Toys for engineers

The colored balls falling from a small plastic box on the conveyor belt, sorted by color and counted. With prying eyes of the men in suits eyeing the tiny industrial plant, the hinschnurrt quietly on two tables pushed together in front of him. A small miracle, if only their construction, built with thousands of plastic parts by Fischer technique. In the traditional construction toys are also happy to rob adults – and not just from game engines.

“With such systems, we can accurately depict what happens in large manufacturing firms,” ​​says the managing director of Fischer GmbH, Marcus Keller, Waldachtal south of Stuttgart. Not least for this reason, the toy has long since crossed the boundaries of the nursery. Managers and professors have discovered that they can prepare their charges with Fischer’s play equipment on the job.

At Audi, more than 30 toys for the training of mechatronic systems are in use. “We have transport and sorting lines, and also with storage registers,” says Alfonso control of the education and training of the car manufacturer. The trainees learn the models, especially programming. “The control is somewhat smaller than in the works, but it has all the necessary components.” For controllers that is ultimately a question of money. At a cost of 2,500 € per model can result in errors not too much damage.

The models for the industry are not quite identical with the material that you can buy in a toy store. The company upgraded the Staudinger common range for something. Industrial plants to reproduce, they must add a few components. But above all, is padded with the controls that correspond to the industry norm. This computer technology usually comes from Siemens – and there is often tested with the toy. In the Siemens Technik Akademie some models, “so that our students can understand, what do they have developed the control programs for indeed,” says Andreas Dieckmann of the Academy. “The commissioning of real processes always holds surprises.” He adds: “There is so much fun.”

Always on the cutting edge of technology

The name of the toy Volker Alexander Fachhochschule Gelsenkirchen does not hear so much. He teaches course in transport, traffic and logistics. At the model-manufacturing plant, he introduces the student to analyze and control weaknesses in the material flow, then they must do under time pressure sales orders. “They do not feel like a game, but like in a real business,” says Alexander. For him to meet the models “the desire for perfect placement of practicality.”

To maintain the level of the toy farmer tried jointly with companies always stay on the cutting edge of technology. Whether solar or fuel cell – basement of Marcus Fischer Technology will implement any new technology as quickly as possible for the model kits.

Danger from the Internet

Hackers can disrupt war drones, railways and power stations. The industry insider Craig Wright sounds the alarm.

A Predator drone of the U.S. in Afghanistan

A time to break, in which almost everything is online. I am a computer specialist, and 20 years, I have dealt so to connect great things such as industrial facilities to the Internet. Today I am very concerned.

A few days ago made an incredible message around: The ground stations of American drones who had killed, for example several Al-Qaeda leader, had been infiltrated by a computer virus. One noticeable damage had not occurred, it was said, and it was not clear where the virus came at all. Dealing with the problem, if known, awakens not exactly trust: First, one has apparently tried several times unsuccessfully to delete the virus – during which the systems were in operation. Only later did all the software was reinstalled.

Craig Wright
is an Australian expert on computer security in industrial plants. He now teaches at the Charles Sturt University and is director of the Global Institute for Cyber ​​Security Research + in Cape Canaveral, United States.
It is possible that the malware to the drone control facilities a normal computer virus that has come by chance into the devices. Where that is running the Microsoft Windows operating system – as well as on many home computers. The control computer drones of death, of course, depend not on the open Internet and can therefore catch any viruses. The laptops of soldiers on the other hand are a completely different topic – and whenever you are playing on such a computer, for example new maps for the control of drones, could pave the way for viruses to be free.

The problem of viruses of the American drone control is not an isolated case. There are thousands of computer systems that control physical things in our environment.

In 2000 I received an order from the organizers of the Olympic Games in Sydney. The government wanted to combine public control systems with a central headquarters: traffic control, railway control systems, water supply, power grids, emergency services, police, sewage systems. That, my colleagues and I did.

The railway systems were connected to each other about, always able to determine where to find the individual traits. The technology, the information carried by the signal units to the grid should be created based on the popular Java programming language. Like others, I warned of the security holes: Even then it was not particularly difficult to read such data or re-write. They were manipulated so without much effort.

With the end of the Olympic Games also dried up the flow of public funds for maintenance of the systems. As far as I know, nothing has been done to sever all the newly created connections again. But like all things that can not be repaired on a regular basis, they also have become less safe in the meantime. There are few people who know exactly what was there where with whom interconnected. Too many connections there are even more detailed technical documentation

Pollutant emissions from industrial plants decreases

The pollutant emissions of Rhineland-Palatinate industrial plants has decreased since 2004 by a total of 30 percent from about 70,000 tons per year to approximately 50,000 tons per year. This is the result of the emission inventory report, which was published in the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Environment.

For example, has significantly reduced emissions of nitrogen oxides (-12 percent), lead (-43 percent), and particulate matter (-79 percent). So Rhineland-Palatinate is the per capita emissions by about 50 percent below the national average.

“Through the use of improved emission control technology and efficient production processes, the Rhineland-Palatinate businesses contribute significantly to the air quality improves,” welcomes the Environment Secretary, Dr. Thomas Griese falling emissions. “This is an achievement of modern environmental technology that we want to continue to promote.”

The emissions inventory report for installations subject to licensing in Rhineland-Palatinate, the development of plant-related emissions since 2004 in Rhineland-Palatinate He dar. is created by the State Office for the Environment, Water and Trade Inspection on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture, Food, Wine and Forestry. In the report type, amount and spatial distribution of relevant pollutants such as ammonia (NH3), are carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOX), benzene (C6H6), methane (CH4), volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), dust and heavy metals (lead, arsenic, cadmium) were recorded. The emissions are in the 5 by 5 square km grid for the entire country of Rhineland-Palatinate and 1 times 1 km shown square grid for the former loading areas and special areas of investigation that were already clean air and action plans created, recorded and graphically.

Old industrial sites as an information and places of learning

Kierspe ▪ Another Regional Project, the Kierspe affected, and even very strong, the historical industry along the Volme dedicated: Due to the already early use of water power to drive water wheels, hammers and power generation is the landscape in Volmetal by the industrial historical witnesses characterized. Since these relics – some still in operation – are important character traits of the region, as they should in future events, information and non-school learning and landmarks are used.
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Start with a free $ 100,000 account. Get access to all trading platforms Kierspe most historic and early industrial objects brings into regional sub-project “Historical Industry” one.
The monuments and other buildings worth preserving industrial in character, are capitalized when part of this project is implemented, and then serve new uses.
The early 1990s restored Heesfeld water mill with new offerings such as a branch of the Registry Office Halver, conference center or health food store and concept development for the former company August HESSMERT or Walter Brune Kierspe bulwark as a tourist destination and to showcase the water-power are as a guide to . see The complex will also include a museum on the subject.
An appealing marketing of sites with a combination of new, including catering facilities presents them as destinations along the Volme for locals and tourists. Particular focus on the industry witnesses along the Volmebandes. They are networked via the regional bicycle path, skating the route and the railway.
But the Bakelitmuseum in the Old Office building in Kierspe, the first and only of its kind that is likely therefore to call German Bakelitmuseum can be used, thus illustrating the industrial, technological advancement as a venue for the award of an Innovation Award for inventions in the field of plastics technology. To this end the industry in South Westphalia and the CCIS on as a sponsor, such an idea.
Kierspe as industrial objects are also still listed in the foundry Schwanke Kerspetal, the merchants’ houses, the distillery and the mill in Rönsahl and Reidemeisterhäuser Schriever and Voswinkel that Jubachtalsperre and Rhade mill in Volmetal. Kierspe has to offer so many more objects in this context.
Meinerzhagen are found in the railway bridge Scherl, the distillery and the Fürwiggetalsperre Krugman. Halver in the bush, there are houses hammer, the villas Carthausen and Wippermann, Charlemagne height of the tower that houses the art, culture station, the man Schanz mill, mill, and the books and the Löhrmühle Volmebrücke in Upper Bruges. The water turbine plant in Dahlerbrück that Glörtalsperre and the farmhouse are Wippermann cooling it in Schalksmühle.
The buildings are complemented by the re-use of visualization and hammer ponds. Here specifically, a “hammer pond program” will be issued. The reactivation of the places, possibly in conjunction with the associated existing or additional buildings shall be tendered for the small architecture competitions, such a proposal serves as the establishment of extracurricular learning and tourist destinations.
To go the whole package, and now laced the individual sub-projects and their contents are also in the final event of the Regional Public Process on Thursday 20 October, by 19 clock in the center of the comprehensive school teacher Kierspe. Once there is a launch event in Meinerzhagen and then gave Büdelungsveranstaltungen in all four municipalities, citizens of this forum will now take place at the end Kierspe. Then again, the contents of the action concept based on the individual cities and towns from the ASA office presented
They will be joined by others whose representative Hans-Joachim Hamerla and Jutta greeting-Rink, and the mayors of all four municipalities. Citizens are invited to submit ideas or present, where appropriate, concerns and criticism.

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