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A smart factory requires end-to-end networking and the integration of production lines into industrial IT. This requires automation devices with powerful communication functions. What requirements must the devices fulfill? An outlook.
read more...Business IT specialists at Saarland University have set themselves the goal of optimizing the processes of potato farmers and food producers - from the harvest to the finished chips. Among other things, a 'pain-sensitive' tuber is intended to help.
read more...The standardization of the reference architecture model for Industry 4.0 - RAMI 4.0 for short - has laid the foundation for describing complex systems. Since then, however, there have been hardly any examples of concrete applications. Is the right tool support missing here?
read more...Production in I4.0 is based on the networking of machinery data with traditional IT applications. The availability of process data allows applications such as control stations, big data analytics, predictive maintenance and KPI monitoring to be implemented.
read more...Production plant / 3D printing
In future, companies will be able to produce directly close to their customers. This is made possible by the transportable container 'CassaMobile', which contains a complete, automated production line. Fraunhofer researchers and partners have developed the mobile factory in the EU project of the same name.
read more...Epson took the opinions of its test customers into account when developing the 'BT-35E' data glasses. In addition to adjustable temples and a nose pad for spectacle wearers, a USB-C and HDMI interface for importing external data has been integrated.
read more...At Cebit 2018, Deutsche Messe and the BMBF presented the 'Cebit Innovation Award' to three innovative app developments - including an app for finding a parking space. Anja Karliczek, Federal Minister of Education and Research, presented the prizes to the teams.
read more...From IoT to artificial intelligence and blockchain: new digital technologies are of great importance for the competitiveness of the German economy. In a study, Bitkom has broken down what companies are focusing on and where they see the biggest obstacles.
read more...Rockwell Automation has joined the "Shapers". What impact could this decision have on Siemens and, above all, on the OPC Foundation? Rainer Brehm and Thomas Hahn explain their points of view.
read more...Increasingly complex production systems require new approaches both in terms of design and system control. OPC UA in conjunction with skills-based engineering creates the basis for this.
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