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By exhibiting at the trade fair for the first time, SAP showed that the company also wants to play a pioneering role in the digitalization of manufacturing. SAP Leonardo is intended to serve as a link between the IoT, the factory floor and business processes.
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Development engineers spend up to 45% of their working time providing and searching for project data. Even a PLM solution cannot prevent this, as a study on design data management shows.
read more...In June 2017, Industrie Informatik presented the latest release of the MES solution Cronetwork. The focus was on the newly integrated OPC UA server. Thomas Krainz, member of the management team and responsible for product management, explains what this is all about.
read more...Hanseatic Power Solutions estimates a maximum lead time of eight weeks for the design and construction of very complex switchgear. This is only possible thanks to integrated and automated electrical planning.
read more...Driven by their end customers, automation technology providers are currently in the process of solving the first task in modern industrial IoT applications: End-to-end communication based on open standards such as OPC UA and TSN.
read more...Around 1000 customized and pre-packaged roller shutters leave the ConDoor factory in Zeewolde, the Netherlands, every week - in countless variations. Behind this is an extremely complex manufacturing process that cannot function without sophisticated full automation.
read more...A study prompts Zuken to implement a new strategy to increase productivity in development. This provides for the user-oriented provision of data in the disciplines of electronics and electrical engineering.
read more...Many plant operators are asking themselves how they can upgrade their existing machines for Industry 4.0. When it comes to implementing a simple connection of solutions for condition monitoring, for example, the use of IoT gateways is a worthwhile approach.
read more...Atos is providing the first applications for the Mindsphere IoT operating system from Siemens. The apps, which are available immediately, are designed for the mobile collection and analysis of machine data.
read more...The obstacle many companies face when switching to Industry 4.0: existing machinery that cannot be networked. However, there are now elegant solutions for integrating machines into Industry 4.0 scenarios.
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