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Leveraging food and beverage manufacturing with Industry 4.0

AU Manufacturing

primarily within the food and beverage sector, and what we can expect from the future if this new age of technology is implemented. It is the convergence of very specific technologies that have been implemented in manufacturing over the years. Perspective | The Digital Foundation for Smart Manufacturing in Food & Beverage’. .

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4 Smart Manufacturing Trends to Look for in 2022

Polytron

Instead of celebrating economic growth, many manufacturers have been struggling with the ongoing logistical effects of the COVID-19 pandemic – supply chain issues, transportation problems, and even worker shortages! Our Polytron experts are predicting what we will see in manufacturing this year that will help accelerate your business in 2022.

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AI and ML: What is the Benefit?

Polytron

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) will impact almost all areas of manufacturing and supply chain in some manner. Schedule optimization, predictive maintenance, and predictive analytics are already being implemented within manufacturing. Want to learn more about Smart Manufacturing Solutions?

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Bottled Better: Coca-Cola’s Connected Factory approach

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Digital manufacturing for better integration. Over that time, CCC has also put stewardship first, and they continue to as they make, sell and distribute 300 brands and flavors of beverages across 14 states for over 65 million consumers. Through its manufacturing solutions, Cisco is helping connect and secure factories around the world.

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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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Increasing production with less capital

Control Engineering

A beverage manufacturer looked to improve production, but needed insights on from a digital data platform to help put together actionable insights. Gathering data about a facility’s operations enabled a beverage manufacturer to understand what was really at the heart of their issues in the facility. Learning Objectives.

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Motion control, ease of use, sustainability: Pack Expo Las Vegas 2023

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Understand how advances in PC-based controls, motion controls and robotics for food and packaging are making automation for food and beverage packaging easier to automate. Learn how motion controls and related standards, contextualization technologies and easier programming are helping in packaging implementations.