Siemens and machine tool manufacturers – including Grob, Trumpf, Chiron, Renishaw, and Heller, along with the Machine Tool Laboratory (WZL) of RWTH Aachen and the Voith Group – have formed a groundbreaking alliance that provides for a systematic exchange of engineering, manufacturing and machine data that will be used to develop new generative AI applications for industrial environments.
This collaboration marks a decisive step toward the realization of an industry-specific AI model, the Siemens Industrial Foundation Model.
“Along with our customers and partners, we are taking a significant step today to scale industrial AI. I see a great opportunity here for the European economy and its strong industrial base – from automotive, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals to mechanical engineering, energy, healthcare, infrastructure, and transport among others. By making our companies’ unique data treasure available to create generative AI models, we can achieve totally new levels of productivity – and this data alliance in the machine building industry is leading the way,” says Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens AG.
The alliance intends to significantly increase efficiency and innovation cycles in the manufacturing industry with the targeted use of AI technologies.
“Access to high-quality machine data from different manufacturers is the key,” Busch explains. “With this alliance, we can develop AI systems that reflect the complexity entailed in development and manufacturing, and so it will become a powerful partner
for skilled workers.”
The data from the alliance will be used to automatically create NC programs: a kind of “work instruction” for special manufacturing machines. Other use cases include predictive maintenance with precise machine-specific forecasts, adaptive manufacturing processes that adapt in real time to changing conditions, and energy efficiency optimization through the intelligent control of machine parameters.
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