Getting ahead with automation
Posted on 27 Jul 2017 by The Manufacturer
Integrating modern automation helps businesses optimise assembly lines and deliver high quality products to customers quickly and efficiently. Here’s how. Maintenance & Productivity
ThyssenKrupp accelerates Machine2Machine communication
Posted on 13 Jul 2017 by Marc Hauschild
Global industrial group, ThyssenKrupp AG, has implemented a new digital platform in its materials division to better connect machines and enable predictive maintenance. Preparing for an AI future with predictive maintenance
Posted on 6 Jul 2017 by The Manufacturer
Today, predictive maintenance is widely considered to be the obvious next step for any business with high-capital assets looking to harness machine learning to control rising equipment maintenance costs. Cutting-edge robots halve production time for bridge manufacturer
Posted on 6 Jul 2017 by Jonny Williamson
Leading bridge and engineering services specialist, Mabey has halved the manufacturing time for its modular bridge panel and chords thanks to a £2.6m investment in advanced robots. Bees’ colour perception may deliver evolutionary jump in camera and sensor technology
Posted on 5 Jul 2017 by Tim Brown
Researchers from Melbourne universities in Australia have published new research into how bees perceive colour and revealed findings that could revolutionise cameras and robotic sensors. Digital transformation: who is your company’s ‘Uber’?
Posted on 28 Jun 2017 by The Manufacturer
To survive and thrive through this current wave of disruption, businesses need to successfully bridge from the physical to the digital world. A new IBM whitepaper lays out exactly how to do just that. What benefit is additive manufacturing expected to deliver?
Posted on 28 Jun 2017 by Jonny Williamson
The latest Annual Manufacturing Report has revealed what benefits manufacturing and engineering companies get or expect to get from additive manufacturing. Minds + Machines Europe 2017: Day 1
Posted on 13 Jun 2017 by Jonny Williamson
Jonny Williamson rounds up the key takeaways from the side-lines of one of the world’s largest Industrial Internet events, Mind + Machines Europe 2017 – hosted by GE this week in Berlin. The smart technologies set to change manufacturing
Posted on 8 Jun 2017 by The Manufacturer
Smart technologies are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in our day to day lives. From smartphones to smart homes, the dramatic increase in power and sophistication of technology is opening up new technological frontiers and promising endless possibilities for the development of many different industries, particularly manufacturing. How much are manufacturers spending on connected factories?
Posted on 19 May 2017 by Jonny Williamson
The majority of manufacturers are spending more than £100,000 on boosting factory connectivity a year, according to the latest Annual Manufacturing Report.