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How a collaborative approach is driving Ireland from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0

Control Engineering

R&D center for 3D printing, AR/VR, collaborative robots Thanks in part to the support available to IDA clients, multinational manufacturers are choosing Ireland as their innovation hub. Earlier this year, for instance, electrification and automation company ABB opened a new multi-million-dollar Irish R&D center.

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Comment: Why technological transformation matters in manufacturing

E&T

Mike Gillard, also from Industry Wales , says: “The SMDH allows full access to the business performance profile for power control data including energy usage, WIP, movement of product, process control etc. “Our Digitalisation provides the potential to produce custom-made products quickly and cheaply through 3D printing.

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MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed Content 2022: Products

Mold Making Technology

However, with MIAD which employs the additive manufacturing (AM) process, Next Chapter is said to be able to slash that timeline from weeks or months to hours, while maintaining the same high quality and tolerance standards of conventional molds. New Metal 3D Printing System Accelerates Mold Insert Production.