industry 4.0

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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industry 4.0

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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monitoring

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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industry 4.0

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

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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Simple, Intuitive Touch Screen Facilitates Measurement

The devices said to be Industry 4.0 ready and ideally suited for use in tube and pipe extrusion lines with increasing levels of automation.  

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Recycling

AMP Robotics Announces Milestones in Recycling Automation

A lack of data transparency, reliability, and consistency on the performance of material recovery has been a longstanding obstacle to recycling modernization. 

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industry 4.0

Engel Creates Dedicated Digital Sales Team

Engel Group says the new Digital Solutions Sales Team will manage all sales activities for digital products from its inject 4.0 program.

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industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 Communication Standard Adds Hot Runners, LSR Dosing

EUROMAP and the OPC Foundation’s joint working group issued a standardized data exchange communication protocol for hot runner devices and liquid silicone rubber dosing systems.

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Process Cooling