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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Identify how to determine if your company is moving quickly enough with Industry 4.0 Review differences in Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing and digital transformation. Understand Industry 4.0 It has been a dozen years of Industry 4.0 Is there an Industry 5.0?

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What does IO-Link mean in Smart Manufacturing?

Marshall Wolf Automation

We’ve all heard of the industrial revolution, but have you heard of Industry 4.0? Since 2006, when the term “Smart Manufacturing” was first coined, industrial manufacturers have been focused on improving the transmission and analysis of production data. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) .

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Flexxbotics gets support to add robots to production from co-founder of SOLIDWORKS, Onshape

Robotics Business Review

FlexxConnect is a process-control program for CNC shops. Source: Flexxbotics Flexxbotics, which provides process-control software to automate workcells, today announced that Scott Harris, co-founder of SOLIDWORKS and Onshape, has mentored and invested in the company. digitalization.”

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Five things to know before diving into edge technologies

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Understand how edge computing can help companies realize Smart Manufacturing goals. Edge computing technology insights Edge technologies help manufacturers get the most out of a Smart Manufacturing initiative. One of the cornerstones of the Smart Manufacturing or Industry 4.0

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15 pieces of automation advice from ROKLive 2022

Control Engineering

Digital transformation is crucial for sustainability in water operations, according to Kelvin Hurdle and Ali Rose, in the session, “Water Wastewater Peer Exchange: Water Sustainability Initiatives Drive Smart Water Adoption for Industrial Users and Water Utilities.”. Drive higher margin with operational rigor and data visualization.

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Making Productivity Sustainable with Pharma 4.0

i4.0 today

In particular, smart manufacturing can help companies improve their environmental footprint. The pharmaceutical industry is considered a major emitter, producing 55% more greenhouse gases than the automotive sector.

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Four cybersecurity approaches and strategies for industrial networks

Control Engineering

Every month, there are new requests or initiatives driven by the company to enable these networks for Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, or installing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions. What controls, standards, or requirements does the industrial network have to adhere to?