Innovation Projects
In the Fieldlab, the partners test and experiment together with innovative sensor and analysis technologies. The projects are there to:
- demonstrate which monitoring technique works best;
- substantiate the assumed Business Cases with real-world data;
- Understand what it takes for technology to land well in the workplace;
- Teaching employees to work with the latest techniques.
Several innovation projects are being carried out in the Fieldlab:
- Reducing emissions at an annealing plant through early detection using sensor technology
- Reducing wear behavior of rollers. Rollers are tagged and this makes it possible to see online at any time which rollers have been in use for a long time and are therefore worn out, as well as where in the line they are mounted. Currently, this is often still done by visual inspection.
- Early detection of defective conveyor belts using acoustic cameras. With sound, specific sounds of wear or upcoming defects can be recognized and signaled early. This prevents unwanted downtime.
All innovation projects have one thing in common: to make the maintenance required more predictable. This predictable maintenance has many benefits:
- Lower machine costs
- Lower personnel costs
- Less unexpected downtime
- Increased safety
- Increases income
- Increases employee efficiency
- Lower energy consumption this results in lower costs and is better for the environment
- Lower emissions, this will ultimately be necessary to meet the Paris Agreement targets
Do you have innovations you would like to test in the Fieldlab? If so, please contact us at gerik.tenberge@techport.nl.
In some cases, Techport can also assist in finding and applying for grants to enable innovation projects.