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Metron4 is formally launched at the 10th Sensors & Instrumentation Live

This years’ Sensors & Instrumentation Live celebrated its 10th anniversary in style!! The show was a huge success, boasting over 60 specialist exhibitors from the worlds of sensors, measurement, monitoring and control, around 2,000 visitors, an Engineering Symposium and an Enterprise Hub, where key engineering institutions presented funding and training …

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Individualisation of Products in Mass Production: Development of cutting-edge Technology within the Fraunhofer Lighthouse Project “Go Beyond 4.0”

Six Fraunhofer Institutes (ENAS, IFAM, ILT, IOF, ISC and IWU) have succeeded to manufacture electrical conductor patterns, sensors, and high-tech lighting modules, individually integrated into components by using digital printing and laser technologies. The result: individualisation of components in mass production environments with new opportunities for design, material savings and …

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MAC Solutions appointed preferred partner for distribution of OPC Router in the UK, Ireland and France

MAC Solutions has been appointed preferred partner in the UK, Ireland and France for distribution of the OPC Router from inray Industriesoftware. For many companies, the continuous optimisation of production processes is crucial in ensuring the quality of their products and, ultimately, in ensuring the success of their business. As …

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Industry 4.0 manufacturing

The new 250 million-euro Rittal plant in Haiger embraces the principles of Industry 4.0. It represents the company’s largest-ever single investment, enabling them to establish the world’s most advanced manufacturing facility for its new compact and small enclosures. The plant’s highly automated production processes – working in conjunction with the …

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Sensor City influence shows no signs of slowing

Global innovation hub Sensor City is positioning Liverpool City Region as an international leader in Industry 4.0 with a cohort of new tenants. The latest organisations to call Sensor City home are, Visual5d (V5D), Render Nation, Nova, Pulse Systems, Sensicon and Aerodrums.  Having worked with construction giants Kier, Balfour Beattie, Morgan Sindall and Laing O’Rourke, V5D is …

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Industry 4.0 and the regulation of artificial intelligence

In this article, Oliver Rickett, solicitor, and Caroline Churchill, partner, at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, discuss regulation, AI and Industry 4.0. “Everything is true… everything anybody has ever thought.” – Philip K. Dick – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep It is impossible to escape from the fact that technology, and …

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Power management in Industry 4.0

Here, Anoop Gangadharan, product marketing manager – Power Measurement Solutions, Yokogawa Europe, explains how accurate measurement is the key to energy efficiency in the implementation of Industry 4.0 As industry evolves to 4.0, energy management assumes new significance as the convergence of IoT, analytics and cloud computing leads to new …

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