A+W SMART FACTORY
On the path to Industry 4.0
Thanks to the top-level production system A+W Smart Factory, the glass flow is optimized by coordinating the process flows fully automatically.
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A+W Smart Factory
COORDINATE PROCESS FLOWS FULLY AUTOMATICALLY
A+W Smart Factory is a completly newly developed, scalable production system which, as a top-level production system, coordinates process flows completely automatically for an optimized glass flow and connects human, machine, software and product. It enables all coupled machines and software modules to be responsively coordinated with the production data provided. Machine clients communicate flexibly with the system via so-called A+W Smart Factory Clients, which allows the control of machine status and machine capacity of directly connected machines. Planning is done in real time and can be adjusted at any time in the future, so it’s almost always possible to make on-time deliveries. For example, runs that are already underway in production can be subsequently prioritized. The intelligence required for this lies only in the software, which is used to control communication both between machines and between machines and human beings.
With A+W Smart Factory, key production data can be read out from the machines, making their production planning much more accurate and enabling conclusions to be drawn about machine performance, bottlenecks, etc. – your planning basis is what is actually happening in your production. With the A+W IoT Smart Trace data platform, you can combine all data supplied by the machine on one platform, enrich it with data from the PDC and evaluate it on a clear dashboard. Your company becomes more transparent.
The modular structure of A+W Smart Factory minimizes the risks associated with a system changeover. The modular principle makes it possible to convert a production environment only in parts or step-by-step.
A+W Smart Factory connects human, machine, software and product. If there are no possibilities for direct machine communication, A+W SmartFactory clients function as imitation machines that can determine status and capacity per machine thanks to the integrated plant data collection.
A+W Smart Factory is therefore helping smaller companies to grow and is driving automation forward in large operations.
Functionalities and Benefits
- Scalable deployment, which helps the smaller operations to become large and the large operations to automate further
- One infrastructure for automation and non-automation systems
- Planning is done in real time
- Multi-level production with backward planning is continuously controlled by intelligent software – without paper, lists, and long routes to travel
- Faster throughput times
- On-time delivery
Available add-ons for A+W Smart Factory

A+W DynOpt
Optimizes waste to achieve maximum yield while adhering to the predefined production sequence and it controls dynamic sorting systems.

A+W Furnace Optimizer
Online optimization to use the capacities of the TG furnace as well as possible and make lite tracking easier.

A+W Logistics Optimizer
Creates and optimizes the shortest routes – taking into consideration your real fleet and the order data transmitted.

A+W Realtime Optimizer
Allows flexible and wide-reaching interventions into production flows even after an optimization has already been performed.

A+W IoT Smart Trace
Retention of sensor and machine data in order to document the creation of a product comprehensively and log it.

A+W Smart Companion
The A+W Smart Companion scanner app for production, warehouse and inventory supports the entire value chain – from goods receipt to shipping. And it can do even more.

A+W iQuote
Give your customers and dealers the possibility to calculate quotes and orders 24/7 online by using your homepage.

A+W Production Terminal
Increase the clarity of processes on your shop floor as well as the productivity thanks to a nearly paper-free process.
