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to easily provide access to information through a tablet and the large control screen. “All relevant documentation referring to machine maintenance and troubleshooting can be found right on the machine. Maintenance training videos and parts drawings are quickly and easily accessible. This control system also helps us support customers in non-English speaking countries,” said Forgash. BPM’s Smart Digital Pellet Length Control
package is available for all of its pelletisers. Additionally, the company offers a Smart System that incorporates downstream equipment so that it operates as a whole. “Our newest option is a different take on a manual strand line which we call Smart with Auxiliary control. This system utilises the pelletiser as the main controller but allows integra- tion with auxiliary equipment such as a water bath or an airknife,” said Forgash.
Development data In late 2023,MaterialsZone, which offers a Materi- als Informatics platform for manufacturers’ R&D teams, announced a collaborative effort with global masterbatches and compounds producer Kafrit Group to use data to develop improved products. MaterialsZone says that its platform is used to aggregate data on materials across data systems. “The goal of collecting this data is to create a
standardised and harmonised data structure across all subsidiaries,” said Ori Yudilevich, CTO of Materi- alsZone. “This will enable Kafrit to facilitate learning and collaboration on diverse R&D activities within the group, promote effective knowledge sharing, leverage the collective data points from the entire group to enhance prediction models and minimise
redundant experiments conducted within the group, [thus] improving efficiency and reducing costs.” Yudilevich reports that projects have included optimising new formulations and predicting formula- tion and production outcomes using a program called Predictive Co-Pilot. “The MaterialsZone platform utilises analytical AI to collect insights from the database to suggest potential formulations with the best mix of ingredients and conditions, such as sustainability or governmental regulations, to optimise new potential formulations that will make new and innovative products. This predictive capability will help Kafrit refine its approaches and reduce trial-and-error cycles,” he explained. Another project used generative AI (Gen AI) to
enrich a raw material database by converting unstructured data to structured data. “Before GenAI, this was an incredibly difficult and time-consuming process. However, by leveraging this technology within the platform, the enrichment process occurs 60-times faster than before [and] helps us build more accurate and robust models,” said Yudilevich. This partnership was envisioned and is being pursued in honour of Kafrit Group’s Senior VP Business Development & Innovation, Nadav Goldstein, who was killed in the Israel-Gaza conflict in October last year.
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