Press Release: Putting a Price Tag on Your Data — senseering’s MyDataEconomy Platform Welcomes First Pilot Members
WZL of RWTH Aachen, Fraunhofer IPT, WBA GmbH, ACAM GmbH, TPU Plus GmbH, SPAICER and the 5G-Industry Campus Europe are Pioneers to Experience the Data Economy of the Future.
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Prologue
In 2018, the vision of a data economy for manufacturing technology (a must-read) was outlined together with the WZL of RWTH Aachen University within the Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen. Today, this vision is enjoying a significant breakthrough and is entering a closed-alpha phase with the first pilot customers.
What’s this about?
The MyDataEconomy platform is senseering’s interpretation of a digital value network or a digital data marketplace, not exclusively for, but especially developed for industrial data sources and large data volumes. The goal is to ensure secure, cross-network data availability for all players in order to optimize their own processes using digital twins.
The MyDataEconomy ecosystem digitizes, in a very simple way, very complex and still difficult to network (industrial) data sources with and among each other. The special design of the MyDataEconomy platform enables the secure and efficient exchange of data across network and company boundaries. With one mouse click, the participants of the MyDataEconomy platform are enabled to develop disruptive innovations in unprecedented collaborative networks and to design their own digital transformation. Now!
This is made possible by a special data exploitation or data monetization strategy. “The MyDataEconomy ecosystem not only makes it possible to improve the quality of condition monitoring and predictive maintenance approaches to a particularly high degree, it also provides an infrastructure with which (industrial) data, digital twins, data-based services or innovative algorithms can be exploited, exchanged or monetized in a value-added manner in the future, like real materials and goods,” says Dr. Daniel Trauth, CEO of senseering.
The platform in a nutshell
The MyDataEconomy platform is a decentralized data network. It is based on a secure and low-latency Edge-AI architecture, but can also be operated in common cloud instances (AWS, Azure, …). In the background, a distributed ledger technology (DLT, similar to block chain) ensures data integrity, data sovereignty and data immutability. The MyDataEconomy platform is based on IOTA tangle technology, thus enabling a resource-saving, environmentally friendly and scalable use with its fee-less transactions.
In order to make this a reality today, senseering has confronted more than 65 companies and over 400 experts with its vision over the last two years and carefully translated their needs and concerns into a productive solution. For the four most frequently mentioned hurdles, a 5-step framework as well as a concept consisting of two data exploitation or data monetization strategies was developed and taken into account in the development of the MyDataEconomy platform.
What’s being done?
In order to now put the value proposition of the MyDataEconomy platform to test, the next logical step is to open the platform to selected pilot customers in a alpha phase. With the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering WZL of RWTH Aachen University and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, senseering GmbH has two renowned production technology research institutes at its side. The WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie GmbH, as a leading industrial consultant, has its own demonstration tool shop, the ACAM Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing offers access to innovative know-how and consulting in the field of industrial 3D printing, while the TPU Plus GmbH is opening a new area in plastics technology. And with the 5G-Industry Campus Europe, future-oriented technologies, such as a low-latency 5G connection, can also be tested.
Use Case: Secure Audit Trails in the Automotive Industry
The WZL is participating in the MyDataEconomy platform with its Feintool XFT2500 speed industrial fineblanking system. The fineblanking incubator is characterized on the one hand by particularly diverse data sources and on the other hand by large data volumes in a very short time. At the same time, it produces almost exclusively safety-critical components for the automotive industry, for example.
“This makes it particularly important that quality data can be seamlessly traced along the value-added chain,” says Professor Dr. Thomas Bergs, Head of the Chair of Manufacturing Technology at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University.
Use Case: First Part Right in Aviation
The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT is the only research institute qualified by MTU Aero Engines AG to manufacture the most demanding development components (engine rotors such as turbine disks and compressor blisks, blade-integrated disks) to aerospace specifications. These sophisticated components play an essential role in current and future engine generations when it comes to further increasing the efficiency and sustainability of engines.
“The precise production of the engine components, closely following the specifications, is a central prerequisite for the reliable operation of the safety-relevant components. This makes it necessary that data can be recorded and processed in real time and deviations in the process can be corrected immediately,” says Dr. Sascha Gierlings, head of the Turbomachinery business unit at the Fraunhofer IPT.
“In the digital twin, the data from all life cycle stages are stored context-based . For the manufacture of a component, this includes the entire spectrum of planning and simulation data, data from production, as well as measurement and quality data,” adds Philipp Ganser, head of the high-performance machining department at the Fraunhofer IPT.
Use Case: Achieving More in Data Alliances
In its own demonstration tool shop, the WBA depicts the entire process chain of tool manufacture and develops innovative solutions for the industry with over 80 member companies. Tool making is the supreme discipline in production, for example in the automotive industry. Here, all competences and requirements come together in one solution. Only when everything fits together perfectly, components of the highest quality can be produced. At the same time, toolmaking also holds the greatest danger: if a mistake is found in toolmaking, it can rarely be corrected. The faulty production chain is often irreparable and causes immense costs.
“All that makes a common platform for exchanging data all the more important. Only if everyone in a data alliance works together, costly errors can be traced and avoided in the future,” Dr. Tobias Hensen, managing director of WBA.
Use Case: Sustainability and authenticity in additive manufacturing
The ACAM Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing pools resources and facilitates access to the expertise of leading scientific and research institutions in the field of additive manufacturing. The ACAM is the one-stop-shop for Additive Manufacturing, covering the entire process chain from design to quality control and focusing on topics such as automation of the process chain, development of customized materials, increasing productivity and shortening lead times.
“Digitization allows construction plans in the field of additive manufacturing to be shared worldwide and produced locally under optimal, i.e. sustainable, conditions. By means of blockchain, the authenticity of decentralized manufacturing can also be ensured and consistent quality guaranteed,” says Dr. Kristian Arntz, ACAM’s Managing Director.
Use Case: Trust in Material Properties
As a start-up in the plastics industry, TPU Plus GmbH specializes in the process development and design of innovative products made of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) in 2015. The Aachen-based company’s successful products include the R E V O L O O P bicycle inner tubes made entirely of TPU under its own brand name R E V O L O O P, which are now sold internationally. R E V O L O O P products are characterized by maximum puncture resistance at a significantly lower weight compared to classic butyl rubber products. In addition, the hoses can be completely recycled and thus protect the environment with their ecological footprint. R E V O L O O P high-performance products are increasingly being used by top athletes from the world’s top cycling teams as well as in mass sports.
“Trust in the reliability and sustainability of our products is the key argument for our customers and not least decisive for their success,” says Sascha Zander, CTO of TPU Plus GmbH.
Use Case: Industrial Resilience
In SPAICER, AI technologies are transformed into Smart Resilience Services (SRS) with a clear value proposition, integrated in production environments and networked with each other. To ensure the reusability of SRS and the exchange with partners (SRS ecosystems), platforms are developed and operated according to various “Industry 4.0” standards on existing base platforms. One of these platforms is the MyDataEconomy platform of the senseering GmbH.
“The decentralized approach of the MyDataEconomy platform allows us to share industrial data sets efficiently and securely across multiple stakeholders. This makes the MyDataEconomy platform particularly interesting for smart resilience services,” says Prof. Wolfgang Maaß, professor at DFKI and head of the SPAICER project.
Use Case: Digital identity — anywhere and anytime
The 5G-Industry Campus Europe is the world’s first campus of its kind, which enables wireless and low-latency networking of industrial goods and facilities over parts of Aachen. This pilot project lays the foundation for a fully networked economy and society everywhere and at all times.
“In such a scenario, it is inevitable that each participant or device has a unique digital identity. This is the only way to share and use data reliably and securely across the entire organization,” says Niels König, Coordinator 5G-Industry Campus Europe.
What happens next?
The MyDataEconomy platform is currently only open to selected companies, municipalities, states and public institutions. “We particularly need use cases that challenge our architecture. Therefore, we are currently not able to consider every use case”, Dr. Daniel Trauth affirms. After a successful closed-alpha phase, the MyDataEconomy platform is open to everyone, including private individuals.
You want to join the closed-alpha program?
That’s great. If you are interested, please contact mail@senseering.de with a use case description. We will then see together whether pre-competitive participation is possible.
You have questions? Please contact us!
senseering GmbH
The senseering GmbH is a company founded in September 2018 that was awarded the RWTH Aachen University Spin-Off-Award. The core competence of senseering GmbH is the development and implementation of systems for the digitalization and networking of industrial and production facilities. Likewise, senseering GmbH advises on strategic corporate issues, in particular digital transformation, distributed-leger technologies, edge vs. cloud computing architectures for AI-based real-time control of industrial processes, digital business model innovation and the introduction of digital business processes such as home office, Azure or Microsoft365. Senseering is one of the winners of the first and largest AI innovation competition of the BMWi with the project www.spaicer.de.
Daniel Trauth (CEO) | www.senseering.de | E-Mail: mail@senseering.de
WZL of RWTH Aachen University
The Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University is a research institute consisting of four chairs of the engineering discipline mechanical engineering in the field of production technology. Through the cooperation of the Chairs of Production Metrology and Quality Management, Production Engineering, Manufacturing Technology and Machine Tools, all core topics in the field of production technology are covered under one roof. The WZL with its approximately 1.000 employees is jointly managed by the holders of the four above-mentioned chairs. The management changes every three years. The current managing director is Thomas Bergs. The WZL maintains partnerships and cooperations with international industrial companies. For example, companies such as Bosch, Audi, Daimler, Sandvik, Schuler, Feintool and Voestalpine are linked together in working groups. The WZL has produced well-known start-ups, such as the electric vehicle manufacturers Streetscooter and e.GO Mobile.
Stefanie Strigl, M.A. (Head of Press and Public Relations) | Phone: +49 (0) 241 80 27554 |E-Mail: s.strigl@wzl.rwth-aachen.de
Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT
The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT is an institution of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. The institute is located on the premises of the RWTH Aachen campus in Aachen; its activities are assigned to applied research and development in the fields of engineering science and mechanical engineering. The institute was founded on July 15, 1980. The Fraunhofer IPT develops system solutions for manufacturing companies. The focus is on process technology, production machines, mechatronics, production quality and metrology as well as technology management.
Dr.-Ing. Sascha Gierlings (Head of the Turbomachinery Business Unit) | Phone: +49 241 8904–779 | E-Mail: Sascha.Gierlings@ipt.fraunhofer.de
Philipp Ganser M.Sc. (Head of the High Performance Cutting Tools Department) | Phone: +49 241 8904–425| E-Mail: Philipp.Ganser@ipt.fraunhofer.de
WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie GmbH
The WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie GmbH is the leading partner of the toolmaking industry in the business fields of industrial consulting, further education and research. In its own demonstration tool shop, the WBA depicts the entire process chain of tool manufacture and develops innovative solutions for the industry with its more than 80 member companies. As a platform for toolmaking and as a competence centre in the Production Technology Cluster on the RWTH Aachen Campus, the WBA provides the link between science and industry.
Dr.-Ing. Tobias Hensen (CEO) | Phone: +49 241 99016364 | E-Mail: t.hensen@werkzeugbau-akademie.de
ACAM Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing
The ACAM Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing pools resources and facilitates industry access to the Additive Manufacturing expertise of leading scientific and research institutions. The ACAM is the one-stop-shop for Additive Manufacturing, covering the entire process chain, from design stage through to quality control and focuses on topics such as process chain automation, the development of customized materials, increasing productivity and reducing turnaround times. Additionally, the ACAM offers opportunities for joint research and development, a sophisticated training and education program, as well as an online platform enabling industry members to build business connections and exchange practical knowledge.
Dr. Kristian Arntz (CEO) | Tel.: +49 241 9426 1020
TPU Plus GmbH
The TPU Plus GmbH designs, develops and manufactures innovative products from thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU). The interdisciplinary team of TPU Plus with experience in the fields of materials science, plastics processing, mechanical engineering, product design and toolmaking creates space for innovations made of TPU — Made in Aachen.
Sascha Zander (CTO) | Phone: +49 241 412 519 81 | E-mail: sascha.zander@tpu-plus.de
SPAICER
In SPAICER, AI technologies are transformed into Smart Resilience Services (SRS) with a clear value proposition, integrated in production environments and networked with each other. To ensure the reusability of SRS and the exchange with partners (SRS ecosystems), platforms are developed and operated according to various “Industry 4.0” standards on existing base platforms. To achieve this goal, (1) machine learning methods (ML) are particularly suitable for deriving forecasts and recommendations for action from data, and (2) formal planning and inference methods (PI) for the controlled application of structured knowledge. The combination of these two worlds is one of the most active areas of AI research. Since changes in production planning have far-reaching, entrepreneurial effects, they must be worked out interactively in collaborative environments together with production experts and decision-makers via natural language interfaces (Explainable AI). At the architectural level, SPAICER will investigate hybrid AI-oriented architectures that distribute SRS to edge devices (including production machines) and cloud environments in an optimized way according to their performance and data protection requirements.
Professor Wolfgang Maaß | German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) | Smart Service Engineering | E-Mail: info@spaicer.de
5G-Industry Campus Europe
The 5G-Industry Campus Europe will be the first site in Europe with a comprehensive 5G network to research and test new applications for 5G in production environments under real conditions. With an external network of about 1 km² and a production area of 7.000 m², the 5G network will cover the area of the RWTH Aachen Campus Melaten and the entire machine hall of the Fraunhofer IPT. The aim of the 5G-Industry Campus Europe is to build and establish a research infrastructure on the campus of RWTH Aachen University in order to implement relevant industrial applications of 5G in production through pre-competitive research projects. Type of use: Development of industrial 5G applications within the framework of various research projects, especially in production engineering.
Dipl.-Phys. Niels König (Coordinator 5G-Industry Campus Europe) | Tel. +49 241 8904 -113 | E-Mail: niels.koenig@ipt.fraunhofer.de
Sven Jung, M.Sc. (Technical Director 5G-Industry Campus Europe) | Tel. +49 241 8904–472 | sven.jung@ipt.fraunhofer.de
