Stage 01 Field components
00 STARTIndustrial Intelligence for Sheet Metal Forming
We make the tool speak. And make its language understood.
Through Smart.Tool, iLARIZ connects field components and Devices with specialised applications – making tools and forming processes visible, assessable and controllable through closed-loop control.
Understandthe system
01 Technology
01.1 Digital gap
The digital gap
starts in the tool.
Part quality is determined in the tool. Yet in conventional automation architectures, the actual process often remains invisible at precisely this point.
Machine and production systems provide data. What happens inside the tool often only becomes apparent in the finished part.
iLARIZ complements existing automation with information from the tool and process – linked to each stroke and part, directly from the real forming process.
- Make process behaviour visible
- Detect deviations earlier
- Compare and assess results
01.2 Process layer
iLARIZ provides the missing digital layer.
ERP, MES and machine control systems organise the business, production and equipment. Smart.Tool adds access to the process layer close to the tool.
- Data for every stroke and every part
- Assign tool and process information unambiguously
- Make real process information digitally accessible
- Business layerERP
- Production layerMES
- Machine layerPLC
- Process layerSmart.Tool
- Field device layerDevices
Our perspective
Not more data.
More understanding.
iLARIZ closes the gap between real forming processes and informed digital decisions – for tools, processes and parts.
From the real forming process to informed decisions
Stage 02 Devices
The signal is connected.
IO.Unit, Actor.Unit and Track.Unit capture information locally and connect the field to the digital layer.Stage 03 Smart.Tool
Digital context takes shape.
Smart.Tool assigns data to the tool, part and stroke, creating a shared digital layer.Stage 04 Applications
Information becomes usable.
Tool.Products and Draw.Products make process relationships visible and assessable, enabling detection and closed-loop control.Stage 05 Informed decisions
Data becomes understanding.
Understand, assess and decide – based on relevant tool and process information.Stage 01
Field componentsCapture real operations.
Stage 02
DevicesCapture and connect signals.
Stage 03
Smart.ToolA shared digital layer.
Stage 04
ApplicationsSee · Assess · Detect · Control
Stage 05
Informed decisionsUnderstanding becomes action.
02 Smart.Tool
02.1 Signal path
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Stage 01: Field componentsCapture real operations.
Sensors
Actuators
RFID
Peripheral equipment
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Stage 02: DevicesCapture and connect signals.
IO.Unit
Actor.Unit
Track.Unit
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Stage 03: Smart.ToolA shared digital layer.
Data management
Device management
Users and permissions
Shared data foundation
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Stage 04: ApplicationsSee · Assess · Detect · ControlTool.Products
Tool.Tryout
Tool.Monitor
Draw.Monitor
Draw.Detect
Draw.Control
- Stage 05: Informed decisionsUnderstanding becomes action.
02.2 Platform
The digital home for the physical tool.
- Data management
- Device management
- Users & permissions
- Shared data foundation
Smart.Tool brings tool and process information together on a shared digital layer. The platform connects Devices, data and applications in their technical context.
03 Products
03.1 Product families
Two families.
One connected system.
Tool.Products support the tool. Draw.Products make real forming processes transparent, assessable and controllable through closed-loop control – for every stroke and part.
Tool2 applications
Tool.Products
Digital clarity for relevant tool conditions, tryout, tool proving and optimisation.
Process3 applications
Draw.Products
Stroke-based process intelligence for monitoring, assessment and active closed-loop control.
03.2 Applications
From tool optimisation to
active process control.
Different applications address different use cases. They range from data-driven tool tryout through monitoring and detection to active closed-loop control of the real forming process.
- Draw.Control active → OK
- Draw.Control inactive → NOK
Same process parameters – active closed-loop control stabilises the process and produces an OK part.
Draw.Control inactive
Draw.Control active
Tool.Products
Tool.Tryout
Tryout, tool proving and optimisation of forming tools are supported by data and documented reproducibly.
- Document trials and changes
- Make measurement curves comparable
- Track optimisation transparently
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04 Benefits
Real forming.
Measurable impact.
iLARIZ provides the data foundation for transparent assessment of conditions, earlier risk detection and targeted closed-loop process control.
05 Real-world application
Developed for demanding
industrial environments.
What matters is the impact under real production conditions – where tools, processes and parts must work together reliably.
“iLARIZ brings sheet-metal forming into the digital age.”
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hubert WaltlFormer Board Member for Production at Volkswagen AG
06 Smart.Services
When the process
needs expertise.
iLARIZ combines in-depth forming expertise with practical implementation capabilities – wherever engineering, implementation and optimisation are required.
- PROCESS ANALYSISExamine real forming processes, identify deviations and defect patterns, systematically determine their causes and establish a sound understanding of process behaviour.
- VIRTUAL PROCESS MODELLINGModel real processes and observed deviations virtually, investigate possible causes and assess suitable measures in advance.
- MATERIAL CHARACTERISATIONCharacterise the sheet materials used through experiments and determine reliable material properties for simulations that reflect reality as closely as possible.
- ENGINEERING & TOOL DEVELOPMENTSupport customers in developing, building and prototyping real tools and technical solutions.
- SYSTEM INTEGRATIONIntegrate sensors, Devices and other components into tools and existing technical environments to meet customer requirements.
- COMMISSIONING & IMPLEMENTATIONImplement and commission solutions on the real tool, bringing them into use together with the customer.
- PROCESS OPTIMISATIONOptimise tools and forming processes using data and experience – for example by adjusting process parameters or applying targeted technical measures.
- VALIDATIONVerify simulation results and optimisation measures through real part and production trials, refining them iteratively where required.
- PROCESS ASSURANCETranslate successful measures into a robust, reproducible production process and sustain the results.
07 About us
Forming expertise
becomes digital process capability.
iLARIZ was founded in Stuttgart in 2021. Our roots lie in real sheet-metal forming – our goal is to make tools and processes digitally accessible, turning real operations into reliable information, process understanding and concrete opportunities for action.
Our development
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Foundation
Establishing the company and developing the core technology.
Real forming tools and processes become digitally understandable.
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Technology validated
The first solutions for monitoring and data-driven process control are technically validated.
Draw.Monitor and Draw.Control form the technological foundation.
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Smart.Tool
Building Smart.Tool as a shared digital platform.
Devices, data and specialised applications are connected on a shared layer.
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Industrialisation
Pilot and series production projects bring the technology into real production environments.
Technical validation becomes industrial application.
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Portfolio expansion
Targeted expansion of the specialised applications.
Tool.Products and Draw.Products develop into a connected product system.
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An end-to-end system
Smart.Tool, Devices and applications work together throughout.
Tools and forming processes are digitally connected – from capture to assessment and closed-loop control.
08 Contact
Which signal
are you missing today?
The right starting point is your tool, your process and a specific technical question.
- STEP 01Understand the challenge
- STEP 02Assess the tool and process
- STEP 03Define the right starting point
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