Steinbeis Transfer Center Applied Production and Joining Technology / ARGOS Systems Engineering

• Innovative, cross-system, online quality management system ARGOS (product development for Steinbeis ARGOS System Engineering)
  • Online monitoring of manufacturing systems
  • Unlimited online process management
    • ARGOS links multiple subsystems (process systems, methodological systems, environments, external data acquisition systems, for example) within a working system for singular, cross-system data analysis and quality management.
    • ARGOS can be applied to various manufacturing systems and is manufacturer independent (ARGOS can be used for all process systems). 
    • ARGOS enables quality data analysis that takes all relevant influencing factors into consideration.
    • ARGOS  offers a structurally unlimited amount of entry and exit channels with scalable frequencies.
    • ARGOS does not require any special hardware. It can be connected to any type of hardware.
    • ARGOS has a modular and task-oriented structure for fast modification, program changes and add-ons.
    • ARGOS enables complex calculations and is freely programmable.
    • ARGOS has a multiple-stage structure, which means it ensures analysis, open- and closed-loop control of parameters relevant to quality, in addition to data logging and documentation.
    • ARGOS enables database integration and customer-oriented reporting functions.
    • ARGOS can be applied for all possible manufacturing processes, especially for welding, but also for manufacturing processes like coloration, adhesion, mechanical manufacturing, etc.
    • ARGOS enables remote monitoring and data exchange via common network architectures.

• Consulting: process analysis, production processes
  • Planning, implementation of an online monitoring strategy for manufacturing in the form of a cross-system quality management system
  • ARGOS QM System for holistic monitoring of manufacturing plants for the producer of manufacturing products
  • Interactive process management
  • Analysis of automated manufacturing process using the ARGOS QM System with:
    • Unlimited process data acquisition
    • Consideration of environmental factors and factors influencing quality from all connected subsystems
    • Image processing
    • Laser/scanner systems, for example

• Automated manufacturing systems using industrial robotics and mechanized transport systems
  • Feasibility studies/consulting on technological issues
  • Test setup of ARGOS applications  
• Interface development between subsystems within overall manufacturing systems
  • Application testing on subsystems
  • Test setup of applications
• Optimization of manufacturing processes through data analysis and data diagnostics
  • Integration of subsystems into overall systems/optimization of overall systems
  • Data analysis and diagnostics using ARGOS
  • Implementation of ARGOS applications

Process diagnostics/Managing and steering processes 

• Recording of factors influencing quality with a holistic solution using open- and closed-loop control for the affected parameters
  • Development of open- and closed-loop control algorithms/quality optimization
  • Implementation of data analysis and diagnostics in open- and closed-loop control algorithms
  • Examination and implementation of ARGOS applications

• Feasibility studies on automated welding using robotic systems
  • Development of applications in a test environment
  • Examination of applications in user-oriented system environments
• Feasibility studies related to using open- and closed-loop control concepts in automated manufacturing
  • Development of applications in a test environment
  • Examination of applications in user-oriented system environments

• Consulting for welding techniques in apparatus and pipeline engineering/shipbuilding
  • In order to use existing tools and techniques/expansion of applications/system optimization
  • Testing, implementation, and development of applications in test environments
  • Examination of applications in user-oriented system environments
    • Use of test environments outside the user manufacturing setting
    • Testing of applications in real testing environments without the resources of the latter user
  • Consulting on process optimization
  • Examination of third-party offers and analysis of plant problems
• Consulting on technological issues related to the application of welding techniques in manufacturing
  • Analysis and examination of alternative welding technologies and techniques
  • Testing, implementation, and development of applications in test environments
  • Testing and trial welding in accordance with customer requests
  • Examination of plant and welding problems/error analysis
• Support with component design according to manufacturing standards
  • Analysis and optimization of constructive design
  • Testing, implementation, and development of applications in test environments
• Assistance during the introduction of automated welding techniques/robotics
  • Analysis of alternative applications (portfolio technologies)
  • Feasibility and application analysis for automated techniques in test environments
  • Testing, implementation, and development of applications in test environments
  • Test and trial welding in test environments in accordance with customer requests/evaluation/optimization analysis
• Analysis/support/consulting on the use of new production technology using analysis tools (such as portfolio technologies)
  • Analysis of alternative applications/application testing
  • Support during development and implementation of applications  
  • Consulting during the introduction and implementation of lean techniques
  • Assistance during the introduction of lean techniques

• Training and seminars on implementing the ARGOS QM system
  • System training
  • Seminars after the implementation of new applications