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Industry 4.0 is increasingly dissolving the separation of technologies in the industrial and consumer markets. In an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer, Sven Klette-Matzat, Sales Manager OEM Solutions at Vision Components, explains why this is the case and what effects the development of the Internet of Things will have on industry.
read more...Making production fit for the future: SMC and Software AG cooperate to drive digital development in production.
read more...In the Smart Factory of pump manufacturer Wilo, driverless transport systems from IBG move pumps or assemblies between manual and automatic workstations.
read more...Leuze has made new versions of its RSL 400 safety laser scanner available. It combines safety technology with measured value output for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in one compact device, thus enabling safeguarding and navigation.
read more...Item enters into a development partnership with the Center Connected Industry (CCI) at RWTH Aachen University. The focus is on smart sensor technology, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Smart Factory and 5G.
read more...An OPC UA machine connection in combination with a powerful MES from Proxia allows Ostlangenberg Fertigungstechnik to record all relevant machine and operating data from its machining centers and visualize it in real time.
read more...Software for workflow management
Software for workflow management. Workflow solutions allow process steps to run digitally and largely automatically. The software can guide employees through workflows. Digitally recorded data can be transferred to the inspection logs.
read more...The new AG03/1 IO-Link actuator from Siko is a positioning actuator that is now also available with an IO-Link interface. Several devices can be modularly networked via this interface.
read more...From March 10 to 13, the metalworking industry will meet at Metav in Düsseldorf. Here too, the focus will be on the challenges of digital transformation, especially for medium-sized companies.
read more...Interoperability between systems
MPDV has been a member of the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance since the beginning of the year. The members of the alliance are committed to an open ecosystem and undertake to ensure interoperability between systems.
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