Earlier this year, Albrecht Baumer launched Sophie, a modular production control and data management system for polyurethane slabstock processing. The system offers much more, though – and could be a jumping off point for companies wanting to raise quality, and improve efficiency as well as understanding their processes.
Some of the most innovative ideas to improve process transparency in polyurethane slabstock processing have not come from the companies who make the foaming machinery. Rather, it is the ancillary equipment makers that have been developing ways to stay ahead of the competition by adding value to the foaming process in different ways.