The future is automated:
The MAAG Group supplies the perfectly matched control technology for all its products. In addition, the MAAG Group also offers automation and switch cabinet construction as a service for customers from related but also unrelated business areas.
Control and automation engineering is the heart and brain of every industrial plant. As specialists for control technology, the MAAG Group accompanies its customers for their capital expenditure projects – from the first rough idea through to the handover of the operational plant. Thanks to years of experience and specialization, control technology from the MAAG Group offers automation perfectly matched to the machines as a complete package. This means that customers’ individual requirements can be met and ‘everything comes from a single source’. The MAAG Group offers cost-efficient, proven solutions, high investment protection and the availability of spare parts.
WORKING TOGETHER FOR AN AUTOMATED FUTURE!
On the way to becoming Europe’s most modern switch cabinet manufacturer!
With more than 50 highly qualified specialists at the MAAG Germany GmbH sites, Control Technology has been a leading service provider and recognized partner for machine manufacturers and end customers for decades. It develops standards optimized for the product portfolio as efficient solutions for control systems, as well as operating, monitoring and data acquisition systems for series production and special machines.
The MAAG Group Control Technology division has set itself the goal of establishing one of Europe’s most modern switch cabinet production facilities at its site in Xanten. An important component of this is the creation of a digital twin by Electrical Engineering. This enables the entire switch cabinet to be designed in 3D, creating a high level of validated data quality. This data is directly linked to the machines in switch cabinet manufacturing. As a result, numerous tasks such as milling, cable assembly, terminal strip assembly, cutting optimization and much more, can be carried out efficiently by machines in a pre-assembly stage. The actual assembly of the switch cabinet can then be carried out in the shortest possible time using the pre-assembled and ready-to-use individual components. The final step is the quality control of the finished switch cabinet with its digital twin. Control Technology thus ensures that the very high-quality standards of the MAAG Group are satisfied.
Another indispensable component today is the software development for the automated machines. Thanks to the decades of experience of the programmers in Control Technology and Service, the technological know-how is contained in software that is perfectly matched to the machines. All recorded data can be made available both locally and, if required, in a cloud via a modern IoT gateway.
The MAAG Group machines are fitted with the control technology and tested by the specialists before delivery. This enables the MAAG Group to commission its entire product portfolio on the customer’s site within a very short time and achieve a rapid ramp-up curve in production.
The MAAG Control Technology is therefore an important internal and external partner, enabling the MAAG Group to deliver from a single source.
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What does Control Technology offer?
The specialist fields of Control Technology span all the divisions of the MAAG Group.
- Pelletizing systems
- Pump technology
- Filtration
- Extrusion engineering
In addition, it has acquired extensive expertise in complementary and related business areas and has made a name for itself in areas outside plastics processing. These include i.a.:
- Recycling
- Conveying systems
- Dosing equipment
- Tank and silo plants
- Packaging equipment
- Loading technology
- etc.
In addition, the Control Technology switch cabinet manufacturing department is also able to produce cabinets for third-party customers based on their own drawings.
ENGINEERING
With the MAAG specialists, customers receive a control solution that is perfectly matched to the MAAG product portfolio and, if required, tailored to fit seamlessly into their existing infrastructure. We rely on proven components to offer our customers the highest level of safety.
Our professional planning covers every aspect: Our focus on standardization and the use of state-of-the-art 3D technology guarantees customers efficient and future-proof solutions at all times: from the electrical engineering documentation and PLC programming through fault diagnosis and visualization right up to the connection to the master computer.
Complete and structured documentation is particularly important to us. It ensures the long-term operation of the machine at the customer’s site.
All documents are made available to customers in digital form and, on request, we can continue to update them after commissioning.
PROGRAMMING
When it comes to controlling machines and plants, great importance is attached in particular today to capturing the large amount of information contained in the systems. This information is processed in PLC and visualization systems.
Bus systems are used to collect information from the plants that is used for control, regulation and interlocking, among other things.
The data generated in the control system must be processed and made available to the plant personnel. This data can include, for example, malfunctions, changing operating states or measurement data. Depending on the scope, simple touch panels or complex graphical visualization systems with IPCs are used for this purpose.
Very often this data needs to be not only displayed but also archived. MAAG Control Technology creates customer-specific solutions for this.
The software/programming is supplemented by the use of an IoT gateway, which aggregates data from multiple devices and thus provides a single point of contact for the cloud infrastructure.
MANUFACTURING
We at MAAG Control Technology are pursuing a clear objective: To become Europe’s most modern switch cabinet manufacturer. With precision and state-of-the-art technology, we are taking switch cabinets to the next level – efficient, smart and sustainable.
Our production shop relies on machine-automated processes, digital testing methods and state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies. In our smart factory, innovation and precision merge to achieve the highest quality combined with maximum efficiency. Every switch cabinet is tested according to the strictest EN standards and undergoes extensive functional tests: from the simulation of small systems to practical tests of complex large-scale systems. We use state-of-the-art measurement technology and digital networking to ensure the reliability and durability of our products. The warehousing and logistics processes are geared towards Industry 4.0: a perfectly coordinated interaction between the project warehouse and parts warehouse guarantees transparency, flexibility and on-time delivery.
MAAG Control Technology stands for progress and pioneering spirit. With every investment in new technologies, digitized processes and automated production, we are moving closer to our goal: to become Europe’s most modern supplier in switch cabinet construction.
MAAG Control Technology – Milestones of our company history
| 1992 | Integration of Rieter Automatik Großostheim into MAAG |
| 1994 | XANTEC Steuerungs- und EDV-Technik GmbH is founded in Xanten-Birten |
| 2000 | XANTEC moves to Kevelaer-Kervenheim |
| 2020 | XANTEC becomes a part of the MAAG Group within the Dover Pumps and Process Solutions division |
| 2022 | The control technology experts from the former Rieter Automatik and XANTEC are brought together in one team for the first time |
| 2023 | XANTEC becomes the Control Technology division of the MAAG Group and moves to Xanten |
| 2025 | Modernization of switch cabinet construction with pre-assembly and machine shop as well as the introduction of IoT gateways in Xanten |