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Additive manufacturing roundtable at Plastics Live 2024, a free event

Design World

additive manufacturing (AM) scene. The team sees plastic manufacturing as incorporating technologies and issues that in many instances are seen as separate concerns for mainstream plastic production, such as AM, smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and environmental and sustainability issues.

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Realizing Industry 4.0

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Written by Carlos Rojas, Global Industry Solutions Leader, Cisco Systems, Inc. What is Industry 4.0? As such, the world of manufacturing is betting on new technologies and data analytics to obtain “maximum optimization”; and these things neatly fall under the business strategy known as Industry 4.0.

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Smart manufacturing, MES, automation make good business sense

Control Engineering

In addition to eliminating the paper and executing the BOMs, recipes and work instructions automatically, MES and automation allow for the entire manufacturing process to be error-proofed. When talking about smart manufacturing or industry 4.0, But where do automation and control systems fit in?

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Go Digital: How to Succeed in the Fourth Industrial Revolution With Additive Manufacturing

Modern Machine Shop

There is no denying that change is afoot in manufacturing. Whether it is additive manufacturing (AM), advanced manufacturing or smart manufacturing, we have entered what many are calling the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0 By the way, IoT is an Industry 4.0

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What is Smart Manufacturing

ATS

Share What is smart manufacturing? It is a set of technologies and approaches to manufacturing designed for flexibility, agility, adaptability and efficiency. Common smart manufacturing technology Smart manufacturing relies on a broad range of technology to deliver its benefits.

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What does IO-Link mean in Smart Manufacturing?

Marshall Wolf Automation

We’ve all heard of the industrial revolution, but have you heard of Industry 4.0? Since 2006, when the term “Smart Manufacturing” was first coined, industrial manufacturers have been focused on improving the transmission and analysis of production data. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) .

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EXCITING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ROUNDTABLE ANOUNCED AT PLASTICS LIVE

Manufacturing Tomorrow

Plastics Live sees plastic manufacturing as incorporating technologies and issues that in many instances are seen as separate concerns for mainstream plastic production, such as AM, smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and environmental and sustainability issues.