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82 Product description and benefits smart plastics - enable Industry 4.0 energy supply smart plastics - components equipped with connectivity and sensors If you want to entirely network the machines in your manufacturing plant with the internet of things (IoT) in order to be Industry 4.0 -compatible and optimise such items as maintenance, you will need time andmoney. A digitalisation strategy that begins by connecting and networking individual assemblies and components is faster and costsmuch less. Plant operators benefit immediately from the connectivity of smart components: status monitoring for automated plant can be implemented in real time without additional personnel, and maintenance can be organised predictively. smart plastics o ff er two options: the simple and rather analogue condition monitoring i.Sense (sense = perception), for integration withmaximum safety. For the complete networking of themachines with the internet ( IoT) , the predictive maintenance i.Cee (Cee, derived from "see") is just right. i.Sense - condition monitoring ● Simplest, fastest way for a self-monitoring smart plastics product, by attachment of sensors ● Alarm or message when a previously defined, measured limit value is exceeded ● Values outside defined limits can directly trigger a system shut-down ● Detects machine status regularly or continuously ● Uses fast switch-o ff to avoid crashes i.Cee - predictive maintenance ● Precisely predicts maintenance ● Prevents downtime or loss of quality ● Sensors and software help to create a system for dynamic service life calculation and optimal maintenance times ● Wide variety of designs, o ff ering a high degree of individuality ● Maximum system and user safety and product service life Modular projects - special solutions from stock Engineering service ● Faster quotations, faster project planning ● Detailed service manuals and documentation ● Time and cost savings ● Absolute functional reliability ● System guarantee available upon request and depending on the application ● i.Sense EC.P - electronic Push/Pull Detection System ● Fixed endmodules for easy attachment of the e-chain ® inside the guide trough, with no drilling required ● Gliding elements for even longer service life of e-chains ® where long travels are involved ● HD trough systems with di ff erent installation set designs, matching the respective application Technical details | smart plastics | Modular projects Find the perfect e-chain ® quickly www.igus.eu/finder www.igus.eu/the-chain