Industry 4.0

Index

Monitoring Structural Health
Decision-making tools
Control systems
Sensorisation
Preventive maintenance
Navigation and Guiding

Monitoring structural health

Description: Creation of tools for detecting damage and for quantifying the damage accumulated.

Application: Surveillance of machine components and containers subjected to dynamic loads and harsh environments when faults generate considerable production costs and the prediction of preventive maintenance operations.

Sector: Energy and industrial

Decision-making tools

Description: Creation of decision-making algorithms depending on the damage detected and accumulated.

Application: Procedures of action on components and machinery subjected to loads and harsh environments

Sector: Energy and industrial

Control systems

Description: At the CTC we specialise in the development of real-time control systems for applications with demanding time restrictions. The CTC has experience of the various stages: the designing of the hardware architecture (a selection of sensorics and electromechanical drive), integration, the development of control algorithms (e.g. Neuronal Networks, Adaptative Control, or Fuzzy Logic), and the implementation of software.

Applications: Robotics, Mechatronics, Automation, Process Control

Sector: Aeronautics, Car industry

Sensorisation

Descripción: At the CTC we specialise in Sensorisation for Navigation systems (inertial sensors, odometry, laser, sonar, GNSS) and in the application of techniques of processing and the merging of data from multiple heterogenous sources.

Applications: Fault diagnosis, Optimisation of processes, Regulation, Instrumentation, Self-Driving Cars, Industrial Monitoring

Sector: Industry 4.0, Aeronautics, Car industry, Engineering, Transport

Predictive Maintenance

Description: We design fault prevention systems and systems to predict the service life of components subject to fatigue by monitoring wear and tear and identifying fracture, ageing, and corrosion mechanisms.

Application: Extending of components and machinery

Sector: Energy and industrial

Navigation and guiding

Description: Navigation systems allow the guiding of a person, a vehicle, or a robot within an environment, generally with obstacles. Guiding, Navigation, and Control (GNS) systems involve various technologies such as designing and planning missions, planning routes, and tracing, mapping, detecting, and avoiding obstacles.

Applications: Self-driving vehicles, Locating people, Traceability

Sector: Industry 4.0, Aerospace, Military Defence