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Industrial operators using GEA equipment need to increase output while consuming less energy and generating less waste under changing process conditions, tighter environmental standards, and talent scarcity. GEA also needed a secure way for employees to access internal knowledge faster for service, sales, R&D, and documentation work.
Reported impact
GEA reports higher productivity, lower manual intervention, better energy efficiency, reduced sludge waste and disposal costs, faster employee access to internal knowledge, and broader cloud-based visibility across connected machines.
GEA is layering AI onto its base of IIoT-connected industrial equipment and internal knowledge workflows. Machine sensors feed operating data from spray dryers, wastewater decanters, brewhouse systems, and milking environments into GEA Cloud, where software services analyze conditions and either auto-adjust control parameters or recommend operator actions. GEA OptiPartner functions as an autopilot-style optimization and maintenance service for process equipment; GEA Intellicant combines a sensor package with the virtual machine operator (VMO) to react automatically to wastewater variability; GEA InsightPartner Brewery adds predictive AI and dashboards for mid-brew optimization; and CattleEye applies computer-vision-style movement analysis to score cow mobility. Internally, GEA BetterBot AI grounds OpenAI's ChatGPT through Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service on GEA data and serves employees securely via the GEA Cloud, while GEA Portal exposes machine data and collaboration workflows to customers.
Sensors on connected GEA machines and Intellicant decanters capture process variables such as solids concentration, centrate turbidity, dry substance, energy use, and heat-recovery data. These streams are sent to GEA Cloud, where VMO and other AI or analytics functions optimize parameters or generate suggestions for OptiPartner and InsightPartner Brewery. Results are surfaced through machine controls, dashboards, GEA Portal, and application interfaces used by operators, farmers, and employees.
"GEA BetterBot AI, which is based on OpenAI's ChatGPT as well as Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service."
"GEA Intellicant is already helping wastewater plants in Germany and Denmark achieve significant efficiency gains in sludge dewatering to minimize waste and improve cost efficiency."
"GEA uses AI to add a layer of intelligence to existing sensor technology, data and analytics."
"Launched in 2023, GEA BetterBot AI is fed with GEA-internal data and runs securely in the GEA Cloud."
"More than 6,000 GEA machines are connected to GEA Cloud"
"Smart software combined with automation work together to adjust process parameters in real time while reducing the need for manual intervention."
"The system consists of a sensor package plus GEA software known as virtual machine operator (VMO)."
"users have reported productivity gains of between five and eight percent."
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With the support of our four business divisions and more than 18,000 dedicated employees, GEA generates over five billion euros in revenue in more than 150 countries.
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