VŠPJ introduced a unique learning factory for Industry 4.0

On Monday, June 22, a ceremony was held at theýukové factory for Industry 4. The event was addressed to the directors and teachers of high schools and technically oriented secondary schools of the Vysočina Region and to the students of companies using the elements of the Industry 4.0 concept.

The event was opened by the Rector of the VŠPJ Václav Báča together with the Vice-Rector for creativeá and project activities and the Head of the Department of Technicalých Studies Zdeněk Horákem. Both of them emphasized the huge potential of the newly built workplace, not only for the VŠPJ, but also for the students of the secondary schools and the Vysočina Region as such. Dále spoke soá fromádegrees of the region − the governor Jiří Běhounek and the councillor for the area of šcollegesí, youthá and sport Jana Fialová. The speakers were complemented by the head of the education department of the company Festo, s.r.o., Filip Škeří. Festo is a supplier of the unique CP Factory technology – i.e. cyber-physics – factory – for which the name „virtualá– factory“ has already gained popularity during the experienced &scaron&ební operation. It is a universalální research and learning platform for Industry 4.0, which is not available in this scope and implementation in the Czech Republic.

Detailedá familiarityá with thisá technology´, including itsá fullá use; for partners from the applicationá sphereé, took place in the form of a presentation in a large-capacityá auditoriumá in theý learningé centre. Among other things, Vice-Rector Horáá outlined how the „virtualá&ln´ tová“ will be implemented in the „classroom, e.g. for the semesterá&ln´ and fromáá students' prá prá. Násubsequently, the academicá staff demonstrated how the várobn&aiacute; line works. In the course of the introduction of the line, we not only introduced the process itself, but also its numerical simulation by the so-called virtual twin. A computational model that allows to simulate arbitrary configurations of a given line easily and without much difficulty; will in the future become an integral part of everyý industrialý industry,“ said Jan Jirsa from the Department of Technicalý Studies.

Nálasté informalální meetingsání and discussions provided aávštiveí impetus forán´ cooperation with VŠPJ, in rá The cyber-physicsálná factoryá for 19 million crowns was funded by a grant from the Operational Programme Research, Science and Educationá.