DUALIS is a partner in the Continental “DIAZI” project

Digitalization of the production process for automotive components

• Continental leads consortium with eight partners from industry and research
• Fully digitalized production environment to enable planning, simulation and operation of new production lines
• DUALIS supports with expertise, workflows and tools for simulation and virtual commissioning
• First project phase successfully completed

Transforming production plants in the automotive sector into state-of-the-art digital factories – that is the aim of the pioneering “DIAZI” project, which is being led by Continental. The company is leading a consortium of eight renowned partners from industry and research, including DUALIS. The results of the project should enable players in the automotive industry to digitize manufacturing processes and make them significantly more effective – and thus make a comprehensive contribution to sustainable mobility.

Continental and the project partners are thus promoting a new approach for effective and sustainable production processes in the automotive and supplier industry. Thanks to digital simulations, artificial intelligence and data management in the cloud, innovations are to be brought to market faster, more efficiently, more sustainably and more cost-effectively across the entire production process.

First project goals successfully implemented

The first project phase has now been completed. Its aim was to define concrete demonstration models within various digitalization fields in order to include the entire virtual line planning and commissioning process, including data-based process optimization through to the transfer to application operation. DUALIS was also involved in this process. DUALIS has been developing and selling software solutions for production optimization and planning for many years. They are used, for example, to realistically map, test and plan production processes with foresight. These are key components that enable companies to produce quickly, flexibly and efficiently.

The cooperation of the project partners within the consortium underlines the fact that the bundling of domain knowledge and cross-industry innovative strength are decisive levers for taking a holistic view of the future of the manufacturing industry and shaping it sustainably.

Our role in the DIAZI project

In general, we are researching how digital line planning (design and layout, lean check: analysis and improvement of production processes using various lean management methods) can be supported by simulation and which tools can improve the planning process in addition to the existing options. We are also developing workflows and tools to support virtual commissioning, for example to reduce the effort involved in model generation and standardization.

The complete press release on the DIAZI project can be found on Continental’s website

All funding projects in which DUALIS is or has been actively involved can be found on our information page.

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