First Industry 4.0: Industrial Data Management Laboratory in Romania
Crystal System Group Ltd. has implemented at the University Politehnica of Bucharest the first Industry 4.0 – Industrial Data Management Laboratory in Romania.
Integrating PLC Programming, Mechatronics and Robotics to be connected to Manufacturing Execution Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning and Cloud Application, the Laboratory offers teaching, training, and research opportunities form ‘Top floor to Shop Floor’.
The laboratory also takes into account the requirements of the EU Green Deal by using intelligent industrial automation software which measures, monitors and optimizes energy consumption, CO2-emissions and relevant hydraulic and pneumatic key performance indicators.
The inauguration of the laboratory took place in November 2021 with the presences of the Ambassadors of Germany and Italy, a Director of the Board of the German-Romanian Chamber of Commerce ‘AHK’, the director and academic team of the university and representatives of various industries.
Following the inauguration Crystal System Group Ltd. conducted it’s first ‘Train-the-Trainer’ program between 31st January 2022 to 18th February 2022 and welcomed 15 highly motivated participants in the course. As a result of this course the subject ‘Industry 4.0 – Industrial Data Management’ will be included into facultative courses for 3rd – 4th year students in various faculties as well as in master courses in various faculties of the university.
The laboratory will also be open for companies to re- and upskill their employees and as test bed for new industrial processes, applications and more. By this companies can test if their planned investments are doable and feasible, before their investment budget is spent – and may not work out.