In an era where time-to-market is a critical factor for success, manufacturers are turning to digital twin technology as a game-changing solution.
The world of machine building is fiercely competitive, demanding perpetual innovation to cater to the ever-evolving requirements of end users. End users are coming from a perspective of cost reduction, effective usage of resources, and energy reduction, and OEMs can take the opportunity to meet those needs with the additional value of creating more sustainable operations through innovative robotic deployment.
Have you released a software update this week? If you wanted to release one by Friday, could you? If your service went down now, would it be back online before customers noticed? If you answered “yes” to all three questions and your organisation does software engineering with functional silos, "Congratulations," says Craig Cook, Chief Engineer of Catapult, "now pull the other one".
Luis Duran, Global Initiatives and Strategy Manager, Distributed Control Systems for ABB, envisions a future process control architecture that will help unlock the full potential of plant data and the industrial Internet of Things.
The application of artificial intelligence to industrial robots is creating a new breed of solutions offering new levels of flexibility and productivity, whilst also answering industry challenges, especially labour shortages. Julian Ware, UK & Ireland Sales Manager of ABB Robotics, explains.
Global market intelligence firm Interact Analysis recently made some revisions to its global manufacturing outlook forecast. According to the company’s latest research, the outlook for global manufacturing is bleak, and this looks set to continue throughout 2024 into early 2025.