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Edition 4 | June 2019 The Magazine Foreword partnership visions knowledge trends family innovation success system tradition global Dear customers, partners and colleagues The year 2019 is a very special one for the HELLER Group. And today? Companies seeking to compete successfully in the 125 years ago, Hermann Heller – only 25 at the time – market not only have to think about tomorrow, but also about stories founded the company ‘Hermann Heller Handelsgeschäft und the day after tomorrow. Artificial intelligence, Industry 4.0 Fabrikation in geschützten Artikeln und Uhrmacher and the future of mobility are the challenges we need to werkzeugen’, specialising in the trade and manufacture of meet with the same visionary entrepreneurial spirit our patented products and watchmaker’s tools. Only a short founders taught us. Particularly in politically and economically while later, his brother Ernst, a trained tradesman, joined challenging times, forward thinking and anticipatory action the company. This marked the birth of ‘Gebrüder Heller are the key to sustainable success. As a longterm oriented Werkzeug und Maschinenfabrik’ in Nürtingen. family business, we have the capabilities to develop and realise visions together. The visionary thinking of the founders provided the foundation for HELLER’s long success story. Already in 1900, Hermann I hope you will enjoy reading this issue and look forward to Heller anticipated the technical development which was to receiving your feedback! become a reality decades later. “In my opinion, the future will be determined by machines and apparatuses. As to the future, I foresee large machines producing all kinds of goods in a fully automatic manner.” This is what the company’s founder replied when asked about where he saw his company in 120 years’ time. In this pioneering spirit, this anniversary issue of Sincerely, Klaus Winkler HELLER the Magazine focuses on ‘visions’ as a main topic. CEO of the HELLER Group HELLER the Magazine 3_ Content Production 20_ 62_ Full steam into the digital future by Manfred Lerch Once upon a time in the future … 68_ Harnessing artificial intelligence for production 62_ by Gerda Kneifel (WGP) Full steam into the digital future Editorial Technology 06_ “People with visions should go see a doctor” – 54_ The HELLER DNA in five axes or shouldn’t they? by Lukas Schult by Franziska Hapke Services Market 56_ Sending measurement values 12_ Tradition & future without contact 74_ Retooling in unusual dimensions 78_ Investigating the future of machine and by Helmut Angeli by Dr Detlef Zienert (Balluff) by Manfred Lerch plant engineering by Dr Eric Maiser (VDMA) 18_ When visions change the world 58_ Innovative CAM technologies for by Maike Held & Franziska Hapke manufacturing excellence 82_ HELLER – customeroriented. Innovative. Efficient. by Carolin Lang (OPEN MIND) by Roberto Manzo 20_ Once upon a time in the nottoodistant future … by Franziska Hapke 84_ HELLER at China International Import Expo / A sign of goodwill amidst the trade dispute 28_ The future is ... when vision becomes reality by Lukas Schult / Christoph Hoene (Hoene Consult) by Michael Carl (2b AHEAD ThinkTank) People 86_ 125 years working hand in hand with our customers 90_ The people behind successful project work 38_ by Manfred Lerch Portrait “We sell production.” 94_ HELLER Spain by Tania Campillejo, Pilar González & 34_ Black on White Ana Maria Regales 36_ Tradition meets innovation / 98_ Creativity techniques for you to try out, or: 125 years of HELLER How to create new ideas by Franziska Hapke / Lukas Schult by Maike Held & Franziska Hapke 38_ “We sell production.” 100_ Realising visions: four phases you by Helmut Angeli have to go through! by Steffen Kirchner 46_ 45 years of HELLER Brazil by Roberto Manzo 102_ The world at their feet 98_ by Tanja Liebmann-Décombe 50_ 125 years working hand in hand Creativity techniques with our customers 106_ News and events by Tanja Liebmann-Décombe for you to try out 4_ HELLER the Magazine HELLER the Magazine 5_ Editorial TEXT Franziska Hapke PHOTOS Amanda Dalbjörn / Vi|sion Gorodenkoff / Jens Gelowicz [ˈvɪʒ(ə)n] “People with visions should go see a doctor” – or shouldn’t they? Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Thomas Edison, Robert Word meaning/definition: Bosch, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, 1. An experience of seeing someone or Elon Musk, Marc Zuckerberg: without something in a dream or trance, or as a the courage of visionary thinkers – of supernatural apparition which only a few prime examples are Example: listed here – many things in the world _ ‘the idea came to him in a vision’ would not have been changed or even been possible. All these people have 2. The faculty or state of being able to see one thing in common: they look into Example: our future and actively help to shape it. _ ‘she had defective vision’ The meaning of the word ‘vision’ as a 3. The ability to think about or plan the ‘supernatural apparition’ or as ‘seeing future with imagination or wisdom or, a something in a trance’ is also what mental image of what the future will or the former German Chancellor Helmut could be like Schmidt was referring to when he said Examples: in 1980: “People with visions should _ ‘the organization had lost its vision and go see a doctor.” Since then, the word direction’ has been widely reinterpreted and now _ ‘a utopian vision of society’ has a much more positive connotation, _ ‘a vision for the 21st century’ subsequently moving into the focus of entrepreneurs and us citizens. 3.1 For a company or an organisation, a vision statement is a declaration of Ever since, a vision is understood as objectives, intended to guide its internal something that drives us. Each and decision-making and serving as a foun- every day, it motivates us to get up dation for a broader strategic plan. and to go out, to leave our comfort When the vision is formulated or set down zone and to work on turning our vision in writing, it becomes a mission statement, into a reality. providing the foundation for the company’s strategic orientation. Pursuing a vision in Similar aspirations can be found on a consistent manner helps a company to almost all corporate websites. The differentiate itself from others. Within the mission statement, providing the company, a shared vision increases people’s foundation for communication and willingness and will to implement change. actions, and which also has an impact on services and products, consists of Etymology the values, the mission and – you have From Middle English visioun, from Anglo- guessed it – the vision. In this context, Norman visioun, from Old French vision, vision refers to a future status the from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of company seeks to achieve whilst also action from the perfect passive participle serving as a fundamental orientation visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb for staff. videō (“I see”) + action noun suffix -iō. Source: oxforddictionaries.com / wiktionary.org 6_ HELLER the Magazine HELLER the Magazine 7_ Editorial Visions in mechanical engineering and machining: focal topics of into networks and expanded functionalities and service possibilities. Already in 2012, a survey conducted by VDMA among its members revealed Artificial intelligence (AI) is a much discussed topic, offering significant HELLER and the industry Despite this, the focus remains on machining. However, Industry 4.0 that, among other things, the increasing complexity is a major trend in me opportunities, which are increasingly recognised and seized in production. Future mechanical engineering is characterised by various trends and provides many possibilities for optimising machining processes. With chanical engineering. In this issue of HELLER the Magazine, the association is Already today, AI is increasingly applied in real production environments technologies. Being aware of these trends and the resulting changes, Industry 4.0, HELLER aims to enhance the transparency of the current again looking into the future of machinery and plant engineering (from p. 78). where it is used to identify patterns in the machine data captured by a HELLER is continuously working on solutions responding to the perma machine status and to evaluate the information gained in combination Despite political uncertainties, the forecasts for the global economic situation range of sensors, helping, for example, to prevent damage to the systems. nently changing challenges of its customers. with existing data to allow purposeful diagnostics. With the holistic in 2019 remain cautiously optimistic and the global consumption in machine AI provides the foundation for selfconfiguring and selfoptimising ‘HELLER4Industry’ concept, the company contributes to increased tools is expected to remain at a high level. HELLER expects this development machines, thus enabling a whole new kind of collaboration between man An essential requirement on companies from the industry is to ensure machine productivity and supports consistent engineering chains – a to be reflected in the major submarkets. Such trends as well as shorter inno and machine. The use of AI helps to make the socalled smart factory or maximum availability of their machines. According to HELLER, automation genuine added value for the future. From page 62 onwards, you can vation cycles, growing material and component variety and complexity and selfcontrolling factory a reality. In the report on page 68, you can read significantly contributes to achieving this. The technical possibilities read more about HELLER’s development as a company up to the Fourth constant cost pressure pose challenges to enterprises within the industry how the German Academic Association for Production Technology (WGP) range from simple pallet changers, linear and rotary pallet magazines or Industrial Revolution. if they want to remain competitive. To achieve this, quick and easyto- is helping to promote this megatrend. Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual flexible loading robots through to combinations with rack systems, also understand, modular and flexible products and services can provide a com Reality (VR) are further technologies increasingly used throughout the for tool storage.