ItalPresseGauss

First-of-its-kind remote maintenance solution is based on AVEVA’s AV/VR platforms

ItalPresseGauss has been providing the light metal casting industry with high-quality equipment and flexible solutions for over half a century.

Our high pressure, gravity and low pressure die casting machines, and our automated cells, can be found around the world.

Goals

• Develop a custom HMI that operates with other OEM devices and software platforms.
• Incorporate AR/VR technologies as an asset performance and remote support tool.
• Support the company’s leadership position in Industrie 4.0

Challenges

• Introduce Industrie 4.0 technologies to the aluminum foundry industry
• Leverage breakthrough AR/VR technology to pilot new asset performance management and operator training solutions
• Deliver new concepts to market on an aggressive timeline

Solutions 

• AVEVA™ XR for Training.
• AVEVA™ System Platform.
• AVEVA™ InTouch HMI.

Results

• Delivered an open interface HMI architecture that communicates with other devices, collects data on a local SQL server database, and improves situational awareness.
• Reinvented the concept of asset maintenance and support for the captive foundry industry.
• Tapped into completely new revenue streams by embedding AVEVA’s open, flexible platforms into its machines.

“What is being consolidated is the capability to provide support for maintenance, support for troubleshooting, and support for remote controlling of the machine.”

Carlo Scalmana, President, Italpresse Gauss