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How can productivity in window production be increased through the so-called technology hub? How does smart manufacture revolutionize the future window production? And how can quality assessment be materialized sustainably although costs are supposed to be minimized at the same time for all processes?

These are only a few of the questions Urban GmbH & Co. Maschinenbau KG and further partners from industry and research are dealing intensively with. On board are also the Kunststoff-Zentrum SKZ (Plastics Center SKZ) Urban is cooperating with for more than 30 years as well as the RAL-Gütegemeinschaft für Kunststoff-Fenster-profil-systeme (RAL Quality Association for PVC profile systems for windows).

For more than 30 years, Urban is a significant partner in the field of industry and development for the industry related research at the Würzburg based Kunststoff-Zentrum SKZ (Plastics Center SKZ. Time and again, the machinery manufacturer and leading technology partner Urban participated in publicly subsidized research projects at the SKZ. Also a number of direct research work had been commonly concluded by SKZ and Urban such as the project „welding process development for fibre-reinforced PVC window profiles“ (2011 to 2012) or the project „innovative technologies for welding of mineral-filled and fibreglass-reinforced plastics“ (2011 to 2013).

„It’s only logical and consequent that we address these topics together with leading partners in the PVC-window industry such as technology hub and smart construction. Processes of the future will be defined sustainably by top players of the industry cooperating and moving ahead together” says Martin Urban.

 „There are huge challenges the industry is facing and all parties are invited to use the potentials of the future. Of course, this is increasingly handled through implementation and optimization of digital services. Industry 4.0 is only the first step in the field of window manufacture“ says Michael Walther, chairperson of the working committee “profile and machine” of the Gütegemeinschaft für Kunststoff-Fensterprofilsysteme (Quality Association for PVC profile systems for windows).

Through technology hubs und smart construction ideas, the value added chains of  construction element manufacturers (windows, door, roller shutters etc.) and suppliers of smart-home-products are supposed to meet in future with developers of building-information-modelling systems and software solutions but also with experts in the field of data transfer, architecture, planning and sustainable building. The objective is to develop partnerships, services, and product innovations with the focus on reduction of production costs and improvement of resource productivity.

Quelle: URBAN GmbH & Co. Maschinenbau KG

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