Maintenance of the future: Smart Maintenance+

The maintenance of the future ensures maximum production efficiency, reduces the TCO, and guarantees maximum availability and flexibility – thus increasing profits. Digitization and the resulting networking of process management and plant operation make maintenance technicians the backbone of the Factory 4.0. The Smart Maintenance Pavilion inspires an in-depth examination of this overarching issue and covers other important maintenance-related topics, too – such as energy and resource efficiency, industrial services, digital after sales services as well as industrial IT applications.

Maintenance, not downtime

The purpose of smart maintenance is to ensure smooth and uninterrupted operations at all times. Unplanned downtime costs a lot of money and threatens to disrupt the superordinate production process. Therefore, a smooth and uninterrupted production process with quality assurance and without unnecessary maintenance work is of the essence for companies. Problem: Many companies are still in the initial stages of implementing smart maintenance and need a whole lot of information to get it right. They often focus entirely on costs even though maintenance, when properly integrated in existing production processes, can quickly evolve from being a cost factor to adding value.

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The Speakers Corner lecture program

Well-known companies such as SAP, Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions, Spie Rodias and igus will enrich the lecture program with practice-oriented contributions. On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, the Forum Vision Instandhaltung is organizing a series of lectures in which Dr. Andreas Weber from 4opmc, among others, will speak about the challenges facing production and maintenance. On Friday, June 27, 2025, international start-ups will have the opportunity to pitch their innovative approaches. These include smart device management for efficient and safe maintenance processes, inspection drones for power-intensive tasks that can cling to the wall like spiders and AI co-pilots for error prevention in the production of smart glasses.

Practical examples to touch and try out

The practical scenarios in the demo park also showcase exciting solutions. SAP will send visitors on a virtual journey to the SAP power plant in the Industrial Metaverse to experience asset management solutions for optimal maintenance and service. In a model factory, Pepperl+Fuchs and Bosch will show how AI-supported asset monitoring can be operated with the help of a digital twin in order to avoid machine downtimes and increase production efficiency through predictive maintenance. Messfeld, on the other hand, will be presenting the latest condition monitoring systems - also for retrofitting existing systems.