Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Learning Objectives: Understand what technologies should be integrated into manufacturing automation and robotic processes Review current, available Industry 4.0 technology trends Learn the needed competences to complete a robotics and automation risk assessment Quickly establish Industry 4.0

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 11, 2023

Author: Geoff Crittenden, CEO, Weld Australia But, with the advent of automation, robots, cobots and a range of other advanced welding technologies and techniques, this perception is becoming more and more outdated. The power of Industry 4.0, robots and cobots Automation, Industry 4.0, Industry 4.0

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ATS

OCTOBER 24, 2023

These advances are revolutionary and often described as “Industry 4.0 technologies,” referring to this digitalization as a fourth Industrial Revolution. To understand what these changes can do for manufacturers, it’s important to understand the main vectors of change. These are collaborative robots (cobots) and AI.

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i4.0 today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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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Mold Making Technology

OCTOBER 22, 2023

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?

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 31, 2023

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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