Identify Energy Guzzlers Immediately with the ReProMES

Identify Energy Guzzlers Immediately with the ReProMES

 

Thrift is a great revenue. The over 2000-year-old piece of wisdom of the Roman statesman Cicero is still true today. Therefore, for manufacturing companies, it is now more important than ever to deal with their resources, especially energy carefully. The research project ReProMES in which the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Guardus Solutions, and Tubex Wasungen are involved support companies in saving energy and protecting the environment.

Because of the increasing energy prices and a dramatic legal situation, manufacturing companies must pay more and more attention to their emissions. In the context of a multitude of production processes, to analyse the consumption figures and to overview all of the needs would become a rather complex undertaking. The initiators of the project ReProMES inform the participant companies about the way in which they can clearly see their energy needs.

The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) offers precious services to the energy management, by assigning the consumption to various production processes. In the event of extreme values in a certain area, the company knows immediately where it has to search for energy guzzlers. Thus, energy can be saved and the environment preserved.

MES Integrated in the Entire Production Process

An important advantage of the MES is its high integration into the most important production areas. Since the software monitors the detailed planning and precision control, the production resource management, or performance analysis, among others, direct conclusions can be drawn about the resources that are needed. Thus, the energy management becomes more clear and transparent.

ReProMES stands for “Resource-efficient Production Processes via Manufacturing Execution Systems”. The MES software is provided by Guardus Solutions. Moreover, the German Federal Association for the Environment is fostering the research project.