Innovations
PDTec Innovations: Mission and goals
Our research team is PDTec’s innovation engine – with the mission of identifying technological trends and transforming research results into marketable software solutions. Together with leading minds from science and industry, we develop practice-oriented concepts that will have a lasting impact on the engineering of tomorrow. Our main focus is on:
- Research into new technologies and trends
- Development of prototypes to evaluate innovative ideas
- Supporting the product teams with specialist knowledge and proof-of-concept models
- Promoting a lively culture of innovation within the company
We face the central challenges of the industry: increasing efficiency, sustainability and the social aspects of modern companies. Through our involvement in international networks, we create not only technological but also cultural synergies to ensure the long-term competitiveness of our customers.
Shaping the future together – smarter solutions for your data-driven engineering
Methodology and working methods: Efficient, agile, practice-oriented
At PDTec, we rely on a dynamic and structured approach to quickly transform research results into practical solutions to ensure our customers’ long-term success.
Our working principles include
- Agile development in research projects:
- Through iterative planning and flexible implementation, we react quickly to new findings and challenges.
- Measuring success using clear indicators:
- We aim to transform as much of our research findings as possible into practical, industrial benefits
- We keep a close eye on new, innovative technologies. With a high degree of practical relevance, we transfer these technologies into operations.
- Know-how transfer is important to us, which is why we publish our findings in traditional and digital media, among others
Our methodology therefore combines agility with measurable success – for innovative results that have a lasting impact.
Long-term vision: innovative strength with vision
The PDTec Research team thinks beyond the moment and helps to shape the technological future. Based on a clear vision, we develop strategies that not only enable short-term success, but also ensure the long-term competitiveness of our company. We combine scientific excellence with industrial practice and thus create the basis for setting standards today and tomorrow.
Partnerships in research
Efficient design and reconfiguration of production systems – as well as the simulation of system behavior and its components – in advance and during operation in the sense of the digital twin
ISO 16400 / 1:2020 – 3:2024
Automation systems and integration: behavior of equipment for virtual production systems
Code of PLM Openness
Establishment of openness and thus the simple integration of IT in networked IT environments (e.g. company networks, IoT)
Collaborative Digital Twins
Definition and elaboration of future collaboration on content and interactions of cross-company and cross-disciplinary digital twins
ISO 18828 / 2:2016 – 5:2019
Industrial automation systems and integration – Standardized procedures for the development of production systems
Smart Systems Engineering
Development of application-oriented concepts for cross-company collaboration in simulation-based systems engineering