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IIoT
Battle for Cybersecurity Spreads to Sensors
Even the lowest level of the Purdue model has become a target for hackers who want to attack manufacturing facilities. Automation vendors are scrambling to help users defend sensors and other intelligent devices.
August 29, 2019
Security routers and other appliances that can serve as firewalls need to be installed in industrial networks
Facilities, Design & Infrastructure
Advice on scaling IIoT projects
Lots of advice exists on how get started with Industrial Internet of Things projects. Insights on how to scale those pilot projects are not so common and are now being figured out by companies in real time. Petasense CEO Abhinav Khushraj offers insights he’s learned from customers going through the scaling process now.
July 24, 2019
'Plan, but don’t overplan. Have a goal of where you want to be—starting with where you are today—and how you are going to get there, but don’t wait too long,” says Petasense's Khrushraj.
IIoT
PTC’s push for augmented reality on the plant floor
At LiveWorx19, the company best known for its CAD, PLM and IoT platforms emphasized augmented reality as the next big thing — backed up by new products, acquisitions and partnerships.
July 24, 2019
Rockwell's Blake Moret and PTC's Jim Heppelmann at LiveWorx19
IIoT
Open Industry 4.0 Alliance
Announced at Hannover Messe 2019, the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance is a group designed for technology suppliers and end users of all sizes to collaborate around an open framework from which to deliver interoperable technologies and services — with the aim of accelerating industry’s digital transformation.
June 24, 2019
The four layers of the OI4 platform.
IIoT
Understanding what a digital twin could do for you
From virtual commissioning to performance modeling, digital twin technology can provide a wide array of benefits. It’s important to decide first what you want from it to know what you’ll need to put into it.
May 29, 2019
IIoT
Hardened Wearables Bring Help Into the Field
Voice-controlled, hands-free wearable devices are bringing virtual and augmented reality to field service, training and other uses.
May 10, 2019
wearables
IIoT
Hardened wearables bring help into the field
Voice-controlled, hands-free wearable devices are bringing virtual and augmented reality to field service, training and other uses.
May 10, 2019
wearables
IIoT
Global companies collaborate on the future of packaging
To connect the technologies used in food and beverage production, packaging, shipping and recycling, Tetra Pak is working with a variety of partners—including ABB, SAP, Ericsson, and others—to change how business is conducted in this industry and help reduce energy use and emissions.
April 18, 2019
At Hannover Messe, the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance was announced. It's designed to connect propreitary automation communication systems in order to connect every step of the manufacturing process.
IIoT
Will 3D printing be a catalyst for the 4th industrial revolution?
Producing products when we want, where we want and how we want. Is 3D printing going to disrupt traditional manufacturing and create the “factory of the future”?
March 18, 2019
HP Inc.
IIoT
Live at Top to Top: AR/VR adoption curve ticking up
The augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets that have shown potential, but limited adoption, among CPGs, brand owners, and food and beverage manufacturers seem to finally be gaining traction in operations.
March 15, 2019
AR/VR technology quickly becomes obsolete due to fast-paced developments.But, early adopters say being ahead of the curve has been worth keeping up with new features and capabilities.
IIoT
Sensor directions in the early IIoT era
At a recent Sick Sensor Intelligence event, the company highlighted specific trends impacting the current direction of the industry and how it affects their development of sensor technologies. Among these trends is the increasing use of automated guided vehicles, advanced vision systems and smart sensors.
March 8, 2019
At the sick press event, the company demonstrated how some Daimler factories use a variety of sensors to move car bodies and components around the facilities via AGVs.
Software
New technologies extend the life of legacy networks
Neither Ethernet nor fieldbus have all the answers for industrial applications. Suppliers and industry groups are working on ways forward that take into consideration the needs—and limitations—of the present.
March 8, 2019
Profinet, based on Ethernet technologies, integrates existing fieldbus systems. Source: PI North America
IIoT
It’s not edge vs. cloud—it’s both
An Automation World survey reveals both cloud and edge computing are central to IIoT-enabled predictive maintenance and performance monitoring applications, each at different stages of the journey.
March 8, 2019
Almost half of the respondents (43 percent) to a recent Automation World survey already have edge computing implementations underway.
Robotics
Engineering a digital transformation
L&T Technology Services rolls out “Factory D.0,” a set of technology and engineering services designed to help manufacturers identify areas within the organization that will benefit the most from digitalization.
March 1, 2019
Narayanan Ramanathan, global head of digital engineering at L&T Technology Services says, “Factory D.0 is a set of solutions we’ve developed in collaboration with smart manufacturing.”
Processing Equipment
New HMI/SCADA release highlights GE Digital’s new path
The release of iFix 6.0 shows GE Digital’s continued support for and development of its existing technologies as the company reorganizes around new technology groupings designed for cross-industry use.
March 1, 2019
iFix 6.0 features enhanced security and alarm capabilities, as well as new HMI/SCADA application development capabilities.
IIoT
IIoT gets applied to safety
With Safety Advisor, Schneider Electric provides a cloud-based platform to aggregate real-time data, analytics and insights from multiple sites into a single user interface for the creation of an enterprise-wide risk profile.
March 1, 2019
Schneider Electric's Ecostruxure Process Safety Advisor is an IIoT-based, digital process safety platform and service.
IIoT
Fieldbus wins—not wars
As time-sensitive networking gains traction in industrial networks, the reigning fieldbus factions are positioning themselves for the future.
January 16, 2019
Michael Bowne, executive director of PI North America, presenting at the general assembly meeting.
IIoT
Manufacturers can make safety a profit center
Schneider Electric outlines how the soon-to-be-announced Safety Advisor technology, based on Triconex and EcoStruxure, will create a “profitable safety” business model.
January 8, 2019
The digitization of data can turn safety systems into intelligent assets that feed into the bottom line of the business.
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