Integrierte Sicherheitsmerkmale als Schutz vor Produktpiraterie im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau

Abstract

The menace of counterfeiting is growing constantly, especially the German mechanical engineering is more and more attractive to copyists. To protect components and spare parts, there is a technical concept for anti-counterfeiting developed. In this system, the parts are tagged with fraud proof marks which are read out at several checking points along the supply chain and particularly within the machine. The checking results are stored in a central database in order to create new services and to simplify the communication between manufacturer and customer.