While sustainability has become a key industrial concern, the sector has found it difficult to make significant progress. Operating sustainably means industrial companies must simultaneously meet environmental, economic and social measures.
Digital twin technology has quickly become a staple with many of the largest manufacturers in the automotive and industrial engineering sector around the world, thanks to its ability to provide huge amounts of value in saving time and optimising plant effectiveness.
For signals, data, and electrical power: M12-type connectors have become indispensable interfaces for device connectivity. binder is supplementing its M12 lines with additional products that support users in automation technology to achieve efficient, flexible, and error-free installation.
While COP27 reaffirmed the urgency of the climate crisis, concerns are rising around whether meeting global targets is feasible. But as world leaders debate whether enough is being done, there are many sustainable actions that can be taken at a manufacturing level. Here, Richard Mount, Director of Sales at Swindon Silicon Systems, describes how one of the most environmentally troublesome industries, manufacturing, can make its operations more efficient.
Many companies monitor their IT infrastructure 24/7 with a monitoring tool. This allows them to keep a constant eye on the status of devices such as servers, switches, computers and routers. In addition, the tool can sound an alarm directly if defined threshold values are exceeded.
Once the preserve of high-volume operations at automotive plants, we’re finding today that robots are infiltrating all sectors of the commercial world. Even beyond traditional manufacturing, inspection and packaging operations, we see robots fulfilling tasks that extend from mining and space exploration, through to surgery and laboratory research, and even fruit picking.