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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

This term was famously announced in 2011 at Hannover Fair as part of the German High-Tech Strategy, and since then it has taken hold across the world. Key elements include updated digital infrastructure, system integration, digital skills and training, with appropriate leadership and vision. Winter: Industry 4.0

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Leveraging food and beverage manufacturing with Industry 4.0

AU Manufacturing

has become one of the most discussed topics amongst industry professionals. The term ‘Industry 4.0’ opens up those same technologies, but with the need for certain infrastructures in place: Wi-Fi, LANs, firewalls, switches, cyber security and more. Fortude and Infor sat down to discuss the great potential of industry 4.0,

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How AI and Industrial Robots are Changing Manufacturing

ATS

This addresses one of the biggest limitations of conventional robots: the complex systems needed to ensure the safety of people working nearby or simply passing by the robot. Collaborative robots in manufacturing are engineered with safety systems that prevent them from injuring anyone within its work envelope.

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MQTT’s benefits for digital transformation

Control Engineering

the smart factory and cyber-physical systems are distinct initiatives, but have one thing in common – they all depend on massively parallel machine-to-machine communications. The actual data gathering is governed by topics. An MQTT topic is a text string that identifies the data being published. Industry 4.0,

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Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2023

Foley

At the same time, infotainment systems and other features have grown increasingly complex (and powerful) as many manufacturers are developing components and assemblies that contain integrated software and technology. This category of software is designed to infiltrate, damage, or disrupt systems.