WITTMANN BATTENFELD and MPDV Mikrolab GmbH cooperate in MES

As a manufacturer of injection molding machines, automation technology and peripheral equipment, WITTMANN BATTENFELD offers a complete product range for modern injection molding technology. A high degree of integration and virtually interface-free communication within a production cell has already been achieved on the basis of virtually uniform control system technology, which is an important step into the world of Industry 4.0 with the WITTMANN 4.0 networking concept.

MPDV Mikrolab GmbH has been a leader in the field of MES (manufacturing execution systems) for many years and is operating worldwide with subsidiaries in Germany, Switzerland, the USA, China and Singapore. This enables MPDV to serve customers with production plants around the world.

The MES software HYDRA is characterized by modular design and includes a wide range of functional elements, which can be combined according to customers‘ needs. A high degree of standardization provides ergonomic user interfaces and scalability. This enables precise adaptation of the MES system to every customer’s individual requirements, to fits every company’s size and specific needs. In many production plants, several upstream and downstream manufacturing processes are integrated into MES HYDRA in addition to injection molding, such as materials management, assembly jobs, printing, packaging, etc.

The aim of this partnership is to supply plastics processors by way of close cooperation between the machine manufacturer and the MES specialist with the required production equipment on the one hand, and simultaneously with the software management modules needed for flexible production, thus promoting the optimization of manufacturing processes and quality management systems with maximum transparency of all processes.

The partnership and close cooperation of the machine manufacturer WITTMANN BATTENFELD with the independent MES specialist MPDV brings concentrated competence to the customer’s project management, yet at the same time ensures a well-balanced combination of counseling, training and support on the production floor in companies with a heterogeneous range of machinery and equipment from several different makers.

A special benefit for users of WITTMANN BATTENFELD equipment combined with MES HYDRA from MPDV is the facility to have various status signals from the MES displayed on every B8 monitor screen of the WITTMANN BATTENFELD machines. In this way, an overview of all machines connected to the MES system can be obtained from every B8 monitor screen. Depending on the equipment package installed, functions such as production monitoring, OEE evaluation or maintenance management are all visualized directly on UNILOG B8.

At the Fakuma 2017 from October 17 to 21, the cooperation between WITTMANN BATTENFELD and MPDV will be demonstrated live for the first time at the booth of WITTMANN BATTENFELD in hall B1, No. 1204. Comprehensive information will be available to interested trade visitors at the booth.

The WITTMANN Group is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of injection molding machines, robots and peripheral equipment for the plastics industry. Headquartered in Vienna/Austria, the WITTMANN Group consists of two main divisions, WITTMANN BATTENFELD and WITTMANN, which operate 8 production facilities in 5 countries, including more than 33 direct subsidiary offices located in all major plastics markets around the world.

WITTMANN BATTENFELD focuses on independent market growth in the manufacturing of state-of-the art injection molding machines and process technology, providing a modern and comprehensive range of machinery in a modular design that meets the actual and future requirements of the plastic injection molding market.

WITTMANN’s product range includes robots and automation systems, material handling systems, dryers, gravimetric and volumetric blenders, granulators, mold temperature controllers and chillers. With this comprehensive range of peripheral equipment, WITTMANN can provide plastics processors with solutions that cover all production requirements, ranging from autonomous work cells to integrated plant-wide systems.

The syndication of the WITTMANN Group has led to connectivity between all product lines, providing the advantage plastics processors have been looking for in terms of a seamless integration of injection molding machines, automation and auxiliary equipment – all occurring at a progressive rate.

MPDV Mikrolab GmbH based in Mosbach / Germany develops modular manufacturing execution systems (MES), drawing on 40 years of project experience in production environments. MPDV offers MES products, MES services and complete MES solutions. The company currently employs more than 330 people at a total of ten locations in Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, China and the USA: Users from various industries, such as metal processing, plastics and medical technology, already benefit from more than 1,000 installations of the multiple award-winning MES solutions from MPDV: They include medium-sized manufacturing companies as well as major international groups. As a TOP100 company, MPDV ranks among the most innovative medium-sized companies in Germany.