Peter Selders

Let’s talk about the future! 🗨 Yesterday, the Transformation Congress took place in Saarbrücken on the initiative of the Arbeitskammer des Saarlandes. The focus: discussions about the future of #Saarland as an industrial location in the #steel and #automotive sectors. 🚗 As the plant manager of the Purem by Eberspächer site in #Neunkirchen, Ralf Bickel summarized the challenges and opportunities of the transformation of the automotive industry. Decisive success factors here are the appropriate political framework conditions, superior employee qualifications and innovations for future technologies, for example in the field of #hydrogen. Together we can contribute to a successful future perspective – let's tackle it! Find out more about Purem by Eberspächer's innovations: 

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The hype surrounding AI and electromobility is driving chip demand Advanced packaging such as Chip on Wafer on Substrate (CoWoS) is key Despite strong fluctuations, demand for semiconductors is expected to exceed USD 1 trillion by 2030, driven by the automotive sector (+14% p.a.) and high-performance computing, e.g. for A.I. (+13% p.a.). After strong investments in 2021 of USD 153 billion (+ 35 %) and USD 182 billion (+ 19 %) in 2022 will probably be followed this year by a investment cut to USD 156 billion (- 14 %). The market slump in the first half of 2023 is is a factor. Among foundries, TSMC will remain the solitaire in Q2 2023 with 56% of the global market share, followed followed by Samsung with 11 %, and GlobalFoundries with a 7% market share. The three largest fabless manufacturers form a relatively homogeneous group in 1Q 2023 with Qualcom, 23 %, Broadcom and Nvidia each each with 20% market share. The demand for A.I. chips in CoWoS packaging technology (Chip on Wafer on Substrate) from TSMC is increasing rapidly. TSMC is currently expanding its capacity from 12,000 wafers per month to 30,000 wafers per month. Generative AI models such as Google Bard, ChatGPT and Dall-E are changing our world. They make many things easier because they recognize patterns and structures from the analysis of huge volumes of data and generate something new from them. However it becomes borderline when, for example, applicants are analyzed and rejected using only AI, or AI decides whether a difficult operation is necessary without a human being involved in the decision-making process. The full column was published in #PLUS in December 2023

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🌟 Lightium in Handelsblatt! 🌟 What makes Lightium stand out in the photonics industry? It’s not just our thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) technology—it’s also our unique business model, which Handelsblatt has chosen to spotlight in their latest feature. 📌 Key Highlight: Unlike many in our field, Lightium has opted for a strategy focused on offering production-grade foundry services while outsourcing its CAPEX-heaviest manufacturing steps. This unconventional approach allows us to stay agile, innovative, and laser-focused on solving our customer’s toughest challenges, like manufacturing >100GHz modulators in high volumes. 💡Why does this matter? Because in a fast-evolving industry like photonics, short time-to-market and customer-centric innovation aren’t just differentiators—they’re game-changers. 🔗 Read the full story and discover how we’re building the future: https://lnkd.in/dC8zFbUi #Photonics #AI #Innovation #EnergyEfficiency #FutureTech #Lightium #Handelsblatt

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Prof. Dr. Iris Gräßler, Chair of Product Development at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of Paderborn University, together with our PROSTEP team, will be sharing vital insights on the crucial role of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) within small and medium-sized businesses. At PROSTEP, we are enthusiastic about exploring the depths of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). Our collaboration with Prof. Gräßler's team has resulted in strategic advancements in planning, digitalization, systems engineering, and virtualization. Our joint research here at PROSTEP emphasizes the currently underutilized potential of MBSE in SMEs. As we see the rise of system complexity driven by software functionalities, the importance of MBSE in ensuring quality assurance, safety, and security is magnified. Embrace the future with PROSTEP and MBSE. Check out the details on here: https://bit.ly/3CzjCnc #PROSTEP #MBSE #SystemsEngineering #Digitalization #SMEs

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Prof. Dr. Iris Gräßler, Chair of Product Development at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of Paderborn University, together with our PROSTEP team, will be sharing vital insights on the crucial role of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) within small and medium-sized businesses. At PROSTEP, we are enthusiastic about exploring the depths of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). Our collaboration with Prof. Gräßler's team has resulted in strategic advancements in planning, digitalization, systems engineering, and virtualization. Our joint research here at PROSTEP emphasizes the currently underutilized potential of MBSE in SMEs. As we see the rise of system complexity driven by software functionalities, the importance of MBSE in ensuring quality assurance, safety, and security is magnified. Embrace the future with PROSTEP and MBSE. Check out the details on here: https://bit.ly/3CzjCnc #PROSTEP #MBSE #SystemsEngineering #Digitalization #SMEs

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Prof. Dr. Iris Gräßler, Chair of Product Development at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of Paderborn University, together with our PROSTEP team, will be sharing vital insights on the crucial role of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) within small and medium-sized businesses. At PROSTEP, we are enthusiastic about exploring the depths of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). Our collaboration with Prof. Gräßler's team has resulted in strategic advancements in planning, digitalization, systems engineering, and virtualization. Our joint research here at PROSTEP emphasizes the currently underutilized potential of MBSE in SMEs. As we see the rise of system complexity driven by software functionalities, the importance of MBSE in ensuring quality assurance, safety, and security is magnified. Embrace the future with PROSTEP and MBSE. Check out the details on here: https://bit.ly/3CzjCnc #PROSTEP #MBSE #SystemsEngineering #Digitalization #SMEs

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The vast majority of PLC programmers have an electrical background. At least, according to the results of my last survey, which is linked in the comments. At Autolab – Next Automation GmbH, we recruit from all these areas for software development because I believe it is crucial to incorporate a variety of perspectives in development. Nevertheless, the tools we use for PLC programming are strongly influenced by "classic" software development practices. In other words, Git and unit testing are standard. Projects are managed using JIRA and Confluence. Which sector are you from? What does your own development look like? #plc #software #electric #automation #jira #git

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Read carefully … L1 and L2 where it belongs!!! I could not agree more, so please no OPC UA connectors for SAP or other ERP solutions. Southbound connections from L5 to L1 is just your worst security nightmare and not managable, all these point-to-point connections!!!

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❔ Three Questions on #EdgeAI for Inessa Seifert Inessa Seifert is Senior Consultant at VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH and an AI expert. At EPoSS she heads the Working Group „AI at the Edge“. Here she answers questions about this #technology. 👉 Today’s question: What is Edge AI and what role does it play with regard to smart systems? 💬 "By definition, edge computing infrastructure is located in a local data centre or on a portable device, not remotely in the cloud. The concept of edge computing can only be understood in the context of the cloud. Cloud-edge-IoT systems are complex infrastructures where data and information processing takes place not only in the cloud, but also on local devices. Edge AI applications are diverse, ranging from health analysis on smart devices such as watches, or the use of flexible electricity tariffs by washing machines, to predictive maintenance of production lines and wind turbines. Such systems require specialised hardware and software components that enable data processing, analysis and AI reasoning at the edge. There is a lot of overlap with intelligent systems. As complex systems, intelligent systems require the integration of different components. These components may be, for example, sensors or actuators, or they may generate data in conjunction with intelligent components. This topic is particularly relevant and interesting for intelligent systems, as edge AI makes intelligent systems even smarter." 📅 Next week the European Conference on EDGE AI Technologies and Applications - #EEAI2024 will take place in Cagliari, Sardinia. EPoSS will be there and we look forward to the discussions regarding the open research questions!  #CEI EUCloudEdgeIoT Chips Joint Undertaking

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At the Austrian IEEE Sensor Summit I was asked to talk about #Drives as #VirtualSensors where we are currently together with the IFT from Technische Universität Graz world record holder of the smallest detectable material defect via edge computing without additional sensors, just by analyzing the load changes of the spindle of the CNC milling maching. My key messages: 1) The torque setpoint signal is the „better“ signal than the measured torque You want to recognize the deviation of the controlled rotations speed which causes the change of the torque setpoint and not the dynamics of the controlled mechanical system 2) It is possible to detect a 120µs anomaly with a 2ms sampling time if you do not violate the Shannon theorem: integrate (pre-filter) the signal machanically over one full rotation of the milling tool 3) The goal of setting a world record is a good training: You need to really understand, what you are doing – you will discover challenges, which you havn‘t been aware of x) a special hint for SINUMERIK customers: change the setting of the SINAMICS filter time constant p0045 from τ = 1 ms (default) to τ = 6 ms (or at least τ = 3 ms for maximal dynamics) for those kind of applications Thanks to Franz Haas, Jörg Edler, Josef Mündler, Rudolf Pichler from IFT@TU Graz and my colleagues Matthias Kneissl, Martin Wolf, Karl Netouschek, Laszlo Rozsnyoi, Erich Schinhan, Daniel Krüger and the top management Stefanie Frank for the great collaboration. Thanks for the IEEE team of the IEEE Austria Section for the perfect organization of the event, in particular: Thilo Sauter, Werner Roman Drexel, Thomas Strasser, Norbert Eidenberger Fyi: Wilma Mert, Lukas Comploi, Christian Lettner, Christine Schichler, Christoph Adametz, Andrea Höglinger, Werner Schöfberger, Siemens, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Siemens Research and Innovation Ecosystem, #SmartDrives #EdgeComputing #AnomalyDetection #MachineToolSystems #milling #sampling #SINUMERIK #SINAMICS #SiemensIndustrialEdge #SpindleTorque #PoreDetection #MaterialDefects #motor

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What are the risks and opportunities of #AI and what is the role of (corporate) digital responsibility? Prof. Dr. Laura Bechthold from our team shares her insights in a new interview with WARGITSCH Transformation Engineers. Michael Urban Christoph Wargitsch# #innovation #foresight #cdr #csr #artificialintelligence

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Our Yu 5 Industrial made its TV debut!      As part of the series alpha Uni, the robotic arm was shown by the educational channel ARD Alpha.       alpha Uni helps young students and graduates to peek into different professions and degree programs. This time, they delved into the robotics program at Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Kempten and shadowed one of its students. In this context, they also went to this year’s Makeathon.       That’s where the protagonist Yusuf and our Yu 5 Industrial met. Within the given time, he and his team managed to use our robot to program a complex industrial task.       If you would like to see our robots in action or learn more about the robotics degree program at Hochschule Kempten, watch the video below.       Enjoy!      https://lnkd.in/duQHFMyj #innovation #technology #creativity #robotics

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Our Merck Electronics CEO Kai Beckmann had the chance to discuss the further expansion of our semiconductor business with the leading business daily Handelsblatt. Kai spoke about why we will enter the exciting field of metrology and inspection technology, which is becoming increasingly important in the chip industry, and why we are very well positioned to optimally support the production of advanced semiconductors. As you will know, Merck Electronics is a leader in advanced packaging technologies such as the heterogeneous integration of chiplets or HBM memories. The acquisition of the French company UnitySC announced in July will enable us to use innovative 3D measurement tools which are essential for these new technologies. Errors in the delicate structures of the chips will be detected in an efficient and reliable way. The article also addresses why we benefit especially from nodes of five nanometers and less and how Merck Electronics responds to the fact that most modern chip factories are currently being built on a large scale in the USA, Taiwan, and South Korea. To be as close to our customers as possible, we are expanding worldwide. The full article is in German only 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eAt7KQw4 #semiconductorindustry #chips #innovation #technology

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Today's society is particularly dynamic and challenging 🌍. This is evident in both private life and everyday working life. That's why it's increasingly important to respond to the specific needs of co-workers in the best possible way. This especially includes supporting co-workers in "care work" and helping them to balance ⚖️ their work and family life.  In keeping with this year's "Family Day", we have taken a closer look at how our WARGITSCH Transformation Engineers manage this task on our Transformation Blog. What challenges do our co-workers face and how are they solved?      Feel free to read our new blog post "Transformation Engineers in balance - How we master family and career" ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dAEWj43z    What are your challenges in your daily balance between family and work? 👪    Thank you for your Insights Matthias Feig, Ramona Vogg, Alberto Vera and Alexa Lohrer ✨     #transformationengineering #familyandcareer #compatibility #familyday  

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As the head of robotics at Telekinesis, I’m excited to see our AI-powered robotics cloud platform come to life. It’s been a journey building a solution that truly understands the demands of high-mix, low-volume manufacturing—especially in industries where traditional automation simply isn’t enough. Our platform represents a new era in lights-out automation, where manufacturers can rely on robotics to handle complex, small-batch tasks with precision, flexibility, and adaptability. I believe this is a game-changer for any business looking to streamline every phase of production. I’m particularly excited about our custom solutions that address unique industry needs, from automotive to agriculture. This adaptability is what makes our platform not just a tool, but a partner in innovation. Stay tuned as we dive deeper into how each of these solutions can transform manufacturing—one process at a time. #Automation #Manufacturing #AI #Robotics #Telekinesis #IndustryInnovation

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📣 On a recent interview with Dr. Ulrike Tagscherer, Chief Innovation Officer at KUKA AG, she shares her perspective on the interdependence between innovation, digitalization, and sustainability. Ulrike highlights the importance of having the right team in place for innovation efforts. 🌱 This quote encapsulates the essence of modern innovation—where collaboration and diversity fuel progress. It's not just about groundbreaking ideas, but also about assembling the right minds to bring those ideas to life. 💡 Let's continue fostering environments where diverse voices are not just heard but valued, because as Ulrike rightly points out, it's the synergy within our teams that propels us towards our goals. 💬 Read the full interview here https://bit.ly/3xVnsbw #Innovation #Digitalization #Sustainability #TeamSynergy

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Three simple questions, three very concrete answers by Roland Busch. It all depends on us. On the other side of the world, a lot to learn from AND share with 🇩🇪. https://lnkd.in/eWiw46rx

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