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The BMW plant in Steyr, Austria, is the BMW Group’s largest engine plant worldwide. At the facility, the top priorities are quality, efficiency and the transformation to Industry 4.0 through the implementation of digital technologies at shop floor level. To improve all three, plant managers embraced Autonomous Machine Vision, a new technology for quality inspection developed by German-Israeli company...
A new, global ISO 20560 norm is now available to standardise the identification of hidden and often hazardous pipe contents in factories and facilities. Compliant pipe markers are already offered by Brady Corporation
According to a report released by Interact Analysis, Covid-19 will cause industrial gearbox market to contract by over 7% in 2020, but a swift recovery is predicted for the sector in most regions with global sales surpassing 2019 levels as early as 2022
Emerson also joins the OPC Foundation Field Level Communications (FLC) initiative to drive a holistic approach to sensor and device level communications across process and factory automation industries
A webinar will take place on September 9 following the European Union-Vietnam Free-Trade Agreement coming into effect
Dr. Karl Weber, expert for industrial communication at Beckhoff, is the official representative of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) to the Government Engagement Program on Standards (GEPS) of the IEEE
3 new projects designed for storing clean energy
The pandemic has profoundly changed the way we live, work, and communicate. Six experts from six world's leading companies discuss how to tackle the Coronavirus crisis to secure a shining future for the industrial sector
Joint ODVA and FDT Group activities aim to develop an FDT communications annex to support the ODVA Common Industrial Protocol (“CIP™”) on the new FDT 3.0/FITS platform
An initiative to support vital institutions duuring COVID-19 outbreak
Now that China is slowly getting back to normal, normality looks like a faraway lighthouse for the rest of the world hit by the virus. Dark times are on the horizon for the manufacturing industry but a rebound with no major consequences is still possible
According to ABI Research, 5G cellular connections in manufacturing is expected to reach US$10.8 billion by 2030, at an annual rate of 187%. This requires that companies set up an alternative set of measures to evaluate the impact of 5G on factory floors
Embedded technologies are opening up new applications that were unthinkable before. For Anita Po, Managing Director of Innodisk Europe, AI, 5G and intelligent edge will significantly drive the technological progress by unleashing creativity and innovation
At the yearly show preview, the lineup and major topics of Hannover Messe 2020 were rolled-out and illustrated. This year's edition will focus on 4 megatrends: digitalization, individualization, climate protection, and demographic change
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The biennial event that brings together key suppliers of state-of-the-art equipment, covering critical areas such as energy efficiency, machine safety, drives, motion control, robotics and automation, returns to Birmingham’s NEC from April 21 to 23
A study from the Capgemini Research Institute highlights the fact that automotive industry is planning to make 44% of its factories smart in the next five years
Predictive maintenance is part of Industry 4.0 and the factory of tomorrow. To achieve this, igus has developed a family of products under the name 'isense', where various sensors and monitoring modules make plastic energy chains, and cables intelligent
The largest Vietnamese car manufacturer VinFast deployed Siemens’ Digital Enterprise portfolio – which includes the Xcelerator portfolio of software and Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) – to complete its automotive production within only 21 month
Easy handling and great cooling efficiency
ABB’s DCS will provide big data and enable predictive analysis
Hemomatik is concentrating its efforts on conquering a share of the growing market that comes with AI, Internet of things (IoT) and preventive maintenance
In October new contracts were signed totaling more than CHF 55 million
Monarch BST will be a unified unit focused on manufacturing and R&D for elevator control technology
The Milestone Program, launched by IEEE in 1983, acknowledges significant achievements in the history of electrical and electronics engineering. nVent earned this prestigious distinction with its RAYCHEM self-regulating heat tracing cable
The expansion of 5G campus networks answers the needs of smart factories
Honeywell and NRStor’s program offers energy storage as a service to commercial and industrial customers to reduce electricity cost and improve sustainability
New lubricant can help gas engine operators extend oil drain intervals even when running fuel with corrosive content
Choosing Aucotec Digital Platform Engineering Base, the largest German public transport provider aims to take the digitization of its railways to a new level in this manner in order to exploit synergy effects for maintenance and revampings.
Harting will process 20 000 order items per day
Exhibited at Hannover Messe 2019, the wide range of IP67-protected box modules based on EtherCAT technology from Beckhoff can acquire and process almost all signals from the field to measure currents, voltages, temperatures, pressures, weights
In addition to the oscilloscope, a digital multimeter (DMM) is one of the most important measuring and diagnostic tools in electronics and electrical engineering. The following article explains which aspects should be considered when choosing a DMM
To validate a space-shot rocket for its trip, the University of Southern California Rocket Propulsion Lab chose a professional handheld camera from Flir, the T540, to test the integrity of the thermal protection system of the rocket’s motor case as well
The company donated $1.25 million to UWM's Connected Systems Institute to bolster advancements in the burgeoning world of smart technology
The Board of the Group has gathered in Basel to present the facts and figures of 2018 at the Annual Media Meeting and announced a strong growth close to 10% across all industries
An international platform reviewing the opportunities and challenges of AI - October 3, 2019 at Event Lounge Brussels
At Global Industrie Lyon we met Bruno Maisonnier, Founder and CEO of the French startup AnotherBrain, a pioneer of the Organic AI™ concept, which is based on the replication of the human brain to create functional industrial applications
In 2019, industrial robots are so well integrated and established that their capabilities have become the norm, rather than something that turns heads in factories. Here is how the top 10 industries have moved on to the arrival of collaborative robots
Innovation-Collaboration-Digitalization: We couldn’t define with better words the main drivers of Swedish economy, which is dynamic and highly responsive to changes. This makes Sweden the perfect partner country for this edition of Hannover Messe
Energy chain and plastic trough made of chemical-resistant plastic from igus have been in operation for years and defied hydrochloric acid exposure in hot dip galvanizing plant
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