Industry 4.0 thrives on intelligent devices that communicate with each other in the digital factory. In the Schmalz Connect product range, Schmalz bundles a whole range of such smart field devices.

The state-of-the-art vacuum components are quickly integrated into the application environment via interfaces such as IO-Link, Ethernet or NFC. They continually gather and interpret energy and condition data from the process and make it available at the control panel, on the operator's smartphone and in the cloud. Thus a seamless monitoring of the entire process becomes possible, enabling predictive maintenance to prevent downtime and optimize energy consumption.