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How to optimize industrial motor communications, Part 3, smart manufacturing

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Understand how motor-drive communications help enable smart manufacturing. Motor communication insights Motor-drive communications using industrial Ethernet protocols can help enable smart manufacturing. We’ve been doing this in the automotive industry for many years.

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Critical Manufacturing and L&T Technology Services to Support Danfoss’ Smart Manufacturing Journey

i4.0 today

The Critical Manufacturing MES is designed from the ground-up to embrace Industry 4.0 technologies and provide a comprehensive pathway to smart manufacturing of sophisticated and complex products. success, will enable us to drive better business outcomes for our manufacturing and industrial clients.” Today Magazine.

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Hexagon Invests $100 Million in Divergent Technologies Inc.

Fabricating & Metal Work

a pioneer of green manufacturing technologies with the first modular digital factory for the automotive industry. Divergent has developed an alternative production process to traditional vehicle manufacturing called DAPS® (Divergent Adaptive Production System) that addresses economic and environmental challenges head-on.

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Hexagon Invests $100 M in Autonomous and Sustainable Manufacturing through Divergent

Additive Manufacturing

The patented process combines AI-optimised generative design software, additive manufacturing (3D printing) and automated assembly to build lightweight automotive parts and frames. Parts are 3D printed and assembled autonomously, reducing manufacturing time and human intervention.

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Teaching, preparing university students for the future with robotics

Control Engineering

in 2021, with non-automotive companies in sectors such as metals, food and beverage, plastics and rubber and others accounting for 58% of the total demand. and smart manufacturing technologies. According to figures from the Association for Advancing Automation , almost 40,000 robots were sold in the U.S.

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FABTECH 2022: Where Innovation Meets Opportunities

Fabricating & Metal Work

The innovative LC 3 fiber laser cutter opens up a broad spectrum of cutting applications for industries ranging from construction and agriculture machinery to mechanical and electrical engineering, shipbuilding, automotive and aerospace. An established sales and service network with local parts sourcing ensures customer satisfaction.