The Smart Factory of the future
The Pilot Line is an advanced production line where new Industry 4.0 technologies are integrated with traditional ones in a digitally interconnected environment.
The plant is an example of a digital factory of the future (smart factory), located at our headquarters. The Pilot Line is designed to:
- Anticipate digital transformation processes;
- Support the enterprises’ technological innovation;
- Increase the added value of enterprise products.
![Birex_interni-093_©GiacomoMaestri Linea pilota di BI-REX: cobot e mobot](https://bi-rex.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Birex_interni-093_©GiacomoMaestri-scaled.jpg)
The 4 Areas
![Big Data](https://bi-rex.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Big-Data.png)
1. BIG DATA & INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)
IoT platform development, 5G connectivity, data acquisition and processing on local datacenter and remote cloud, Big-Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, Digital Twin.
![Additive](https://bi-rex.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Additive.png)
2. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Additive manufacturing of metals with powder bed laser and direct deposition, supplemented with secondary processing (e.g., heat treatment, laser hardening, EDM), polymer printing.
![RObotica](https://bi-rex.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/RObotica.png)
3. ROBOTICS
Implementation of advanced robotics, mobile robotics, and collaborative robotics aimed at the subservience of manufacturing, collaborative assembly, and logistics.
![Metrologia](https://bi-rex.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Metrologia.png)
4. SMART MANUFACTURING
Finishing with mechanical processing on numerical control center, dimensional control systems (with and without contact), laser light scanning, and reverse engineering.
Pilot Line Objectives
- To have an industrial environment to enable Test Before Invest services;
- To propose a reconfigurable and flexible production system without the constraints of corporate production;
- To enable technology transfer between public and private partners to produce innovation;
- Realize advanced prototype production and small series with high added value;
- To be visible and understandable to companies, universities, partners;
- To enable the implementation of “hands-on” training programs.