JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #122 - July 2018 - 24

MANUFACTURING monitoring
About the Kistler Group

Kistler's sensors and systems play a pivotal part in quality assurance and process optimization

Kistler is the global leader in dynamic
measurement technology for measuring
pressure, force, torque and acceleration.
Cutting-edge technologies provide the basis
for Kistler's modular solutions.
Customers in industry and science benefit
from Kistler's experience as a development
partner, enabling them to optimize their
products and processes so as to secure
a sustainable competitive edge. The
owner-managed Swiss company's unique
sensor technology plays a key role in the
evolution of automobile development
and industrial automation, as well as in
numerous emerging sectors. With a broad
knowledge of applications and its absolute
commitment to quality, Kistler is making
an important contribution to the further
development of current megatrends. This
includes topics such as electrified drive
technology, autonomous driving, emission
reduction and Industry 4.0.
Some 1 860 employees at 61 locations
worldwide are dedicated to developing new
solutions and offer customized service for
individual applications. Since its founding
in 1959, the Kistler Group has grown along
with its customers, generating sales of CHF
422 million in 2017. Approximately 8% of
this went back into research and technology
- and thus into achieving better results for
all our customers.

the visualization and comprehensive
analysis of process data - but that's not
all. The data can also be networked
with higher-level systems such as a
Manufacturing Execution System
(MES), equipped with cutting-edge
communication interfaces like the
OPC-UA.
ComoDataCenter is used to manage and analyse data for injection moulding processes, and it allows networking
of all ComoNeo and CoMo Injection systems

To overcome this problem, the Kistler
Group offers special RTM sensors.
In conjunction with the expanded
ComoNeo functionalities, they pave
the way for excellent quality assurance
and process optimization.
The software update now offers
customers a tried-and-tested system
that covers a far wider bandwidth of
applications.
This is the efficient way to overcome
the increased complexity of plastics
processing, leading to higher quality
and lower production costs.

ComoDataCenter:
all set for Industry 4.0
Among many other benefits, the
software's intelligent functions meet
the requirements for digitization of
the injection moulding process. The
parameters captured by the sensors
integrated in the mould deliver
transparent, reproducible results and
integral process analysis. All the
collected data is stored centrally in
ComoDataCenter, where it is available
for further analyses. The system also
provides central storage of mould
configurations that it can transmit to
other plants. ComoDataCenter allows

jec composites magazine / N°122 July 2018

In summer 2017, the Kistler Group
acquired IOS GmbH of Aachen,
Germany, a successful provider of MES
systems - a move that marks a further
consolidation of the Group's market
position as an integral solution provider, augmenting its stock of Industry
4.0 expertise. This step brings Kistler
even closer to its objective: to offer the
plastics industry an end-to-end system
solution (sensor to ERP) for quality
monitoring and process optimization
from one single source. The ultimate
goals: maximum cost-efficiency and
transparency of production in the era
of Industry 4.0.
More information:
www.kistler.com

http://www.kistler.com

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