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Italpresse Gauss Taps New Revenue Streams with AVEVA’s Monitoring and Control and AR/VR Platforms

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

Europe

Country

Italy

Product

AVEVA’s Monitoring and Control
AVEVA’s AR/VR platforms
System Platform
InTouch HMI

Tech Stack

Microsoft .Net
SQL Server
Azure
Microsoft Visual Studio
DirectX
Windows API

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Productivity Improvements
Innovation Output

Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing
Maintenance

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance
Machine Condition Monitoring
Remote Asset Management
Virtual Training

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Software Design & Engineering Services
System Integration

About The Customer

Italpresse Gauss is a company based in Capriano del Colle, Italy. They build machines and automatic work cells for light alloy casting primarily for the global automotive industry. The company focuses on excellence, technological innovation, quality, and production flexibility. Italpresse Gauss is committed to increasing its leadership position and worldwide presence by providing cutting-edge technological solutions. To stay ahead of Industry 4.0., Italpresse Gauss looked to the AVEVA portfolio to develop both “HMe”, a custom HMI with advanced data management and diagnostics capabilities; and “AMe”, a powerful AR application for live remote maintenance and service assistance.

The Challenge

Italpresse Gauss, a company that builds machines and automatic work cells for light alloy casting primarily for the global automotive industry, was looking to develop a custom HMI that operates with other OEM devices and software platforms. They also wanted to incorporate AR/VR technologies as an asset performance and remote support tool to support the company’s leadership position in Industrie 4.0. The challenges they faced included introducing Industrie 4.0 technologies to a traditional aluminum foundry industry, leveraging breakthrough AR/VR technology to pilot new asset performance management and operator training solutions, and delivering new concepts to market on an aggressive timeline.

The Solution

Italpresse Gauss used AVEVA’s Monitoring and Control and AR/VR platforms to develop a custom HMI and a first-of-its-kind remote maintenance solution. Using System Platform and InTouch–both based on Microsoft .Net, SQL Server and Azure– Italpresse Gauss developed a custom monitoring and control interface they coined “HMe”. This open interface architecture communicates with other devices, automatically collects data on a local SQL server database within the application, reduces operator complexity, and improves situational awareness. They also developed “AMe”, a powerful AR application for live remote maintenance and service assistance, built using AVEVA’s AR/VR solution–a powerful toolset based on Microsoft Visual Studio, DirectX and the Windows API.

Operational Impact

Delivered an open interface HMI architecture that communicates with other devices, collects data on a local SQL server database, and improves situational awareness.
Reinvented the concept of asset maintenance and support for the captive foundry industry.
Tapped into completely new revenue streams by embedding AVEVA’s open, flexible platforms into its machines.
Created a new user experience that’s reshaping the way asset performance management is executed in the industry.
Connected the OEM with its customers like never before by adding interactive remote support for maintenance engineers and operators in training.

Quantitative Benefit