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Realizing Industry 4.0

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Written by Carlos Rojas, Global Industry Solutions Leader, Cisco Systems, Inc. What is Industry 4.0? As such, the world of manufacturing is betting on new technologies and data analytics to obtain “maximum optimization”; and these things neatly fall under the business strategy known as Industry 4.0.

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How industry can realise the benefits of advanced technology

Manufacturer's Monthly

Weld Australia—the peak body representing the welding industry in Australia—can help welders and fabricators realise the benefits of these advanced welding technologies. The power of Industry 4.0, robots and cobots Automation, Industry 4.0, Industry 4.0

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Innovation on a Larger Scale

Fabricating & Metal Work

The advantages promised by Industry 4.0 Those tools are making large-scale mold production, part machining, and process automation accessible to the broader aerospace, marine, and other industry sectors. The disruption promised by Industry 4.0 are being realized at Ingersoll Machine Tools in Rockford, Ill.

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From Concept to Racetrack: Which Machines Assist in Upgrading a Formula 1 Car?

i4.0 today

The additive manufacturing process enables rapid prototyping and the production of intricate parts that would be challenging to produce using traditional methods. These machines allow engineers to operate with great accuracy and repeatability, making them ideal tools for producing the critical components of an F1 car.

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How digital twins speed up the manufacturing process

Control Engineering

These are two of the many innovations driving a digital transformation in the manufacturing world. 3D printing, called additive manufacturing, is essentially building parts layer by layer using a laser. This technology has been revolutionary in producing parts for rapid prototyping.

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Scape Technologies, Danish Technological Institute, and AMT join in a new EUROSTARS Project: Just in Time 3D Printing Production

i4.0 today

The Process of Additive Manufacturing for Creating 3D Objects Additive manufacturing is the process of creating a 3D object by building it one layer at a time and it is using computer-aided-design (CAD) software or 3D object scanners to direct hardware to deposit material, layer upon layer, in precise geometric shapes.

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Additive vs. Traditional Manufacturing

i4.0 today

Stephen Hayes, managing director at Beckhoff UK, explores why companies need to evaluate what mix of traditional and additive manufacturing makes sense for their business. 3D printing dates back to the early 1980s in Japan, when Hideo Kodama developed a rapid prototyping system, an early version of the stereolithography (SLA) machine.