Smart Factory Articles, Stories & News

3D Printer Farms And Robotics Start Pointing To Future Of Manufacturing

11/13/17, 05:32 AM | Additive & 3D Printing, Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing, Smart Factory

TJ McCue for Forbes: Many relatively small companies are providing printers and software for these new 3D print clusters, or farms, as many call them.

Is Google Glass Staging A Comeback?

10/27/17, 05:23 AM | Supply Chain, Engineering | Smart Factory, Technology Discussions

Terri Hiskey for MinuteHack: Glass may have finally found its home, and last month we heard news that industrial companies, such as General Motors, GE Aviation, Boeing and Volkswagen, have all been using the smart glasses to help workers perform complex manual tasks.

Capgemini: Smart factories could add $1.5trn to global economy

10/13/17, 05:32 AM | Automation & IIoT, Additive & 3D Printing | Research and Reports, Smart Factory

Jonathan Dyble for Manufacturing Global: In its latest report, multinational consultancy firm Capgemini predicts that smart factories are set to become revolutionary within the manufacturing industry.

Okuma introduces smart factory solution

09/22/17, 05:32 AM | Automation & IIoT, Supply Chain | Smart Factory

Rosemarie Stahl for ETMM: Okuma, manufacturer of CNC machine tools, introduces its solution for the smart production called Connect Plan at EMO Hannover 2017.

TRUMPF's 'smart factory' is a factory and showroom in one

09/18/17, 05:27 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | Smart Factory

David Malone for Building Design & Construction: The smart factory is fitted with digitally networked machines that present the entire sheet metal process chain as an interlinked, holistic process.

Huawei advances its Smart Factory push with 5G-based Robot as a Service

09/06/17, 05:40 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | IIOT, Smart Factory

Guy Daniels for TelecomTV: Their joint aim is to promote the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry with 5G slicing technology, as well as further Huaweis ongoing commitment to what it calls the Smart Factory.

Special Tradeshow Coverage for PACK EXPO Las Vegas

08/22/17, 08:35 AM | Supply Chain, Engineering | Pack Expo, packaging, Smart Factory, Tradeshows and Conferences, Training and Education

PACK EXPO was held from September 25th - 27th in Las Vegas. This ManufacturingTomorrow.com Special Tradeshow report aims to bring you news, articles and products from this years event.

Foxconn's Wisconsin plan raises skepticism as well as hope

08/14/17, 05:24 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | Smart Factory

Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The magnitude of Foxconn Technology Groups proposal for a $10 billion electronics factory in southeast Wisconsin is matched by the gravity of the questions it has raised

Smart Factories Will Deliver $500B In Value By 2022

08/02/17, 06:46 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | Research and Reports, Smart Factory

Louis Columbus for Forbes: Smart factories are revolutionizing manufacturing by enabling a 7X increase in overall productivity by 2022.

Japanese companies form alliance to accelerate smart factories

07/28/17, 05:52 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | japan, Smart Factory

Freddie Roberts for Internet of Business: A group of companies in Japan have formed the Flexible Factory Partner Alliance (FFPA) in order to encourage the use of IoT in factories.

Cermaq near to completing "smart" factory for salmon

07/21/17, 05:47 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | Industry 4.0, Smart Factory

Madelyn Kearns for Seafood Source: "A modern salmon facility takes in the fish, evaluates quality, weight, grading, and during all processes automatically determines which department the fish should go to,"

Google Glass 2.0 Is a Startling Second Act

07/19/17, 05:30 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | machine vision, Smart Factory

Steven Levy for Wired: Google Glass 2.0 is here, and it's found a home in an unexpected place: Factories.

Achieving Lights-Out Manufacturing with Industrial Robots

07/10/17, 05:38 AM | Automation & IIoT, Supply Chain | Collaborative Robots, industrial automation, Smart Factory

Kagan Pittman for Engineering.com: The robot combo has been tasked with automating a black oxide process, which involves dipping parts in various chemical baths in a precise sequence.

If Foxconn builds a manufacturing plant in Wisconsin, it won't be what many expect

07/03/17, 05:30 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | IIOT, Jobs / Employment, Smart Factory

John Schmid , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Does Wisconsin have the deep reserves of digital-age systems engineers who are coveted in the new manufacturing economy

Pragmatism Pervades Smart Factory Floor

06/26/17, 05:24 AM | Automation & IIoT, Supply Chain | IIOT, Industry 4.0, Smart Factory

Gary Hilson for EBN Online: The smart factory is becoming a reality, but the transition to Industry 4.0 is a pragmatic one.

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