Heller to promote industry 4.0 at MACH 2022

Featured at MACH 2022 will be Heller4Industry, the group’s worldwide drive towards integration of its machine tools and controls into the Industry 4.0 environment so that its customers can gain maximum advantage from increased productivity and accuracy.

Within the multi-faceted portfolio is HELLER4Operation, an easy-to-use, operator-oriented user interface. The HELLER4Services interface focuses on transparency of digital manufacturing and maintenance. HELLER4Performance includes workpiece-specific analysis for optimisation of a process and extraction of real-time data over the internet, plus evaluation and graphical display in the cloud.

Other innovations within this module include optimisation of cutter positions inside a tool magazine to take into account the next workpiece to be machined, reducing cycle times by up to 20%.