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Manufacturing defects, fluctuations in part quality, and the manufacturing ‘black box’ are a few pain points that plastic part producers face in their day to day. Not only do these challenges limit productivity, but they can also be costly and energy inefficient.   To help plastic manufacturers combat these difficulties, our new blog series ‘The Problem […]

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Now, in our final article on the sensXPERT way of AI, we would like to bring you along as we take a closer look at our technology and use of AI to address challenges in the plastics manufacturing industry.

Learn how an aerospace company validated the benefits of digitizing a well-established manufacturing process with sensor-based and data-driven technology

Rewatch our Composites Exchange presentation at JEC World 2023

Managing Director Dr. Alexander Chaloupka received the Innovative Car Manufacturing Award at the ICM Summit 2023 At the ICM Summit 2023, sensXPERT not only appeared as a Gold Sponsor and speaker, but was also awarded the Innovative Car Manufacturing Award 2023 as Solution Provider of the Year. This year’s Innovative Car Manufacturing Summit in Frankfurt […]

The European Union has outlined its goals for a carbon-neutral society within the next 10 years, yet a major hurdle remains. The production of non-biodegradable materials is growing, and its industries are looking for more ways to tackle the ever-important objective: ‘net-zero’.    Plastics: A Growing Industry The first fully synthesized plastic polymer to pioneer global […]

In a world of ever-growing technological advancements, data science, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) have become commonplace yet intermingled terms. In part two of our series on the sensXPERT way of AI, we will explore data science as a significant collaborator of AI and ML.   In part one of our series, we looked […]

The plastics industry is one of the many industries currently being transformed by artificial intelligence (AI). Inspired by human cognitive behavior, this revolutionary technology enables machines to perform tasks such as recognizing speech, images, and patterns. The potential applications of modern AI and machine learning (ML) are expansive. Still, in the plastics industry, their use […]

Material, technology, and latest innovations for reliable quality control and safety improvement ProKASRO Mechatronik and NETZSCH Process Intelligence jointly release game-changing information on the latest technology, enabling the UV liner’s curing mechanism to increase performance. The NO-DIG movement is widely spread, and trenchless sewer rehabilitation is a means to an end. The promising novel method […]

We have a lot to unpack. We have told you a lot so far, but now we want to share how sensXPERT technology really works. Hence, we are now on a mission: Demystifying sensXPERT. We’d like to get straight to the point by clearing up a misunderstanding. sensXPERT is our brand. Our company name is […]

sensXPERT Digital Mold enables the plastics industry to reach governmental and environmental sustainability goals. How can the plastics industry meet the challenges around the European Green Deal, E.U. Taxonomy, and other international sustainability regulations? This is no longer a rhetorical question but must become a lived reality. sensXPERT, with its intelligent sensor technology, is making […]

Learn how to make plastics manufacturing more predictable with new technology

Learn how a global automotive supplier achieved up to 8% cycle time reduction in a short cycle process

sensXPERT invites visitors at Automatica 2023 to an AR Experience with its intelligent sensor technology Digital Mold for real time process optimization. sensXPERT stands for dynamic process control and material characterization in real time. It was, therefore, clear to the corporate venture of the NETZSCH Group: they will present this industry changing innovation individually to […]

Catch our keynote at the conference hosted by the Polymer Engineering Center in Madison on March 31, 2023

Visit us in Hall 6 – R32 and catch our composites exchange on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 in Agora 6

sensXPERT presents continuous process optimization through sensor-based machine, tool, and material data in real-time at JEC World 2023 – by means of an AR Experience. sensXPERT Digital Mold now ensures optimized process and quality control in numerous plastics production facilities worldwide. At JEC World 2023 in Paris, visitors can see how the innovative sensor technology […]

How can sensXPERT impact your business economically and sustainably?

Get introduced to market and process dynamics of the plastics industry that requires the adoption of smart manufacturing solutions as well as a collaborative mindset

Rewatch our global launch event, and discover manufacturing opportunities that were once considered impossible, but can now be implemented cost-effectively and efficiently

If you have read much about our technology, then you know that our edge device plays a vital role in data collection and transfer as part of the sensXPERT real-time process monitoring system. The edge device—a compact, hardened industrial personal computer loaded with our machine learning algorithms—is the main interface between dielectric sensors mounted in […]

AVK honours the data-driven production solution for the plastics industry: sensXPERT Digital Mold Augsburg, Deutschland, 29. November 2022 – Only two months after its international launch event, sensXPERT received the Innovation Award of the Federation of Reinforced Plastics (AVK) for its Digital Mold product. The AVK is one of the largest associations in the field […]

Learn from Rico Zeiler, Process Engineering Molding, how ZF Friedrichshafen uses sensXPERT technology to gather in-mold material data for efficiency improvements

Transforming molds to become direct production communicators in various industries to solve plastics manufacturing challenges

Transforming domain knowledge into business value through real-time process optimization

Political demands for more sustainable manufacturing processes are a major challenge. In addition to the associated risks, there are great opportunities for companies that are open to these changes.In the world of thermosets, process optimization is key to meeting these challenges. In this article, you will learn how you as a thermoset processor, but also […]

The plastics industry is under increasing pressure to introduce sustainable production processes. As a supplier, companies today already have to disclose information about the sustainability of their processes. From January 2023, access to finance will also be linked to sustainability criteria. What impact this may have on your company and how you can best prepare […]

Usage of AI and smart machines for in-situ polymerization of lightweight fiber-reinforced polyamide 6 parts

Learn about the next step toward the full digitization of plastics processing

Today’s challenges to the manufacturing industry and the manufacturing sector are numerous and diverse. On the one hand, the sensitized awareness of end customers for topics such as sustainability and new political laws, such as changing production standards due to the Green Deal, influences the requirements for the production process. These changes in the market […]

Continuous process optimization driven by real-time sensor-based machine, mold and material data Selb, Germany, September 22, 2022 – NETZSCH Process Intelligence, a corporate venture of NETZSCH Group (Germany), has announced the launch of sensXPERT, a technology business designed to deliver significant productivity and quality benefits to processors in the plastics industry through data-driven manufacturing solutions. […]

In order to achieve consistent part quality – regardless of whether a part is being molded in Germany, Mexico, or China, on a hot humid summer evening or a cold dry winter day – processors everywhere are searching for tools that bring greater stability and more reliable control over their molding processes. Given all the […]

In order to produce quality thermoset parts quickly and consistently, processors need real-time access to four pieces of data at any given point in each molding cycle: How close are you to the material’s gel point? What is the material’s current glass transition temperature (Tg)? What is the current degree of cure (DoC) for the […]

Since thermoplastic materials are already prepolymerized and do not cross-link during the molding process, many processors like injection or compression molders can produce good parts with just in-mold pressure and temperature sensors. However, with next-generation sensors that provide accurate materials characterization data in real time—what sensXPERT’s in-mold dielectric monitoring system provides—most thermoplastic molders could produce […]

The plastics industry has seen significant changes in the last years – both at the macro and micro level. We have closely looked at current industry trends in two webinars and shed light on the challenges of processing thermosetting materials. Utilizing the multi-faceted opportunities that digitization and collaboration have to offer allows the transformation of […]

Our society depends on elastomers. From sport and leisure activities to health care, transportation and material handling, elastomers or rubber can be found in almost all of our everyday products. Due to their high resistance to heat, oils, acids and mechanical stress, rubber materials like NBR and EPDM are used to produce tires, sealing rings, […]

Setting New Production Standards for the Future of Driving As more and more car manufacturers work on developing EVs (electrical vehicles) and the adoption of these vehicles is set to accelerate in the coming years, the topic of light weighing car components continues to move into the spotlight. Reducing car weight is one of the […]

Next-Level Composite Production: Sustainable, Highly Productive, Efficient As we continue to move towards a world where our streets will see more and more electric vehicles, composite materials continue to move into the spotlight. Batteries in cars significantly contribute to the total weight and thus limit the driving range. This forces engineers to reduce weight of […]

Excerpt Polymer processing with thermosets is the key to high-performance parts regarding mechanical strength and durability. However, the material causes many challenges in production. In a customer-centric approach, the new sensXPERT solution provides a state-of-the-art solution to tackle lacking transparency and high scrap rates. sensXPERT delivers a unique solution for processors in the polymer and […]