industry 4.0

Automation

Simple, Intuitive Touch Screen Facilitates Measurement

The devices said to be Industry 4.0 ready and ideally suited for use in tube and pipe extrusion lines with increasing levels of automation.  

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industry 4.0

AMP Robotics Announces Milestones in Recycling Automation

A lack of data transparency, reliability, and consistency on the performance of material recovery has been a longstanding obstacle to recycling modernization. 

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Engel Creates Dedicated Digital Sales Team

Engel Group says the new Digital Solutions Sales Team will manage all sales activities for digital products from its inject 4.0 program.

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industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 Communication Standard Adds Hot Runners, LSR Dosing

EUROMAP and the OPC Foundation’s joint working group issued a standardized data exchange communication protocol for hot runner devices and liquid silicone rubber dosing systems.

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Extrusion

System Moves Color Control From Lab to Production Floor

In-line spectrophotometer from Equitech promises to move color management out of the lab and right to the extrusion line to slash waste and improve quality.

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industry 4.0

Chiller Line Adds Process Monitoring Software

Delta T Systems says the DTS Smart Connect chiller monitoring option allows remote management and servicing for its full line of chillers.

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Automation

Bosch Adds Artificial Intelligence to Industry 4.0

New from Bosch Group is a “universal AI solution for manufacturing,” which it is using first in its own plants.

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Postprocessing

In-Mold Labeling Automation System for 5-Gal Pails

Muller’s new IML system boasts major improvements over standard pressure-sensitive and printed systems.

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industry 4.0

Robotic Automation Systems Breaks Ground on New Facility

The full-service robotics and automation integrator began construction on a new 13,000-sq-ft facility in Waunakee, Wisc. that’s expected to be completed by October.

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industry 4.0

Your Factory May Be Smarter, But Is It Less Secure?

A smart factory is a connected one but the same advances that allow you to check in on production remotely could allow others to tie into your plant.

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling