industry 4.0
Automation: New Source & Capabilities For Collaborative Robots
Motoman introduces its first collaborative robot, and Rethink Robotics adds a first for cobots—a performance data dashboard.
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Two Acquisitions in IML And Packaging Automation
CBW Automation joins H. Muller-Fabrique de Moules; Verstraete IML is acquired by Multi-Color Corp.
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Decoding ‘Industry 4.0’
The biggest splash at NPE will come from the wave of technological innovation and futuristic enthusiasm known variously as Industry 4.0 or the Smart Factory or the Internet of Things.
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Add Automation to Your Lab
Robots are commonplace on the production floor, cutting costs and improving efficiencies for molders and other processors. Now, those same benefits can also be achieved in the lab.
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Robot Controllers Evolve Toward Greater Flexibility, Connectivity, Ease of Use
Robot controls have undergone steady and fairly rapid evolution. If all your robot controls are not of the latest generation, this overview could convey what opportunities upgrading may offer, as well as a sense of where the technology may be going next.
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Injection Molding: Industry 4.0 Advances at Fakuma 2017
At October’s Fakuma fair in Germany, several injection machine suppliers will showcase their progress toward Industry 4.0 connectivity.
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Confused or Uncertain About Industry 4.0?
One-day conference will explore the eight key technologies associated with what has been called the “fourth industrial revolution”.
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Putting Industry 4.0 to Work in a Molding Plant 
Learn why—and how—innovative molders have begun to develop “smart factories,” using advanced equipment, IT, and communication technology to enable greater connectivity and productivity.
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VIDEO: Wittmann Battenfeld and Industry 4.0 at Amerimold 2017
Dave Preusse’s belief in the connecting power of the Internet of Things (IoT) extends to his own doorbell.
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IoT Strategy Cuts Human Error at Teel
Controlling up to 20 parameters from a single web interface has slashed setup time and increased output at a leading profile processor.
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