• IIoT platform "toii" is an in-house development that connects machines of different makes and generations
• Due to predictive maintenance the platform is also supposed to forecast the necessity of machine services in the future
• Processes can be planned and coordinated optimally and flexibly
A milestone for the digital transformation: thyssenkrupp connects the machinery of the materials division via a new digital platform. Thanks to toii all machines can communicate with each other. Due to predictive maintenance the platform is also supposed to forecast the necessity of machine services in the future. The name chosen by the business area is a double play on words - it spells IIoT backwards, the abbreviation for "Industrial Internet of Things" - and it is pronounced like the word "toy", an indication of how the new platform makes linking heterogeneous machines to existing IT structures "child's play". toii was developed completely in-house by company software engineering experts and tailored to the specific requirements of Materials Services.
One platform for each and everything
The machinery belonging to the business area, which focuses on global materials distribution and processing services, is highly diverse: The machines perform a wide range of tasks, were made by various manufacturers and differ in age. Now toii makes it possible to connect bandsaws and bending machines, mobile objects like cranes and forklifts and even complex production facilities such as slitting
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