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Opening photo: Pieffeci has managed the axle coating line of the Driveline plant in Turin of FPT-Industrial since 2001.
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Pieffeci Torino: The Smart Way for Painting Alessia Venturi ipcm®
T
he digitisation of a factory with an
among humans is certainly not less
outsourced industrial, and especially coating
Industry 4.0-oriented approach
important in this process: the interaction
processes for large industrial groups. In the
starts with the precise definition
and exchange of knowledge and skills
2017-2018 biennium, it started a digitisation
of objectives and ends with the perfect
among plant and machine suppliers is key
program with its “Plant Supervisor”
calibration of communication protocols
to creating a fully functioning and efficient
project. This was aimed at creating an
among machines, without which “Industry
interconnected system.
interconnected system that guarantees
4.0” would remain only a theoretical
This is what happened in the Turin
quality, monitors and guarantees product
concept. At the same time, communication
installation of Pieffeci, a company handling
traceability, continuously monitors
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