Industry 4.0

9 Ways Advanced Automation Improves Food Safety

Greater automation in the food industry can lead to higher quality and safer products, all while reducing costs. By and large, Americans take food safety for granted. When most of us purchase a product at the grocery store, we expect that it will be safe to eat. Large-scale food-borne outbreaks are...

5 Automation Opportunities for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

In a heavily regulated industry, automation could facilitate compliance while improving quality and spurring innovation. Once the purview of large manufacturers, advanced automation has come to touch nearly every industry. Increasingly, forward-thinking business owners are identifying automation as the key to maintaining a competitive edge in a crowded marketplace. Yet, even...

4 Key Advantages Robots Provide Military Munitions Manufacturers

In an industry that routinely deals with dangerous, volatile substances, automation could greatly increase both safety and efficiency. The munitions industry is unlike many other branches of manufacturing. Many manufacturers require safety precautions, but most aren’t working with products designed to explode. Many industries produce equipment that lives depend on, but...

How Automation Improves Solar Energy Sustainability

Solar manufacturing is a heavily automated industry, but there are still opportunities for greater efficiency. Solar panel manufacturing could not exist at scale without modern factory automation. From forming silicon into ingots to slicing those ingots into paper-thin wafers to assembling the wafers into solar cells, nearly every stage requires a...

Why Upgrading to Industry 4.0 Offers a Cybersecurity Opportunity

Manufacturers should view upgrading their factories as a chance to revisit their cybersecurity and data governance practices. The smart technology revolution that is currently taking the manufacturing sector by storm brings with it a range of operational advantages the full scope of which have yet to be fully grasped. From advanced...

How Robotic Technology Is the Key to Vertical Farming Efficiency

Vertical farming is becoming ever more cost effective. Farming automation is a leading reason why. Since vertical farming was first conceived, engineers have been experimenting with different ways to make it cost effective. And, like any new technology, many of those early attempts were too costly to be economically viable. However,...

5 Applications for Advanced Vision Systems in Aerospace

Aircraft production and maintenance are complex processes. Here’s how automated vision systems can help streamline them. Aerospace manufacturing presents unique challenges as a low-volume, large-scale industry with tight regulations. Both the production chain and the day-to-day upkeep of aircraft involve rigorous checks across many moving parts. Under fluctuating real-world conditions, inspection...

5 Ways Industry Is Achieving ESG Goals through Automation

The manufacturing industry is prioritizing environmental, social, and governance policies more than ever before. Here’s how automation is helping. As the world grows increasingly interconnected, responsible corporate stewardship is becoming more of a priority for company leadership, investors, consumers, and workers who are seeking employment at a business that aligns with...

How Manufacturers Can Become Leaders in Automation Cybersecurity

As factories grow more digitized and connected, they become more valuable as targets for cyberattack. Manufacturing is entering a new era, one marked by high-tech robots, advanced simulation, big data, and internet-equipped smart machines. Each of these innovations brings fresh opportunities for businesses to rethink their assembly processes and discover new...

How Automation Is Advancing Industrial-Scale 3D Printing

Additive manufacturing is achieving its potential with the help of existing automation technologies.   Additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3D printing, has the potential to be a massively disruptive technology. The ability to use a single machine to produce virtually any design seems, at first glance, fundamentally incompatible with traditional large-scale...

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