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Food and drink sector embraces benefits of digitalisation in cause of waste reduction
Added: 5 Sep 2018
Smarter measurement technologies are coming to the aid of food and drink manufacturers under pressu…
Servitisation is the key to industry’s future
Added: 14 Aug 2018
Far from being just another trendy phrase, servitisation describes most accurately how industry is …
How Landia enabled a first for Ireland's biogas pioneers
Added: 25 Jul 2018
Landia chief the late Hugh Vaughan left a lasting legacy when he helped a father and son team creat…
Thickness profile measurement system provides Liberty from manual approach
Added: 18 Jul 2018
Liberty Speciality Steel produces high value, precision-engineered alloy and stainless steel produc…
Industry 4.0 and motion control
Added: 22 May 2018
We know Industry 4.0 is changing the way we do things but how precisely will these changes affect m…
Temporary builds can help minimise Brexit trading risks
Added: 21 May 2018
As Werner Heisenberg observed back in 1927 with his Uncertainty Principle, it can be hard to totall…
Turck Banner new lines get "down and dirty" on the factory floor
Added: 16 May 2018
Dirty, dangerous, distant and dull – the 4Ds of industrial life continue to drive innovation in ind…
3D is revolutionising manufacturing for metal components
Added: 17 Apr 2018
The way we manufacture is changing. Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) is a quickly growing ar…
Emerson Global Users Exchange EMEA 2018, The Hague
Added: 9 Apr 2018
Size, as they say, isn’t everything. Yet, with 1600 attendees from more than 50 countries and aroun…
Small Modular Reactors: into the energy mix?
Added: 13 Mar 2018
A common denominator among UK nuclear projects at Hinkley Point, Wylfa, Sizewell and Moorside has b…
How Big Data can boost small firms
Added: 20 Feb 2018
SMEs often think they’ll get left behind in the era of Industry 4.0 but, argues Access Group’s Andy…
Industry 4.0: the antidote to supply chain disruption
Added: 31 Oct 2017
Industry 4.0 and smart use of data is not disrupting the supply chain, says LLamasoft’s Michael Wal…
Viewpoint: raising the alarm on cyber security
Added: 25 Apr 2017
EU Automation’s Jonathan Wilkins discusses three cyber security pitfalls that industry should prepa…
Engineering the future: people are the key component in mastering Industry 4.0
Added: 25 Apr 2017
The fourth industrial revolution is all about modern technology, mass connectivity and the diversif…
More than zero: SMEs are vital for the progress of connectivity
Added: 25 Apr 2017
Smaller firms often feel left behind or daunted by Industry 4.0, but that can be down to perception…
Detecting progress in level measurement systems
Added: 16 Jan 2017
Greg Pitcher discovers how manufacturers are continuing to benefit from the speed and accuracy of n…
Plant maintenance: a new smart era of condition monitoring approaches
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Smart devices, sensing equipment and Industry 4.0 connectivity are creating a new world of conditio…
Viewpoint: keeping motion control systems safe from hack attacks
Added: 10 Oct 2016
As Industry 4.0 begins to take shape, it’s time to properly protect motion control systems from cyb…
Networking: the cost of bad communication
Rob Smith | Added: 10 Oct 2016
Industry is fighting against a tide of inadequate networking systems, while also attempting to unif…
Data is driving the industrial IoT
Rob Smith | Added: 9 May 2016
Plant operators are integrating more data technology to gain a better understanding of their facili…
