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Comau Leverages Advanced Automation to Deliver Faster Time-to-Market and Enhanced Flexibility for the New Alfa Romeo Tonale

i4.0 today

As part of Comau’s lean manufacturing approach, the automated and semi-automated production solution is based on the proprietary ComauFlex technology, nicknamed Butterfly due to its impressive agility and use of suspended robots. All said, the process involves the insertion of roughly 2,800 welding spots for each model.

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IT/OT convergence creates opportunities for industrial code

Control Engineering

IT/OT convergence will be a part of the conversation as the phrase “Industrial Ops” starts to appear around the topic of industrial code. DevOps, a term firmly entrenched in the lexicon of software engineering, has its roots in lean manufacturing.

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Software Strategy for Automated Mold Inspection

Mold Making Technology

The accelerated adoption of CAD/CAM and model-based design/build workflows has pushed metrology vendors to innovate to keep up with the digital thread trend, or as it is often referred to in Industry 4.0 circles, “the digital twin.” Does the software developer move at the speed of your business?