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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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Grant program announced for North Queensland manufacturers

AU Manufacturing

The Queensland government, in conjunction with James Cook University (JCU), has launched a $250,000 program to help manufacturers in North Queensland save time and money while developing new products. technology, in line with our Advanced Manufacturing roadmap,” Butcher said.

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EOS Helps Manufacturer Atlas Copco Cut Costs By 30%, Lead Times By 90% and Win New Business with the EOS P 396 Solution

i4.0 today

EOS , a leading supplier of industrial 3D printing solutions, has today announced the successes of its project with customer Atlas Copco. By transitioning to in-house polymer-based Additive Manufacturing (AM) with EOS technology, Atlas Copco has cut production costs by 30% and lead times by 92%.

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How industry can realise the benefits of advanced technology

Manufacturer's Monthly

Weld Australia—the peak body representing the welding industry in Australia—can help welders and fabricators realise the benefits of these advanced welding technologies. The power of Industry 4.0, robots and cobots Automation, Industry 4.0, Industry 4.0 According to Safe Work Australia, there were 6.9

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Additive vs. Traditional Manufacturing

i4.0 today

3D printing has revolutionised manufacturing. Stephen Hayes, managing director at Beckhoff UK, explores why companies need to evaluate what mix of traditional and additive manufacturing makes sense for their business. Additive manufacturing combines the manufacturing and assembling stages in a single process.

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Streamlined control system and hardware design

Manufacturer's Monthly

Based in Rivervale, Western Australia, Nonlinear Solutions is an industrial automation, robotics, and engineering company catering to Industry 4.0 applications across mining, oil and gas, defence, and manufacturing sectors. Using Beckhoff’s product makes our lives a lot easier as software developers.”.

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IDTechEx Asks If Electronics Manufacturing Can Join the Digital Age

i4.0 today

However, while printed circuit boards (PCBs) enable digital technologies, the manufacturing processes used to produce them are still largely analog. ‘Digital manufacturing’ refers to any method that is directly controlled by a computer – simply using software in the design process doesn’t count.