can respond quickly and flexibly to market requirements," said Dr. Frank Stenger, Chair of the Modular Plants working group at
VDMA (German Engineering Federation)
By combining and interconnecting modular production units via MPT, it is now possible to design, configure and modify production plants much faster and more simply than has previously been the case. "This opens up a wealth of new possibilities for equipment manufacturers," explains Richard Clemens, CEO of the
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