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Festo is further aligning its range of products and solutions with I4.0: Production managers and plant operators can now access the 'Smartenance' app as a mobile maintenance manager. Dashboards and the IoT gateway CPX-IOT enable condition monitoring in the cloud.
read more...Flexibility and openness, separation of optics and function as well as web technology as a basis: 'Lasal VisuDesigner' fulfills all these core attributes of a modern visualization tool, as Lucia Krautgartner, Software Tools Product Manager at Sigmatek, explains.
read more...Web-based HMIs offer many advantages and can be stored directly on controllers. However, one major obstacle is the use of different and outdated versions. The 'AutomationBrowser' provides a remedy here, says Ininet Managing Director Peter Brügger.
read more...Siemens has named twelve resourceful researchers "Inventor of the Year 2018". Their inventions range from new software that revolutionizes the design of factory parts with 3D printing to an ingenious window coating that improves mobile phone reception on trains.
read more...The Copa-Data company is offering its Zenon software platform with new application templates. These are designed to ensure greater efficiency and include ready-made project components such as visualization, symbols, calculation logic and evaluations.
read more...Mathworks presents the 2018b release of Matlab and Simulink. It contains enhancements for deep learning as well as new functions and improvements in all product families.
read more...Software & IT is also becoming increasingly essential for manufacturing. As a result, numerous products with this focus are coming onto the market - as the following series of images shows:
read more...Companies are still finding it difficult to implement batch size 1 as part of Industry 4.0. A multi-agent system that can be integrated into RAMI 4.0 and also maps the model of the Industry 4.0 component can provide support here.
read more...Digitization projects are often viewed with scepticism. This makes it all the more important to involve employees in new workflows and processes right from the start. Rapid prototyping methods and processes are suitable for this - for example when creating industrial apps.
read more...The potential for digitalization is huge - and the solutions for implementing it are mature. Siemens wants to make this clear at SPS IPC Drives 2018.
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