As a provider of cloud-based field service and workforce management software, I experience firsthand the effect that Industry 4.0 has on our customers in the manufacturing industry. In order to ...

TRUMPF’s 55,000-square-foot smart factory in Farmington — built over the last two years —focuses largely on turning sheet metal into the parts needed to build the machines for its customers.

Recently, defect detection systems using artificial intelligence (AI) sensor data have been installed in smart factory ...

A smart factory is an extremely digitized, connected production facility, which is powered by smart machines. A smart factory is essentially a combination of machinery, automation and optimization.

A smart factory is a flexible system that can self-optimize performance across a broad network, self-adapt to and learn from new conditions in real or near-real time, and autonomously run entire ...

Recently, Midea's washing machine factory in Jingzhou received the "World's First Multi-Scenario Covered Smart Factory" certification from the World Record Certification Agency (WRCA), marking the ...

Pioneering Canadian manufacturer uses robotics, RFID chips, and sophisticated software to maximize efficiency and compete with bigger players.

Remote factory access enables off-site engineers to remotely identify and diagnose machine problems. Ng: What are barriers to faster adoption of smart factories? Chong: While most smart factories are ...

The long-established global provider of high-quality solutions for the sheet metal processing business Bystronic has reinvented itself by expanding its portfolio beyond offering standalone machines to ...

With the forward drive into Industry 4.0, getting equipment to integrate on a broader level—through warnings prior to a safety problem—is increasingly important.

At the quality inspection stage of the Midea washing machine factory in Jingzhou, there is a procedure that requires verification of information affixed to the washing machine's panel. In the ...