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Realizing Industry 4.0

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Written by Carlos Rojas, Global Industry Solutions Leader, Cisco Systems, Inc. What is Industry 4.0? As such, the world of manufacturing is betting on new technologies and data analytics to obtain “maximum optimization”; and these things neatly fall under the business strategy known as Industry 4.0.

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Tiny and Perfect for Embedded and Volume Projects

i4.0 today

These are tiny board-level cameras with dimensions of only 29x29x7 mm, which are consistently reduced to essential camera functions and can therefore be offered at a particularly low price. With the low-cost portfolio from IDS, companies can now benefit from the advantages of industrial cameras even with a limited budget.

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The gold standard for automation technology

Manufacturer's Monthly

Beckhoff believes cross-promotion can help grow industry towards its vision of continued innovation. As a modular automation suite that has been successful for over 25 years, TwinCAT seamlessly combines standard control functions with additional functionalities such as robotics, machine vision and artificial intelligence.

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Innovation on a Larger Scale

Fabricating & Metal Work

The advantages promised by Industry 4.0 Those tools are making large-scale mold production, part machining, and process automation accessible to the broader aerospace, marine, and other industry sectors. The disruption promised by Industry 4.0 are being realized at Ingersoll Machine Tools in Rockford, Ill.

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The Importance of Cross Collaboration for Solving Industry Challenges

i4.0 today

For instance, MISUMI’s partnership with Protolabs, a leader in rapid prototyping, allows for quick turnaround times on prototype parts, which is crucial for product development and innovation.

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What can be obtained from a Digital Twin

Smile Hub

Furthermore, thanks to rapid prototyping, by running the design in an operational context, errors in the prototype can be detected early. The Design Twin concept offers simulation as a tool to be used during design to generate data that will further improve the product design process.

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Streamlined control system and hardware design

Manufacturer's Monthly

Based in Rivervale, Western Australia, Nonlinear Solutions is an industrial automation, robotics, and engineering company catering to Industry 4.0 They possess the resources to facilitate design concepts, CAD modelling, fabrication, and rapid prototyping using large-scale 3D printers.