BROWSING: smart manufacturing

A new investigation by analyst house ABI Research has ranked the top smart manufacturing platforms, and placed PTC’s ThingWorx top of the pile. PTC has ranked at the top consistently in recent research into the leading digital factory platforms. ThingWorx scored highest for augmented reality...

5G will simulate remote production environments Two giants of the automobile and technology world have teamed up to bring 5G technology to meet the high demands of future automotive production. Audi and Ericsson have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and in the coming months,...

Semiconductor maker Intel has applied predictive maintenance to monitor the health of its fan filter
units (FFUs) in its semiconductor production facilities through deployment of industrial IoT (IIoT) sensors and edge computing. The idea was to alert technicians to potential problems, define a proactive maintenance...

According to the GSMA report, greater China will have 4.1 billion IIoT connections by that year Greater China is expected to reach 4.1 billion industrial internet of things (IIoT) connections by 2025, according to a new report by the GSMA. The report, dubbed "The Industrial IoT...

Telit’s module enables the deployment of LTE CatM1 and NB-IoT technologies IoT specialist Telit announced that its Telit ME910C1-J1 module is being used in a field trial of a delivery service application implemented by Japanese telecommunications firm NTT DoCoMo. Telit said that the ME910C1-J1 features Telit’s...

We live in a world of continuous digital transformation. One technology obsoletes another, and the pattern repeats itself. For example, the invention of email has displaced the fax technology. Today we see another digital transformation caused by the industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT) — the convergence...

Manufacturers should treble their money on digital transformation, at least, reckons Greg Kinsey, vice president of Hitachi Vantara. If the digital ROI does not stack up, before starting out, then they should down tools, and start over. If the it does, they should expect to...

“There are three ways to be smart in manufacturing,” says Michael Yost, president of manufacturing association MESA International. Three, it seems, is the magic number when it comes to categorising smartness in manufacturing. “When we talk about the digital transformation of industry, we talk...

Customers using Samsung’s ARTIK IoT platform for manufacturing, remote asset monitoring and smart buildings Smart factories, intelligent buildings and asset managers are currently using Samsung Electronics’ ARTIK IoT solutions to achieve return of investment through improved operational productivity, the South Korean company said. “Better asset management,...

  New alliance, dubbed 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation" (5G-ACIA), aims to promote adoption of 5G in industrial production   A number of representatives of the automation and manufacturing industries as well as leading organizations from the ICT industry have established the "5G Alliance for Connected...

Industrial transformation companies must specialise and collaborate if they are to capitalise on the opportunities afforded by the Industry 4.0 movement, according to Swiss automation company ABB. The chorus line of companies at Hannover Messe proclaiming ‘end-to-end’ technology solutions for the digital transformation of the...

  Partnership initially focuses on European markets including Germany and Austria   Orange Business Services and Siemens have teamed up to foster the adoption of internet of things (IoT) solutions in the industrial sector. The partners said that their initial plans are to develop asset tracking and asset-monitoring...

In the face of rising political disruption, the European Commission (EC) has in recent weeks redoubled its innovation schedule with new commitments to artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and digital healthcare applications. Here, we pick five of its best Horizon 2020 projects, covering everything from drone-mounted...

UK manufacturers are falling behind their counterparts in Asia and the US in the international race for industrial transformation. They are also bottom of the pile for integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into manufacturing processes. These are the findings of a new study by PwC research...

A Q&A with Ulrich Faisst, digital transformation officer, TRUMPF A growing number of companies in several industries are adopting smart manufacturing strategies to improve operation efficiency and gain more value from business. One of the companies that has embraced digital transformation is TRUMPF, a German...

Finnish duo Nokia and Telia have combined with US chip-maker Intel to run a series of 5G smart factory tests using a trial 5G radio access network, operating in the 28 GHz frequency band. The 5G smart-factory tests used a video application to monitor and...

The German machine tool manufacturer recently opened a smart factory in the city of Chicago   German machine tool manufacturer and Industry 4.0 specialist TRUMPF has expanded its presence in the North American market through the opening of a smart factory in Chicago. The smart factory, which...

Who will work in the factory of the future? Smart manufacturing is bringing factories back to the U.S., but what kinds of jobs will those factories offer? To understand the smart factory workforce, we need to understand the networks, hardware and software that will...

Siemens will work with an Austrian university to explore industrial IoT for manufacturing Siemens has announced a cooperation agreement with an Austrian university to research how 5G technology can support manufacturing production lines equipped with industrial IoT solutions. The German company and the AIT Austrian Institute...

Cognitive manufacturing — the combination of data collection, massive data storage and artificial intelligence — holds the promise of transforming industry. We talked to IBM, one of the pioneers in the field, to get some pointers on what it takes to make cognitive manufacturing...

A Q&A with Werner Hamberger of Audi AG Steering Digital Production Industrial leaders are implementing smart manufacturing strategies with the primary goal of improving operational efficiency and gain more value from business. One of the companies that has embraced digital transformation is German carmaker Audi....

Bosch has recently announced the creation of a new business unit focusing on Industry 4.0 solutions Bosch announced the opening of an internet of things (IoT) hub in Germany’s capital Berlin, where the firm aims to bring together its global efforts in the IoT field....

The new IIoT center in Modena will allow customers to apply manufacturing analytics and predictive maintenance Accenture has announced the opening of an industrial internet of things (IIoT) innovation center in Modena, Italy. The new IIoT facility will offer clients the possibility to explore, test...

The new smart factory platform aims to improve steel mill’s production efficiency South Korea’s largest steelmaker Posco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with General Electric (GE) to develop a smart factory platform that is expected to improve steel mill production efficiency and prevent...