Maflow Spain Automotive receives a grant for its transformation to Industry 4.0

Transition to the virtualization of industrial management through the application of cyber-physical systems based on collaborative robotics and big data

The objective of this project is the digital transformation of the manufacturing of air conditioning pipes, hoses for power steering systems, and the distribution of automotive liquids, through the implementation of new technological solutions in collaborative robotics, cyber-physical systems, data analytics, and augmented reality.

With this project, MAFLOW aims to incorporate new technologies into its production and auxiliary processes, increasing their level of automation and equipping them with data collection and connectivity systems. Furthermore, actions will be carried out that will increase the degree of virtualization of the plant's activity, enabling optimal use of the aforementioned technologies. To this end, a technological platform will be created capable of consolidating and analyzing all of the company's information, providing a comprehensive view unattainable through conventional means, thanks to the application of mass data processing techniques with which the proposed technological solution will be equipped.

The Collaborative Platform will be equipped to directly collect information from PLCs, SCADAs, and other control and management systems for the Plant's devices. To this end, the tool will be able to perform organized data collection from the devices.

The incorporation of the welding robot will be possible thanks to the research and experimental development work being carried out by MAFLOW on the welding process for the application of collaborative robots.

The project proposed by MAFLOW will address the two environments that comprise Industry 4.0, on the one hand, implementing actions in the physical world with an impact on the virtual world and, on the other, providing the company with a digital environment that reflects the plant's activity and, in turn, enables interaction with the physical world.

This entity has received co-financed aid
by the European Regional Development Fund
through the Cantabria FEDER Operational Program 2014-2020
through the Industry 4.0 subsidy line