Digital Mould Management

The Haidlmair subsidiary Digital Moulds offers a digitalization solution for tool and mould making, primarily for tool monitoring and tool management. The automotive manufacturer BMW is also convinced by these innovative solutions. After all, the use of artificial intelligence or digitalization solutions is also part of the premium car manufacturer's repertoire. And this is exactly where Digital Moulds is now supporting the OEM. In vehicle development and production, the tools used to manufacture components play a major role in production. Injection moulds in particular are required for the production of an almost unmanageable range of vehicle-specific plastic parts. At the BMW Group alone, this means countless tools worldwide. This make the use of an appropriate digitalization solution necessary. In tool management, BMW is implementing the digitalization of the supply chain with the help of digital IoT solutions. The aim is to turn the previous 'block' of tool steel into 'smart' means of production. BMW makes this possible with a tracking system for injection moulds that transmitts the current location, operating status and output of the mould in real-time. The data communication of this digitalization solution takes place via the GSM network and is also available globally. The system is installed according to the 'plug & play' principle. The Mould Monitoring device is characterized in particular by its very early integration into the production process. Mould Monitoring is used as early as the tool creation stage. Even at this early stage, mould specialists can track the location of the injection mould. Mould Monitoring also provides data on location, operating status and production. The digitalization solution informs those responsible automatically and at an early stage via the internal IPQ system, so suppliers also have an insight into the data.