newsNEW FROM Cognex Corporation, the Cognex Edge Intelligence (EI) platform provides barcode reading performance monitoring and device management to help customers prevent downtime and boost productivity of manufacturing and logistics operations.
productLEADING INDUSTRIAL IT solutions digital transformation partner and exclusive UK & Ireland distributor of AVEVA software, SolutionsPT is tackling downtime in industrial settings by releasing a step-by-step guide aimed at onsite operators and boardroom-based CEOs alike.
articleDigital transformation is changing the traditional methods of machine and production line design, commissioning, and start-up. As a result manufacturers are turning to digital twins and emulation as a tool to research, test and validate their process in a virtual space, before making physical changes to plant layout and workflow
productSIEMENS HAS boosted its professional training offering in industrial networks to combat the skills shortage among manufacturers modernising networks and becoming 5G ready.
productINDUSTRY 4.0 concepts are comparatively easy to realise when building new industrial process systems. But when it comes to existing or brownfield systems that have always operated with the 4–20mA communications standard, plant operators have been unable to justify the effort required to convert.
newsDave Veisz explores how 3D printing is enabling manufacturers to transform continuous improvement implementation, increasing the flexibility and resilience of production processes and reducing waste in key areas such as wait time and staff underutilisation
productMANUFACTURERS SUPPORTED by Made Smarter, the movement helping SMEs join the Industry 4.0 revolution, are forecasting the creation of more than 750 new jobs from £12.6M of technology investment.
productSIEMENS TECHNOLOGY helped postgraduate MSc Mechatronic Systems Engineering students to complete a vital academic project after Covid-19 closed the campus and stopped them accessing any physical equipment in their labs.
articleCHRIS EVANS, Marketing and Operations Group Manager at Mitsubishi Electric UK looks at the effect the pandemic could have on the future adoption of automation in manufacturing within SMEs.
newsINTERNATIONAL ALUMINIUM die casting business, Alupress, is piloting a new data-driven solution to improve productivity at its Hildburghausen foundry site in Germany.
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