How We Can Inspire Our New Generation Into Engineering

It's no secret that the engineering sector is experiencing a shortage of workers. In fact, research shows that the industry will need to train and employ around 200,000 people by 2024 to fill the gap.

Competence and Awareness: How to Get Started

Regardless of where you are on the ISO journey - compliance, awareness only, registration, or simply trying to maintain your QMS after a successful audit - it is necessary to ensure that competence and awareness are kept at the forefront.

A Guide to Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) in Manufacturing

A key part of the Industry 4.0 movement, RTLS offers manufacturers a chance to pursue optimum efficiency across their industrial sites and yards. But how does it work? And is it extremely complicated to set up and run?

AI-driven Composable Manufacturing's Plug-and-play Approach Gives Manufacturers the Jump on Disruptions

Composable manufacturing is an approach that uses a virtual tool to assemble - or compose - modular packages of pre-programmed processes into new workflows on a screen.

Technologies That Are Streamlining Manufacturing Plant Relocation

There's a lot to think about when a company chooses to relocate its manufacturing plant. Many may wish they could pick up their current facility and bring it to their new location, but that hypothetical isn't currently possible.

Case Study from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS - A Better Conveyor

OCC Systems is making automotive assembly lines safer, more energy-efficient, easier to maintain, and less expensive to operate

RealWear Launches World's First Hands-Free, Voice-Controlled Thermal Camera

Is the only device that supports MSX® technology to enable frontline industrial professionals to conduct inspections, enhance remote support sessions and avoid equipment downtime using simple voice commands

Most Accurate Lotus Car Ever, Thanks to Cutting Edge Metrology

The CMM installed in Hethel is set one meter into the floor on a special foundation. It means that a car for inspection carried on an automated guided vehicle (AGV) is able to access the area without the need for any lifting equipment.

Digi-Key Launches Factory Tomorrow Season 2 Video Series

The three-episode series will take a closer look at the driving forces behind Industry 4.0, interviewing experts in the field about how artificial intelligence (AI), connectivity and edge computing technologies are shaping the next major leap forward for manufacturing.

How to Upskill Frontline Employees as Industry 4.0 Gains Traction

Digitization, automation, and artificial intelligence in manufacturing have paved the way for new production methods. If employees are going to take on new responsibilities and operate connected devices, they need to be upskilled and trained accordingly.

Modern Manufacturing Needs a Platform-agnostic Configuration Solution

With a platform-agnostic configuration solution, your data can float across systems and be used in any consuming application. And because you are not tied to any one enterprise system, you can create a single source of truth across the organization.

Synthetic learning - How synthetic data can help manufacturers train AI

With synthetic data providing such a useful alternative to generating real-world data, it might not seem surprising that a study by Gartner estimates that by 2024, 60 per cent of all data used in AI developments will be synthetic.

Understanding and Mitigating Insider Threats in Operational Technology (OT) Systems

One of the biggest risks to operational technology (OT) security is not a zero-day rootkit, but the people onsite day in and day out.

Machine Health Is the Key to Fully Realizing Industry 4.0 - and Moving Beyond

Like any new technology, AI solutions face adoption and cultural challenges. Even with Industry 4.0 technology, manufacturers sometimes fail to adapt to the solutions available to them.

Managing the Digital Infrastructure in Today's Hybrid IT Environment

As companies continue to shift and expand workloads in a distributed and hybrid digital infrastructure, data center operations have a critical role in securing the agility and continuity to keep the business relevant in the digital world.

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Automation & IIoT - Featured Product

ELATEC RFID Systems – Ensure only those authorized have access

ELATEC RFID Systems - Ensure only those authorized have access

With a tap of the badge, RFID readers from ELATEC provide secure, reliable and easy-to-use user authentication, access control and usage tracking of hardware and software in industrial automation processes. Reader durability in harsh plant floor environments is another essential feature. Choose the right authentication and access control solution and extend RFID card-based capability for the access control of PLC, robot and HMI automation controller software and devices requiring special operator training.