Articles
How can Big History help us think about the future?
If we want to systematically consider what might happen going forward, we have to look at the patterns going at least twice as far back in time. [ + ]
Can cobots solve the welder shortage?
Cobots have the potential to affordably solve the problem of finding human welders in the future. [ + ]
Skills shift in the age of automation and pandemics
Since the COVID-19 crisis, manufacturers have been caught in the crossfire of the pandemic and skills scarcity. [ + ]
Cloud-based apps mitigate water management risk
Alan Cunningham of Ovarro answers some questions about the application of software-as-a-service applications in the water industry. [ + ]
Modular-enabled automation: opening up new opportunities
Many process businesses are starting to adopt modular automation to realise the productivity, efficiency and reliability benefits the technology can deliver. [ + ]
Cybersecurity in industrial applications
Securing industrial environments must include all people, processes, systems and components involved. [ + ]
Systems engineering: bridging the gap
In a top-down design process, there is often a missing link between systems engineering and design implementation. [ + ]
Making resilient transformation the goal
Digital transformation only adds value if it's resilient, addresses something existing systems don't offer and improves business outcomes. [ + ]
Help with a disturbing problem
Katronic dual-channel flowmeters can be adapted to make the best of the worst flow conditions. [ + ]
Choosing an ICS cybersecurity monitoring system: evaluation criteria
The changing cyber-threat landscape is having a large effect on how industrial systems are managed. [ + ]
Thermoplastic drive parts a disruptor for Industry 4.0
Engineered thermoplastics are changing technologies once rusted onto metals. [ + ]
How to make sense of big data: RTUs, the IIoT and process control
Deploying RTUs on industrial assets is an important element of capturing, interpreting and using big data from an industrial process. [ + ]
Getting started with digital twins
One of the primary catalysts for engineering and design teams to be able to actualise the benefits of Industry 4.0 has been the emergence of digital twins. [ + ]
Will the 5th Industrial Revolution be the next Renaissance?
In the 5th Industrial Revolution we will face more ethical questions than we have ever faced before. [ + ]
Digitisation, digitalisation and digital transformation
Digitisation, digitalisation and digital transformation represent three aspects of the application of digital technology. But what do they mean? [ + ]