03rd FVI Expert Breakfast - 28.06.2024

Announcement

FVI expert breakfast, this time with our guest Sebastian Fink, the service life of security components and of course again with Jens and Marcel! ☕️

In addition to the potential hashtag#billions in costs for production and maintenance that arise as a result, we want to discuss solutions and challenges relating to production and maintenance with you again. Of course, as always in our two-week series of events, there will be exciting insights into the future of production and maintenance. 🏭

We will discuss how sustainable companies can master the challenges of the modern production landscape. The focus will be on topics such as demographic change, digitalization and the importance of production partnerships.

What can you expect? Current topics and challenges in the industry Interactive discussions and plenty of room for questions Building a strong community that supports each other

How can you take part? The event will take place via LinkedIn Events and Microsoft Teams. The link to Teams will be published shortly before the start of the LinkedIn event.

We look forward to many exciting discussions and to shaping the future of production and maintenance with you!

Find out more: LinkedIn Event

Summary

• Discussion about safety components and service life: Sebastian Fink introduced himself and explained his experience in electrical engineering and his work at Inspires. He spoke about the challenges of managing the service life of safety components and the need for multi-vendor obsolescence and risk management. It was emphasized that the Industrial Safety Regulation and the EN 13849 standard have clear requirements for the maintenance and replacement of safety components.
• Examples and challenges: Different manufacturers such as Siemens, Sigmatec and Lenze have different specifications for the service life of their safety components, which makes management complex. Participants discussed the need for accurate master data maintenance and the challenges of collecting and managing this data.
• Practical implications and solutions: It was emphasized that companies need to plan early and inform their management of the challenges ahead. The discussion also centered on the need to regularly review and document security components. It was suggested that an electronic product passport could help address future challenges.
• Conclusion and next steps: Participants were encouraged to network if they had any questions or further discussions. The importance of sustainability in maintenance was highlighted and reference was made to an ongoing benchmarking analysis study.