Above all, we need clever minds behind the machines and enthusiasm for future technologies.
It takes more than 20 steps just to produce the vertical stabilizer of an Airbus A350 - from the workpiece to the finished component. However, any number of things can go wrong within 20 production steps. The consequences of production errors can be devastating - both for the company itself and the environment. So how can errors be reliably prevented in multi-step production processes?
Technical innovations have already led to revolutionary changes in industrial production three times: the first time with the steam engine, the second time with the electric machine and the third time with the computer-controlled machine. Now, with the possibility of digitally networking individual production machines, the fourth wave of the industrial revolution is upon us.
Sebastian Scholz is a professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology in Zittau. In the video, he explains how communication between sensors, workpieces and machines can prevent production errors in a smart factory - ideally without any human intervention or interruption to production.
"We already have the basis for Industry 4.0," says Sebastian Scholz, referring to fast internet and high-performance processors. But then he adds: "We are still far from having exhausted the potential of Industry 4.0." Above all, this requires clever minds behind the machines and enthusiasm for future technologies.
In short: the fourth industrial revolution needs you! Lay the foundation for your successful career as an engineer by studying mechanical engineering at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. Sebastian Scholz invites you to shape an important part of the future together and write industrial history. After all, your future belongs to you - so come to Zittau and study here!