24th April 2017
Industry 4.0 and 4IR are generally though about in terms of networking and connectivity of machines, but of equal importance is the driving of embedded intelligence down into equipment and devices used in these machines. Intelligent devices and components take intelligence to the point of operation and back into the system. Schneider Electric’s Altivar […]
Read more21st April 2017
Making product comparisons is complex and time consuming when considering more than two suppliers. For inverter drives for example, the temptation is to compare prices based almost entirely on the kW rating, mounting method and IP rating. However, according to Schneider Electric, by including embedded safety other benefits are revealed. These include lower installation […]
Read more19th April 2017
Growing UK support for companies to implement Industry 4.0 / 4IR The future factory is a sense of how manufacturing will develop. A recent report suggests total manufacturing costs will be reduced by up to 20%, depending on the material costs. In addition, manufacturers will benefit from improvements in flexibility, quality, speed, […]
Read more12th April 2017
Mitsubishi Electric has addressed the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) need for business to harvest production data from shop floor to cloud computing with its Edge Computing solution. The solutions are built on local control platforms to provide filtering and pre-processing of production data from intelligent devices, and at the same time facilitate communications to […]
Read more11th April 2017
Reducing the energy cost of indoor commercial irrigation. A farm irrigation systems was a good example of how investing in new systems improves performance and saves money not only in large industrial operations but also in smaller installations. Rising electricity cost As an example, Riecor, a South African customer in the farming industry […]
Read more