OPEN IIOT featured on PKN at Auspack 2022
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Richard Roberts, National Industry 4.0 Operations Manager at ZI-Argus spoke to PKN’s associate editor, Wayne Robinson about the Open IIoT demo unit – on display at AUSPACK 2022.
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Richard Roberts, National Industry 4.0 Operations Manager at ZI-Argus spoke to PKN’s associate editor, Wayne Robinson about the Open IIoT demo unit – on display at AUSPACK 2022.
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– Combining IT and Operations No matter how efficient your production output is, if Industry 4.0 technologies are not used to capture and visualise the data of these processes, true manufacturing success cannot be realised. This was noticed first-hand by Darren S., Information System Manager at proudly Australian company MTM Pty. Ltd. For years, the company […]
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Open IIoT is on the road again and can be seen live and in action at AUSPACK 2022 in Melbourne.
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The mining industry has made use of automation for decades, but adoption has typically been in silos. This interesting whitepaper by Open IIoT group member Beckhoff discusses why integration is essential to realising the full benefits of automation – and why companies should start as soon as possible.
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The instability and disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in the Australian manufacturing sector. These primarily relate to issues around labour shortages and volatile supply chains.
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The new MX-System from Beckhoff is quite simply a revolution in control cabinet construction. With the launch of this system, the company now offers a flexible, space-optimized, and intelligent system solution that completely replaces the conventional control cabinet in a bid to revolutionize control cabinet construction and automation altogether! When it comes to the automation […]
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Predictive maintenance is the systematic continuation of condition maintenance with the aim of proactively maintaining machinery and equipment and detecting changes, reducing downtimes and increasing the efficiency of the entire plant.
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The soft flooring industry is a huge global market that has yet to be fully explored, leaving the sector open for innovative solutions to capitalise on this niche. Local Victorian company Modra Technology had the foresight to propose one such innovative solution for soft flooring product development, in the form of manufacturing machines that produce […]
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The rapid uptick of manufacturers integrating IIoT technologies since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to adapt or get left behind in the face of massive disruption. However, less has been said about the possibilities of using IIoT to mitigate the immediate threat of Covid-19 transmission on the factory floor. As […]
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What do a US shoe retailer, a European kitchen manufacturer and a Swiss logistics company have in common? They share the same key objective: to optimise productivity and gain an economic edge over competitors. And they rely on powerful PC-based technology from Open IIoT member Beckhoff Automation to achieve this goal! This whitepaper examines how […]