Motorlan gave a presentation at the seminar organized by IK4-TEKNIKER and ULMA, entitled “Industry 4.0: Optimization of machinery life-cycle, component re-use and servitization,” explaining new business and technology models focused on servitization.
Much of the contents covered throughout the seminar have been the product of three years of intensive preparation within the framework of the European T-REX project (Optimization of machinery life-cycle through redesign, repair, renovation, re-use, recycling strategies for use and business models aimed at re-use). This project was begun in 2013 by IK4-Tekniker and ULMA Carretillas Elevadoras, with the goal of providing support and demonstrating that service-based business models are viable, especially for SMEs.
As part of Industry 4.0, new trends such as servitization are gaining ground. Servitization can also be considered an innovation of the process business model and organizational capacities, in which service-oriented activities are enhanced. This in turn leads to a reconsideration of the importance of certain strategies and technologies, such as the reliability and assessment of life cycle, service engineering and advanced maintenance.
Within this framework, Motorlan presented our activity model, based on the technical cycles of circular economy, which include the repair, maintenance, reconditioning and remanufacturing in the area of electric motors and their electronic control. We also introduced our proposals for servitization in this field: training and providing access to information on the energy efficiency of the installed motors and their re-use through our free on-line platform for the purchase and sale of replacement parts.