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Digital manufacturing, smart manufacturing, enable sustainability efforts

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives ZF Group, an automotive manufacturer, provides motion controls for automotive, industrial, wind power. Digital transformation on the way to smart factory implementation. Digital transformation on the way to smart factory implementation. The 2023 ARC Industry Forum, in Orlando, Feb.

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Cloud-based Technologies Can Drive the Future of Europe’s Automotive Industry

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In July 2021, the German Association of the Automotive Industry, known as Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA), cut its forecast for production growth from 13 percent to 3 percent, citing supply-chain disruptions, including a shortage of semiconductors. billion pounds ($3.30 Euros) to costs. billion pounds ($3.30 Euros) to costs.

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How the control engineering profession helps sustainability

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Shell in the petrochemical industry and ZF Group in the automotive industry explained how digitalization efforts are helping with sustainability goals. 6-9, included discussions about digitalization, optimization of operations, energy efficiency and sustainability, among other topics. Courtesy: Mark T.

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View from India: Digital shift creates economic opportunity

E&T

For instance, mobile platforms can track services, transport and logistics real time. Apart from the electronics industry, semiconductor wafers and chips could be used for mobile phones, LED bulbs and in automotive. India has leapfrogged from telephone landlines to the mobile revolution. Cloud opportunities are in the mobile.

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

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3D printing is a digital manufacturing technology, meaning that a large part of the production process is managed online. The SCAPE Bin-Picker systems are among others used in one of the world’s toughest fields: the automotive industry (e.g. However, finishing the printed components still has some manual process steps.