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How industry can realise the benefits of advanced technology

Manufacturer's Monthly

Author: Geoff Crittenden, CEO, Weld Australia But, with the advent of automation, robots, cobots and a range of other advanced welding technologies and techniques, this perception is becoming more and more outdated. The power of Industry 4.0, robots and cobots Automation, Industry 4.0, Industry 4.0

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Building on analytics foundations to improve operations

Control Engineering

To address these and other issues, OPC UA (OPC Unified Architecture) was released in 2008. A second conceptual model of this trend is called Industry 4.0, This model represents a fundamental shift, introducing artificial intelligence (AI), analytics and advanced robotics into traditional manufacturing. OPC UA and MQTT.

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Midgard Inc. Tackles Tooling Challenges and Automates Production to Keep Molds Running

Mold Making Technology

Before 2008, we had around 100 employees, but since then, we’ve advanced and automated some aspects of production that reduced the need for manual labor. We invested in robots and vision systems to run some projects fully automatic. These robots are so approachable, and the programming goes step by step.

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Leading the way in automated monitoring with Kurloo Technology

Manufacturer's Monthly

Years into his career in measurement science as a consulting surveyor, the co- founder and CEO of Kurloo Technology, Lee Hellen, began his first commercial business in 2008. The evolution of Industry 4.0 continues to generate new opportunities for Australian businesses to capitalise off technological innovation.