DIH BENEFITS
DIHs enable any company to get up-to-date information, expert support, and access to technologies to test and pilot digital innovations with company products, processes, or business models. Otherwise speaking, DIHs are one-stop shops for companies to digitise business within and outside their local area. The hubs use business principles and a standard service model to help clients address tasks at hand, and provide services otherwise not readily accessible.
Moreover, DIHs act as intermediaries for investor relations, facilitate access to finance for digital change, and pool digital innovation users and suppliers together in the value chain. Another important role of DIHs is to assess company needs for digital skills and their application.
Moreover, DIHs contribute to the coordinated implementation of industrial digitalisation initiatives across all sectors, by the targeted use of European Union investment funds to digitise Lithuanian industry, and by creating appropriate regulatory environment for this purpose. Taking advantage of the support of the European funds for digitisation programs, the Hub aims to facilitate access of Lithuanian companies to targeted funding for digital transformation.
The Hub is a one-stop-shop for companies providing up-to-date information, expert support, and access to technology for testing digital innovations. It helps to pilot products, processes or business models.
DIH aims for significant changes in the digitisation of Lithuanian industries, thereby increasing their competitiveness and added value they develop. This includes:
- Access to centres of excellence
- The heart of the innovation ecosystem
- Intermediation services
- Facilitated access to financing
- Education, training and advisory services
SERVICE EXAMPLES
Energy data collection and monitoring
Main problem
Companies with energy-intensive equipment are subject to high energy costs. The possibilities of reducing these costs are sought through a variety of different types of measuring instruments. The problem is that each modified parameter or indicator can affect the change in the next parameter. This way, a company may be even more likely to suffer further losses. As a result, part of corporate decision-making in general tries to rely on intuition and random guesses because it does not have an integrated analytical system.
Solution
The Advanced Manufacturing Digital Innovation HUB, which involves several different engineering companies, has developed the Analytical Energy Efficiency Monitoring System, which has been introduced to Lithuanian companies. This system has:
• Monitoring of production costs and production data;
• Data collection and mapping, effectiveness evaluation;
• Integration of other systems (Siemens, Schneider, ABB etc.).
Applicability
Using the system, the Lithuanian company Nordic Sugar has made the following actions:
• Integrated 15 energetically sensitive objects;
• Data is collected from electricity, water, gas accounting systems, network analyzers, frequency converters, temperature, humidity sensors, weighing scales;
• Integration of existing systems has reduced investments into data collection equipment;
• Integrated information systems of different manufacturers have been able to provide real-time data on how much energy resources are used to produce one ton of product.
More details: https://intechcentras.lt/?lang=en
Industrie 4.0 training and audits, consultations, roadmap for digital transformation
InTechCentras is the official representative of the German Innovation Center Industry 4.0 (Germany Innovation Center for Industry 4.0) in Lithuania. We provide a three-level training course at the end of which is considered to be the final exam assessment and the Industry 4.0 Driver License.
WHY IT IS USEFULL:
During the course you will systematically understand digitization processes;
Get acquainted with specific accesses for your business;
You will learn about the already implemented industry 4.0 projects;
Participate in intensive exchanges with other course participants and lecturers;
You will take part in interactive workshops;
Participants: Altas komercinis Autotraspotas, Vakarų laivų gamykla, SKF, Vilnius Gediminas Techncal University, Vilnika, Kitron, BCT, Novameta
More details: https://intechcentras.lt/?lang=en
Development and integration of an Automated Equipment Performance Tracking System
Main problem
When considering Industry 4.0 development, companies are often limited to the perception that it is enough to invest in new machines and technologies. However, this represents only 10 % of the company’s total change in digitization, and the biggest challenge is the integrity of the existing and newly acquired equipment, combined with existing production management ERP systems and the know-how of genuine capabilities and free resources. When companies purchase state-of-the-art CNC machines, they must not blindly rely on manufacturer’s performance calculations, companies themselves must be able to check whether the data presented is in line with reality. Lithuanian industry has encountered an unpleasant situation when the purchased CNC machines automatically generated parameters of equipment performance were far from reality, so they started looking for solutions to solve the problem.
Solution
Advanced Manufacturing Digital Innovation HUB companies joined a consortium to create a service to solve this problem. Initially, there were two companies that were able to create an electronic device that could be connected to any manufacturing facility. The gadget was then made visually appealing, with integrated TouchScreen management feature and data analysis on the Cloud platform. Subsequently, a consultancy company joined the team that analysed the data and provided recommendations for companies to identify and use available spare capacities.
This system has the following features:
• Fewer manual calculations for employees;
• Minute precision in real time;
• Elimination of Human Factor Errors;
• Avoiding misuse.
Applicability
Lithuanian companies such as LESTA, CMG, Raguvos baldai, Lironta started using this system.
The company worked 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Its decision was to buy a new device that would create new spare capacity. The device costs 200.000 Eur. By applying this automated equipment performance monitoring system, up to 35 % of the available capacity was found, and the company saved 200,000 Euros, which were already approved for the purchase of new equipment.
More details: https://intechcentras.lt/?lang=en
