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With the release of IndustrialPhysics 3.0, the machine engineering team has integrated new features into the software. For example, synchronized mechatronic engineering is now possible via the so-called CAD offline buffer with workflow control.
read more...Industry 4.0 has been 'the' topic of industrial automation for eight years. However, real results have been very poor to date. Why is it so difficult to establish a good idea? An attempt to explain.
read more...Without a powerful infrastructure, neither digitalization nor networking are possible in any meaningful way. Georg Stawowy, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Lapp in Stuttgart, explains how his company is preparing for the requirements of Industry 4.0.
read more...Auria Solutions produces floor panels that are supplied just-in-time to car manufacturers. In order to make this possible despite numerous variants, the supplier had its ERP software expanded into a system for automatic production control using an OPC router.
read more...Industry can benefit from the extreme computing power of quantum computers in the future. Companies can already use simulators to familiarize themselves with the technology, as Philippe Duluc, CTO for Big Data and Security at Atos, explains.
read more...The OpenFog reference architecture of the OpenFog consortium has now been adopted by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) as the official standard for fog computing.
read more...A mobile edge computing PC combined with data glasses: Toshiba wants to enter the Industry 4.0 market with this assisted reality solution, as Jörg Schmidt, Head of B2B PC DACH at Toshiba Europe, explains.
read more...Everyone is talking about blockchain technology, especially because of the Bitcoin hype. Originating from the financial sector, blockchain also has numerous potential applications in the industrial sector, as Wolfgang Prinz, Deputy Director of Fraunhofer FIT, explains.
read more...Relayr receives 30 million dollars
Deutsche Telekom has announced that it is investing in the start-up Relayr. The main focus here is on the great potential of industrial applications and, in particular, the intelligent interlinking of different machines and systems.
read more...German technology companies such as Siemens and SAP want to cooperate with Russian partners. On the Russian side, the telecoms service provider Rostelekom and the company Zyfra, which specializes in AI, are participating in the German-Russian initiative for digitalization.
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