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Sensors for Industry 4.0

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John Sprovieri
August 15, 2022

To get an idea of the importance of sensors to the factory of the future, head to upstate New York to General Electric’s sprawling assembly plant in Schenectady, NY, where the company makes sodium-nickel batteries for cell-phone towers and other applications.


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VW and the Cloud

By creating an industrial cloud, VW hopes to improve systemwide productivity by 30 percent.
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John Sprovieri
June 30, 2022

You can’t accuse Volkswagen’s Dirk Voigt of having his head in the clouds—he’ll take it as a compliment. The head of digital production at VW, Voigt and a team of manufacturing and IT pros are developing an industrial cloud computing system to amalgamate production data from more than 120 factories. The objective: greater efficiency and lower costs.


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Smart Manufacturing at Audi

Digital transformation is well underway at Audi’s five assembly plants worldwide.
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John Sprovieri
June 29, 2022

Automotive OEMs love to show off their automated body-in-white assembly lines. Commercials invariably feature dozens of six-axis robots producing showers of sparks in choreographed routines. 


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BMW Applies AI to Assembly

AI is helping BMW inspect parts, control processes and route AGVs.
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John Sprovieri
June 29, 2022

BMW has been at the forefront of Industry 4.0 for years. For example, the company was an early adopter of additive manufacturing, and today prints hundreds of thousands of production parts annually. 


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Industry 4.0 at Škoda

Digital twins, autonomous mobile robots and AI are some of the cutting-edge technologies helping European automaker Škoda compete.
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John Sprovieri
June 28, 2022

Like many long-established car manufacturers, the company that would become Škoda Auto started in the early 1890s by making bicycles. Today, you won’t see velocipedes rolling off of Škoda assembly lines, but you just might see plug-in electric vehicles.


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The Power of Predictive Maintenance

Sensors and AI-based software help manufacturers eliminate unplanned equipment downtime.
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Jim Camillo
June 24, 2022

Predicting the future isn’t what it used to be. It’s actually way better, and that’s great news for manufacturers.


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Measuring the Value of Digital Transformation

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Austin Weber
June 23, 2022

Most manufacturers agree that digital transformation is necessary to remain competitive today and thrive tomorrow. Many large companies have already begun initiatives. But, when asked to quantify the impact of those initiatives on the bottom line, they often come up short.


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Factory of the Future, Volume 2: The Future is Now

June 20, 2022
Industry 4.0 is underway. Data analytics, augmented reality, generative design, artificial intelligence, cobots, additive manufacturing and other technologies are already helping manufacturers increase efficiency, lower prices, and improve service, delivery and quality. And there’s more to come.
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Factory of the Future, Volume 1: Laying the Foundation

April 27, 2022
You must learn to walk before you can run. That aphorism is as true for product assembly as it is for learning how to draw or play golf. Before manufacturers can implement advanced automation technologies, they must first master their parts and processes. This eBook will provide information to help engineers plan for investments and improve their assembly operations before deploying advanced technologies.
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Justifying Investment in Automation

Justifying Investment in Automation

Production ‘pain points’ should be identified and well documented.
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Austin Weber
March 31, 2022
Justifying automation has never been easier. The Covid pandemic, coupled with a severe worker shortage, a widening skills gap and the "great resignation," has increased demand for automated guided vehicles, conveyors, robots and other types of equipment.
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