Highlights:
- Siemens and Audi are enabling the virtual automation of the store store with Siemens Xcelator to climb production processes
- New safe virtual controllers and vision inspection of ia empower Audi to improve the safety of production, flexibility and efficiency
- Siemens virtual controllers and the IA industrial suite are executed in the industrial edge system
Siemens and Audi are revolutionizing manufacturing processes with automation defined by artificial software and intelligence (AI). The long data association is accelerating innovation for the automotive industry by focusing on integrating virtual and hardware controllers, improving security functions and optimizing production processes. Audi has also implemented AI automation for the Optical Inspection based on the Siemens portfolio. The objective is to automate the detection and elimination of welding splashes in the vehicle’s bodies using an algorithm of the customer trained with the client and high -resolution images. As a result, Audi has realized a higher quality of the car body and more efficient manufacturing processes.
Virtualization of the workshop with automation defined by software
Audi is using the Siemens automation portfolio to standardize and optimize its operations in the store plane, creating a more agile, flexible and safe production environment. To accelerate the transition from automated to highly adaptable production, IT and OT levels merger successively virtualizing the workshop. As the factory automation defined by software is only feasible with a corresponding controller solution, Audi is using the Simatic S7-1500V-the first completely virtual controller of Siemens-for the assembly line of his body in his car in the Böllinger Höfe factory of Audi in Neckarsulm, Germany. The automobile manufacturer has begun to integrate virtual programmable logic controllers (PLC), which are compatible with the production of the Audi Cloud Edge Edge cloud infrastructure.
“A virtualized workshop is a key facilitator for flexible production,” he said Gerd Walker, member of the Audi AG Board for Production and Logistics. “The automation portfolio defined by Siemens software allows us to quickly respond to market changes and optimize our manufacturing for greater efficiency and flexibility.”
“Controllers are the ‘brains’ of machines and factories. Now we are virtualization tohe brains and bringing them to the cloud. Taking Automotive Production to a New Level and Signantly Strengthening Competitiveness ”, Said Cedrik Neike, CEO of Digital Industries and member of the Siemens AG Managing Board.
The Simatic S7-1500V, part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, is designed to integrate IT and software capabilities into the world of automation. As an independent hardware solution, this virtual controller provides the same functionalities as a Siemens hardware controller. It is fully compatible with the fully integrated automation portfolio (TIA) of Siemens and can be designed through Tia Portal. Users get access to all functions, interfaces and tools with which they are familiar with the previous use of PLC hardware. The controller is available through industrial Edge, and can be integrated directly into IT infrastructure. This allows Audi to centrally administer the virtual PLC and adapt it flexibly to meet specific needs. This makes PLC projects easier to climb, and open data interfaces mean that they can be easily combined with other IT offers.
Siemens has reached another milestone with the Tüv safety certification for its virtual PLC: the Simatic S7-1500V F is the first virtual control process of market failures. The implementation of solid functionalities to the proof of failures in automation technologies is essential to safeguard production workers and guarantee a reliable operation of the machine. In the past, the fault -proof components have required specialized hardware to provide the necessary functional safety. With the virtual PLC to failure proof, Siemens has now implemented security mechanisms in an industrial edge environment. These advanced safety features allow users to migrate security sensitive applications to automation environments defined by software.
IA vision inspection to detect welding splashes
Siemens has supplied the Infrastructure to Audi to implement and manage a system driven by real -time AI control in the construction of the car’s body, which has helped Audi to make its production processes prepared. When using the Siemens Industrial Suite and the Simatic Industrial PC BX-59A as an edge device, the solution allows Audi to perform quality inspections based on AI complex, meeting the requirements for automated elimination of welding splashes. Consequently, Audi is significantly increasing its production rates and improving occupational security.
PANEL TALK IN HANNOVER MESSE 2025
In Hannover Messe this year, Siemens and Audi will celebrate a joint panel to improve the manufacture of cars with IT -based automation. Henning Löser, production manager at Audi AG, Sven Müller, Project Lead Edge Cloud 4 Production in Audi AG, and Rainer Brehm, CEO of Factory Automation in Siemens AG, will explore the benefits and impacts of the automation defined by software and the industrial AI solutions. The session will take place at the Siemens stand on Monday, March 31 at 4:40 PM Cest.
