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Your magazine for Hose & Tube | Sheets
Make full use of your measuring technology –
ECOCONTROL Series 04
Inline quality control for
autonomous manufacturing 06
| Edition #1/2021 www.sikora.net
SIKORA FOREWORD SIKORA CONTENT
Sustainable company growth is and remains our declared goal. With
Dear readers,
a lot of commitment and team spirit, we have overcome the past
year solidly and are looking forward to interesting new projects,
SIKORA has spent the last months to reorganize itself. There was also a change
which we can realize with you. In addition, we hope to meet
in our Executive Board. After more than 45 years, our long-time Executive
you in person again soon. It seems that a reunion at upcoming
Board Member Harry Prunk started his retirement in March 2021 and Dr. Jörg
major trade fairs in the course of the year, such as Fakuma
Wissdorf took over.
in October in Friedrichshafen, Germany, will hopefully be
possible again.
Due to a new structure, our Sales department is furthermore more focused on
the individual SIKORA business units. This allows us to optimally support our
In this issue, we have a strong focus on the topics automation
customers in the hose, tube and pipe market and to focus on their needs.
and Industry 4.0. We are looking forward to your feedback.
Enjoy reading!
Sincerely,
Dr. Christian Frank Dr. Jörg Wissdorf
CEO SIKORA AG Executive Board SIKORA AG
CONTENT
04 Make full use of your measuring technology – ECOCONTROL Series
06 Inline quality control for autonomous manufacturing
08 Goodbye, Harry Prunk
09 Upgrade your safety – Windows 10
10 Innovations as the key to success
11 Raffle
DtGV | Gesellschaft für
Verbraucherstudien GmbH
INNOVATION AWARD
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
Leading Innovator
GERMANY‘S
BEST
COMPANIES
TOP 3 Bremen
2021/22 SIKORA
02 03
Examination 05/2021. Federal state ranking
Analysis period: 2020, Level: CPC mainclasses, dtgv.de
SIKORA PRODUCTS SIKORA PRODUCTS
MAKE FULL USE OF YOUR MEASURING
TECHNOLOGY!
All supplied information is compactly summarized on one page in three sections.
Optimized production processes with SIKORA's powerful ECOCONTROL
processor systems
In the increasingly complex and automated tube Interfaces and Industry 4.0
and pipe production, measuring devices that re- Furthermore, the ECOCONTROL series has all
Numerical mapping of the measured values
liably measure the required product parameters standard market interfaces, such as fieldbus or
in real time have long been standard. However, OPC UA, to conveniently transfer measurement
measuring alone is no guarantee for excellent data to the plant control system or server struc-
product quality. Only in combination with tures. The devices are therefore "Industry 4.0
display and control systems such as the SIKORA ready" and ideally suited for use in modern tube
ECOCONTROL series, the production process and pipe extrusion lines with increasing levels of
can be specifically controlled and optimized. automation.
SIKORA offers three ECOCONTROL premium Automatic control
processor systems with 22'', 15'' or 8.4'' TFT In addition to the display and documentation of
screens. All models are characterized by their measured data, the ECOCONTROL series offers
simple and intuitive touch screen operation and its own automatic control with the SET POINT
a clearly arranged display. module. Here, the processor system automati- Graphical display of the measured values as a circular display
cally modifies the haul-off speed or the extruder
Data logging speed to control to the nominal value of the wall
Recorded production data can be stored on thickness. The ECOCONTROL models thus en-
the internal SSD hard disk or directly on a able a higher degree of automation (especially
server (Ethernet). Production reports (time, length for older extrusion lines) and guarantee maximum
Zoom adjustment for graphic display of the wall thickness
and batch based) are also available for all process reliability with increased productivity
ECOCONTROL models, which are used in and simultaneous compliance with the given
quality control as well as in daily production to specifications.
document product quality over a defined period
Time- and length-oriented trend display of all values
of time.
Extensive production statistics: min. and max. values, mean
value, standard deviation, CP and Cpk values, statistical
distribution curve of the measured individual values
Graphic of wall thickness distribution related to
the circumference in 360° (only available for
CENTERWAVE 6000)
04 05
SIKORA PRODUCTS SIKORA PRODUCTS
INLINE QUALITY CONTROL FOR
AUTONOMOUS MANUFACTURING
SIKORA measuring and control systems in the age of Industry 4.0
The vision of autonomous manufacturing has ex- an ECOCONTROL processor system (see also Preventive maintenance for example, when wearing components should
isted for a long time. Due to technical advance- page 04). Also, in the areas of diagnosis, service and be replaced as a preventive measure. Lengthy
ments and exponentially increasing processing maintenance, the interaction of SIKORA measur- service calls with costly error diagnosis caused
power, it finally seems to be within reach today. Another example is the CENTERWAVE 6000, ing devices and processor systems offers hose, by the sudden failure of a measuring device are
Intelligent measuring devices continuously mea- which measures the wall thickness over 360° tube and pipe manufacturers many advantages. a thing of the past. Instead, device maintenance
sure and transmit measured values as well as of the product circumference by means of a All information collected during the measurement and other service calls can now be planned in
information about the device status in real time, rotating sensor. In addition, there are further flows into a SIKORA diagnostic program, which advance, independent of location, and carried
which enables direct intervention in the produc- developments in IT, in particular Ethernet-based can be started, for example, by a SIKORA out at optimized times.
tion process. However, what are the opportuni- broadband networks. This allows larger volumes Service Technician via remote access on the
ties for hose, tube and pipe manufacturers? of data to be conveniently transferred to the PLC ECOCONTROL 6000 or on the mobile industrial When will we have achieved fully autono-
and overlying IT layers, for example, via OPC tablet SAM. Thus, he can draw conclusions on mous manufacturing and what will it look like?
Technical progress enables automation UA. All of this enables manufacturers to optimize the device status and possible error causes at Forecasts and expert opinions differ on this.
Until the 1990s, measured values were trans- their production processes, to make considerable an early stage and react to them – for example, Regardless, however, it is clear that Industry
mitted analogously to the central plant computer savings in materials and costs, and to ensure if a malfunction message occurs due to a dirty 4.0-capable intelligent measuring and control
in an extrusion line. Limited processing perfor- reproducible quality of the end product. LASER gauge head. In addition, the user receives systems, for example, from SIKORA pave the way
mance of the PLC meant that only simple control recommendations regarding device maintenance, for a future-oriented production.
and regulation tasks were possible, such as
measuring the average diameter or the average
wall thickness. In the past 30 years, however,
standardized fast industrial fieldbus protocols
and rapidly increasing processing performance
allowed more decentralized solutions. Only due
to this, it was possible to develop more com-
plex measuring devices like the X-ray measuring
system X-RAY 6000 PRO. The device processes Remote Maintenance
a multitude of measured values, for example, for via Cloud access
minimum wall thickness and eccentricity, already
in the measuring device itself and it allows for an
improved automatic control in combination with Processor System
• Diplay: trend and statistics
• Detailed diagnosis
• Control of line speed
Data Exchange
with IT systems via OPC UA
Customer SPS
• Transmission of measured &
target values
• Limited diagnosis Preventive Maintenance
Maintenance program based on
location-independent diagnosis
Predictive Maintenance
RS232 Interface
• Automatic dispatch of fault
Detailed diagnosis via
messages
laptop + diagnosis software
• Automatic spare parts order
06 07
SIKORA CORPORATE NEWS SIKORA SERVICE
GOODBYE, HARRY PRUNK UPGRADE YOUR SAFETY!
Harry Prunk left the SIKORA Executive Board Equipped for the future with WINDOWS 10
Harry Prunk left the SIKORA Board on March Since March 1, 2020, Dr. Jörg Wissdorf has
The ECOCONTROL display and control Affected are all SIKORA measuring and con-
31, 2021 after more than 45 years of very suc- been the new Member of the SIKORA Board. He
systems are the heart of the SIKORA quality trol systems as well as inspection and sorting
cessful work for his retirement. He has shaped has been gradually taking over the
assurance. Since 2021, the systems have been systems, which are controlled via a SIKORA
the development of the company and contribut- succession and responsibilities
delivered with the current Windows 10 oper- ECOCONTROL 6000 or ECOCONTROL
ed significantly to the success of the brand. of Harry Prunk for some
ating system. Older ECOCONTROL 1000 and 1000. These are, for example, the X-ray devices
time now. The grad-
ECOCONTROL 6000 devices, which are still of the X-RAY 2000 and 6000 series, the PURITY
Harry Prunk started his career at SIKORA in uated Aerospace
running with the Windows 7 operating sys- SCANNER as well as LASER Series 2000 and
1975 as the third employee under company Engineer previ-
tem, can now be upgraded to the latest safety LASER Series 6000, which are not used as
founder Harald Sikora, directly after finishing ously worked in
technology. stand-alone solutions.
his studies in electronics. 11 years later he various leading
was appointed Managing Director of SIKORA positions in
On January 14, 2020,
Industrieelektronik GmbH. In 1981, he founded Sales and
the manufacturer
the first subsidiary, SIKORA International Corp. Marketing
Microsoft ended the
in California, USA. Since 1996, he has been a as well as a
support of the Windows
shareholder of the company SIKORA. Managing
7 operating software.
Director at
"Technical functions run
Since the transformation of the national and
without any problems
company into SIKORA AG in international
without further updates",
2002, Harry Prunk has been a companies.
says Jörg Hischer,
Member of the Management
Service Sales Manager
Board, which he chaired from
at SIKORA. "However,
2011 to 2015. In his function,
since Microsoft no
Harry Prunk was responsible
Christian Frank on his new Executive Board colleague: longer offers security
for the areas Sales, Marketing
updates for Windows 7,
and Service and was particularly
SIKORA KNOWLEDGE SIKORA RAFFLE
INNOVATIONS AS THE KEY TO RAFFLE
SUCCESS Where is the dot?
SIKORA awarded with "SME INNOVATION AWARD" Imagine a dice. This dice can roll in
four different directions (A to D). On
the bottom of the dice is a dot.
Roll the dice in your mind in the follow-
SIKORA is one of the most innovative small Dr. Christian Frank, CEO, about the award:
ing directions:
and medium-sized enterprises in Germany
August 31, 2021, to:
This year, for the
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many that demonstrate
COMPANIES Bremen Your contact details will not be passed on to third parties. Each correct answer takes part in the raffle. Employees of SIKORA AG and
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vation potential in their
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• Christian Meitner
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system. The basic parameter patent number was Therefore, SIKORA invests annually more than
finally rounded off by the qualitative moment 10 percent of the turnover in R&D. More than
of the citation frequency and condensed into a 50 colleagues from the Development department
score value. SIKORA receives the award, as the are continuously working on new technologies
company achieved a score value in the CPC
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and further developments of the existing portfolio.
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