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Top Trends in 2025

Automation Mag

However, industry experts suggest that automation and advanced manufacturing technologies might offer support against constantly changing economic forces and global market conditions. That said, we as manufacturers have to become smarter, faster, and bolder.

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Controllers through the ages

Control Engineering

One of the most obvious examples is the advances in processing power of PLCs as the requirement for faster cycle times has become a common denominator of competitive companies. More specifically, PLCs are now designed to support data-driven applications by offering a number of key functions.

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Bosch implements generative AI in manufacturing to improve efficiencies

Automation Mag

At its plant in Hildesheim, for example, AI-based data analysis has helped reduce cycle times during the production ramp-up of new lines by 15 percent. At its plant in Stuttgart-Feuerbach, new algorithms cut component-testing processes from three and a half to three minutes.

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CAM Software’s Place Serving Emerging Trends

Modern Machine Shop

More general industry trends SolidCAM cites includes adoption of advanced CAM software technology; integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning; automation and robotics; smart manufacturing and connected facilities; customized and flexible manufacturing solutions; and cybersecurity initiatives.

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Automotive Digital Transformation

ATS

The technology driving digital transformation in automotive industry manufacturing represents a vast scope of enhancements to existing concepts such as automation, maintenance, data collection and more. Smart manufacturing in automotive industry applications also involves new — or newly applied — technology.

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Best practices for effective automation applications, Part 1: Automation effectiveness through data collection

Control Engineering

Real-world examples will help fill skills gaps with smart manufacturing. We can investigate potential robotic solutions via robot reach studies or cycle time studies, but we can do discrete event analysis to make sure we’re hitting the required throughput. Automation cannot cure overly complex operations.

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Back In Action: An MCMT Special

Dinesh Mishra

is now widely used, you would see new advanced hardware and software that would include smart features & networks, automated and IoT-ready machines, Artificial Intelligence and more advanced CNC software. Ltd: The future trends in machine tool that we can now expect that Industry 4.0