BROWSING: smart manufacturing

As with the telecoms industry’s travails with NB-IoT, only just starting to resolve, there is a classic chicken-and-egg scenario with industrial 5G, around availability of networks and devices. In other words, why should an enterprise install a 5G network if there aren’t any enterprise-grade...

The energy division of Japanese industrial conglomerate Hitachi has launched a new line of 5G-enabled routers for smart cities, oil and gas, mining, manufacturing, and utility customers. Its upgraded TRO600 series routers work in hybrid 5G systems, attaching to private and public cellular infrastructure,...

Network vendor Nokia is working with New York-based managed infrastructure services provider Kyndryl, separated from IBM late last year, to jointly sell and develop private networking and edge computing solutions for the Industry 4.0 market. The partnership has emerged from a joint private 5G...

    Deutsche Telekom, Bosch and several German companies are taking part in a project with the aim of offering campus networks across Germany. The "CampusOS" project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) with 18,1 million euros ($20.8 million) over...

Manufacturing facilities have seen a rapid shift in recent years as production moves beyond traditional methods of output to production enabled by the adoption of information and communication technology (ICT). Full automation is approaching as manufacturers aim for agile and flexible production processes that...

Use of digital twins among tech trends ABI sees shaping 2022 Global spending on industrial digital twins is forecasted to grow from $4.6 billion in 2022 to $33.9 billion in 2030 at a 28% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to a study by ABI...

Vodafone Business and Microsoft have announced a five-year deal on private 5G, edge computing, and IoT for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The arrangement, extending a long-running partnership between the two, will see Vodafone Business sell the Microsoft suite of compute and storage functions,...

5G throughput and latency can deliver smart manufacturing use cases like machine vision and automated guided vehicles 5G is a powerful technology that is closely tied to conversations about the digital transformation of industrial verticals. For smart manufacturing, 5G opens up all sorts of time-...

German sports car manufacturer Porsche has recruited Ericsson for a private 5G network at its manufacturing production complex in Leipzig, in Germany. Porsche is using an enterprise 5G licence from German regulator BNetzA in the 3.7-3.8 GHz ‘vertical’ spectrum band. It said the deployment...

To further explore the intersection of 5G and manufacturing, register for the 5G Manufacturing Forum.    How 5G could improve factory floor communications?   Factory or plant floor communications refers to the control and data communications typically found in automation environments, on a manufacturing plant floor or process...

To further explore the intersection of 5G and manufacturing, register for the 5G Manufacturing Forum.  Global manufactuers are starting to adopt 5G to improve manufacturing processes. 5G technology offers manufacturers the chance to build smart factories and truly take advantage of technologies such as automation,...

Nokia has bundled industrial-grade compute, storage, and networking into a single edge solution for mission-critical Industry 4.0. The new package comes with industrial IoT sensing and analytics applications, as well, plus a “single pane of glass” management platform to draw together newly-connected operational technology...

The clamour from the telecoms industry for governments and regulators to ease and encourage further 5G rollout is getting louder. Following on the heels of Vodafone’s call-to-arms last week in the UK, for the government to write targets and incentives for 5G and IoT...

Vodafone has urged the UK government to write targets and incentives for 5G and IoT adoption into its forthcoming net-zero strategy blueprints, due to be published later this year. The UK-headquartered operator said the UK government should create a regulatory and policy framework that...

According to tech research firm ARC Advisory Group, 5G will play a key role in enabling the full potential of IIoT in the manufacturing field

AR remote assistance is used in many industries and offers opportunities for different actors to collaborate in real-time for solving problems

Edge computing offers several benefits for 5G manufacturing, such as lower latency, increased cybersecurity and a better management of data

The digital thread is used to connect digital information through product design, manufacturing, and inspection process of making a product

In the context of 5G manufacturing operations, key AI use cases are centered around machine learning, deep learning and autonomous objects

Through 5G manufacturing, industrial firms can take advantage of automation, AI, augmented reality for troubleshooting, and the IoT

Additive manufacturing is a transformative approach to industrial production that enables the creation of lighter, stronger parts and systems

To further explore the intersection of 5G and manufacturing, register for the 5G Manufacturing Forum. Will 5G manufacturing power the Fourth Industrial Revolution? The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) will usher in smart factories. In these futuristic factories, connected devices will be able sense their environments and...

To further explore the intersection of 5G and manufacturing, register for the 5G Manufacturing Forum.  There is no doubt that the emergence of 5G technology will have a great impact  in the way Industry 4.0 manufacturers, or “smart factories,” produce and distribute goods. The key...

To further explore the intersection of 5G and manufacturing, register for the 5G Manufacturing Forum.  5G technology offers manufacturers the chance to build smart factories and truly take advantage of technologies such as automation, artificial intelligence, augmented reality for troubleshooting, and the Internet of Things...