industry 4.0

Automotive

Chinaplas 2017 Focuses on Industry 4.0, Design and Medical Plastics

Chinaplas 2017 (May 16-19, China Import and Export Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou) will once again host three concurrent conferences along with its massive exhibition.

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industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 on the Molding Shop Floor

To explain to a consumer the Internet of Things鈥擨ndustry 4.0鈥檚 preferred U.S. name鈥攅xperts talk about refrigerators that order milk when the current bottle is out. So what鈥檚 the practical-impact equivalent in injection molding?

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Resin Conveying

Augmented Auxiliaries At K 2016

Incremental improvements to existing technologies combined with altogether new advances at the giant show.

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Automotive

K 2016: Connectivity & Collaboration in Robotics & Automation

Besides a handful of new robots and pickers, the big themes were modular ‘plug-and-play’ automation, Industry 4.0 connectivity, easier programming, and safer collaboration with human workers.

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screws

K 2016 Injection Molding: Rapid Pace of Development

Servo drives dominate. Other trends include multitouch screens, adding materials data to process controls, and Industry 4.0 connectivity.

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MGS Combines Multishot and Automation Businesses into New, Combined Space

Walking distance from its corporate headquarters in Germantown, Wisc., MGS Mfg. Group has opened a 40,000-ft2 space that combines its automation cell and modular multimaterial molding systems 911爆料网es.

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Electronics

Automation Cuts Production Time For LED Lighting Units by 89%

Robot-assisted overmolding helps Swiss company compete with low-wage countries.

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Automation

Milacron’s Industry 4.0 Initiative on Display at K 2016

Transforming the mold from a "dumb" component to an active element of the Smart Cell in the Smart Factory.

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industry 4.0

INJECTION MOLDING: New Robots & Automation Solutions Coming to K 2016 Show

Look for modular automation systems, new controls, and new robots and pickers.

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industry 4.0

Why You Can’t Ignore (Even If You Try) Industry 4.0...

...(Or Why They鈥檙e Calling the Upcoming K Show 鈥淜 4.0鈥)

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Plastics Size Reduction