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Digital Continuity, A Driving Force in Manufacturing Productivity

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From the introduction of the idea of digital twins twenty years ago, through the proliferation of the Industry 4.0 concept during the last decade, complex product manufacturers have largely focused their digital transformation efforts on the idea of a digital tapestry that provides data integration throughout a product’s lifecycle.

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Digital Continuity, A Driving Force in Manufacturing Productivity

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From the introduction of the idea of digital twins twenty years ago, through the proliferation of the Industry 4.0 concept during the last decade, complex product manufacturers have largely focused their digital transformation efforts on the idea of a digital tapestry that provides data integration throughout a product’s lifecycle.

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Hot topics in Control Engineering for 2022

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Five characteristics of cloud computing , 2017 : Cloud computing’s characteristics and benefits include on-demand self-service, broad network access, and being very elastic and scalable. Understand these 5 VFD parameter changes to optimize VFD programming to fit most motor-drive applications.

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Automation upgrades reduce sortation system wiring and lower costs

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Courtesy: Foreword LLC, NPI, Beckhoff Automation The engineers began evaluating vendors of scalable commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions in 2017 ahead of the GenIII Xstream redesign. Figure 3: A combination of GigE cameras and scanners to measure size ensure parcels end up in the correct bin. initiatives.”

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Unified environment migration empowers data-centric business models

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The key driver of FDT’s smart manufacturing functionality starts with its core technology component – Device type managers (DTMs) running the new FDT 3.0 Device side: Device suppliers can avoid the coding challenges associated with the co-mingled BL and GUIs in the earlier standard.