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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

smart manufacturing and digital transformation. be changing how stakeholders approach automation, controls and instrumentation? Maturity Index, INCIT’s Smart Industry Readiness Index, etc.). These gains are all publicized and can be used as a benchmark for realistic KPI improvements. initiatives. on LinkedIn.

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Taking a different approach to DCS upgrades

Control Engineering

Embracing concepts and technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and smart manufacturing can help. In the past, upgrading a distributed control system (DCS) typically involved ripping out the old system and replacing it with a new one from a different vendor, or undergoing a hardware or software upgrade.

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Comment: Why technological transformation matters in manufacturing

E&T

Industry Wales is taking the lead on promoting the Smart Manufacturing Data Hub (SMDH) to Welsh businesses. Mike Gillard, also from Industry Wales , says: “The SMDH allows full access to the business performance profile for power control data including energy usage, WIP, movement of product, process control etc. “Our

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Why Use HMI/SCADA, Six Examples

Gary Mintchell

With a vision to emotionally connect an audience to a cast of prehistoric beasts, we used never‐before‐seen technology to set a new benchmark in storytelling through animatronics. Since then, our work has spanned the globe and the many genres of live entertainment. For more than 130 years, Merck & Co.,