Erema previews its plans for K 2016

Erema CEO Manfred Hackl. Photo: Messe Duesseldorf / ctillmann

Austria-based Erema previewed its trade fair plans for K 2016 at the official K Preview press conference 29 June in Düsseldorf, Germany. With the introduction of Careformance the company will present a Smart Factory package for recyclers and producers.

At the K 2016 show, Erema says it will build on the success of the Intarema technology it presented in 2013 using the theme “Careformance – We care about your performance.”

"Building on the high degree of automation of the Intarema systems, we have developed a Smart Factory package which enables us to give our customers a clear competitive edge and make them fit for the future,” says Erema CEO Manfred Hackl.

According to Erema, visitors to K 2016 will not only discover the benefits of Careformance in theory, but they also will experience them live as Erema recycles plastic scrap generated at the K show at the Careformance Recycling Centre in the outdoor area of the trade fair, with machine, quality and process data being transferred in real time to Erema’s booth in Hall 9, Stand C05.

Careformance consists of four components, with the Intarema system forming the basis for the further Smart Factory applications. In addition to the previous machine data, specially integrated sensors—the QualityOn package—can be used in future to record and evaluate MVR (melt volumer), colour and moisture. The QualityOn package enables recyclers and producers to make recyclates with consistent quality in accordance with the special requirements of their customers and to document them transparently using online data acquisition and analysis, the company says. Recipes recorded electronically can be compared with each other and modified.

To make use of the vast amount of machine, quality and process data in a worthwhile and user-friendly way, Erema says it has developed a sophisticated MES (manufacturing execution system). With re360 users can keep track of the productivity of an entire range of machinery in five modules.

“A key benefit of re360 is that it works independently of the plant manufacturer,” says Hackl. “Customers can integrate not only different systems but also their global production locations.”

Re360 gives users an overview of the capacities/stoppage times of the systems for management, documents key quality data of the recyclates for the location manager and informs the operator about upcoming maintenance jobs, Erema says.

The extent to which re360 was developed with customer requirements in mind becomes clear with the link to Spare Parts Online, Erema’s online shop. Any upcoming maintenance work and the replacement of individual parts is displayed in real time by re360. Spare parts can be ordered directly via the online store to keep downtime as low as possible. A customer’s Erema systems and previous orders are stored at Spare Parts Online.

At K 2013 Erema launched a system with new core technology and additional innovations: Intarema. The primary innovation is based on Counter Current technology, the company says. Intarema achieves process stability while maintaining flexibility with easy operation and considerably less energy consumption, the company says. This stability enables automation processes such as Smart Start or the Recipe Management System, which in turn form the basis for modern Industry 4.0 applications. Since the technology was launched in autumn 2013 more than 450 Intarema systems have been sold worldwide.