industry 4.0
Why Put Flow Simulation on an Injection Machine?
This emerging technology sounds promising, but its practical benefits have yet to be demonstrated clearly.
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Natech Adds Injection Molding, Automation Equipment
Two new Arburg presses and four filling and sealing lines have been installed in the molder’s Class 8 cleanroom in support of medical diagnostics, including COVID-19 testing.
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Fakuma: LSR Cells Apply New OPC-UA Compliant EUROMAP Standard for Dosing
Just months after its publication, a EUROMAP standard for interfacing an LSR dosing system with an injection molding was utilized at Fakuma by Arburg and Wittmann Battenfeld.
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Industry 4.0—Learning from Mistakes
Why voice control of injection machines is not quite ready for prime time.
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Fakuma: Track the Health, Performance of Hydraulic Units and Pumps
Wittmann Battenfeld says Health Factor helps molders more effectively schedule maintenance on a machine’s main hydraulic units.
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Fakuma: Boy Promotes Upgrades and New Additions
Boy Machines had an ejector upgrade, easier network connectivity, Molding Assist software and cooling flow recording on display at the show in Friedrichshafen.
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Real-Time Production Monitoring Service Made Standard
Husky Injection Molding Systems is making its Advantage+Elite proactive, predictive, transparent process monitoring platform a standard feature on all PET and closure systems.
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New-Generation All-Electric Shuttle Is ‘Industry 4.0-Ready’
Uniloy’s third-generation electric shuttle is designed for versatility and data connectivity.
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With AI: Trust But Verify
A growing number view AI not as “artificial intelligence”, wholly supplanting the human with computing power, but rather as “augmented intelligence”, working alongside a person’s mind to its betterment not replacement.
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Thermoforming Made More Effective with Industry 4.0
Illig’s new Illig Assist digital service platform to actively support thermoforming customers on the way to Industry 4.0
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