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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

smart manufacturing and digital transformation. Control Engineering asked these questions and others about smart manufacturing and digital transformation to Jeff Winter, senior director industry strategy, manufacturing, Hitachi Solutions, and an industry expert on Industry 4.0 The definition of Industry 5.0

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Automation planning: What is next on your smart manufacturing roadmap

Automation Mag

Consider why the automation project is needed in the first place and what you wish to achieve with it. Creating a roadmap for smart manufacturing An important step in the journey is creating a smart manufacturing roadmap. Taking that first step can definitely be daunting.

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Unleash the power of smart manufacturing while ensuring automation and robotic safety

Control Engineering

What technology best practices should be applied in education and industrial environments to support manufacturers hiring skilled labor talent attuned to emergent technologies and comfortable working in data-rich, digital infrastructures?

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Unleash the power of smart manufacturing

Control Engineering

On day 2, October 18, of the Fall 2022 session of CFE Media’s Virtual Training Week, Ted Rozier, director of engineering at the Mason, OH-based Festo Didactic Solution Center, North America, will present on the topic of “ How to unleash the power of Smart Manufacturing while ensuring automation and robotic safety. ”.

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‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – November 28th

Metrology

Read a summary of metrology and smart manufacturing news from the past 7 days. Data Driven World Demands New Definition Standards At a recent meeting of scientists meeting in Versailles, The post ‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – November 28th appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Five lessons manufacturing operations can learn from enterprise IT teams

Cisco Industrial Automation

But unmanaged switches and isolated networks can’t meet the demands of smart manufacturing. A high-definition camera that someone forgot to turn off that’s clogging the network and slowing down production applications. Unmanaged switches are typically used for isolated networks, which the controller bridges when needed.

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Festo Didactic, SICK announce new robots safety awareness program

Automation Mag

The hardware includes a Festo Didactic manufacturing production system (MPS), a simulated Cyber-Physical Smart Factory with six-axis robot, SICK area scanners, safety PLC and safety relay. Students also learn the definition of terminologies such as performance measures, areas of severity, frequency and avoidance.