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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Identify how to determine if your company is moving quickly enough with Industry 4.0 Review differences in Industry 4.0, Understand Industry 4.0 It has been a dozen years of Industry 4.0 Is there an Industry 5.0? How should Industry 4.0 initiatives.

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Manufacturing, mangos and Melbourne Airport: Beckhoff powers flexible process control

Manufacturer's Monthly

According to Gary Brown, electrical engineer at AIE Global , there is no “one size fits all” solution when it comes to Industry 4.0 From their headquarters in Lake Wendouree, Brown’s team has been using advanced methodology to promote Australian innovation through process control and automation systems since 1985.

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Collaboration Boosts Process Automation Device Information Model

Gary Mintchell

ISA100 WCI, NAMUR, ODVA, PI, VDMA, and ZVEI Plan to Partner with FieldComm Group and OPC Foundation to Collaboratively Develop the Process Automation Device Information Model Standard. The VDMA’s vision is to achieve interoperability not only within the machine building industry but also across industries.

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Industrial Processes and Wireless Communications – Part III: Process Automation Monitoring

Cisco Manufacturing

The Internet is littered with articles about Industry 4.0. Adoption of digital industrial processes have accelerated since the German government led this initiative to maintain national industrial prowess. One of the main features of Industry 4.0 One of the main features of Industry 4.0

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Profinet benefits for digital transformation and Industry 4.0

Control Engineering

Digital transformation insights Industry 4.0 Profinet is an OT protocol that overcomes the challenges of Industry 4.0 by ensuring speed and determinism, providing alarms and diagnostics to keep automation equipment running, and supporting topologies for reliable communication. Industry 4.0

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Universal automation lays the foundation for smart factories

Control Engineering

Learn how IEC 61499 and IEC 61131-3 are impacting universal automation. Learn about universal automation’s benefits and how technology such as Ethernet-APL and edge devices will improve users’ intelligence. Smart factory and automation insights. and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. They are not alone.

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PICMG InterEdge and OPAF Partnership to Advance Open Process Control Technology

i4.0 today

PICMG, the consortium for open hardware specifications, has entered a liaison partnership with The Open Group Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF) to collaboratively develop interoperable, interchangeable technology specifications for the process control industry. Our relationship with PICMG is invaluable.