Digitalisation in drive technology: customer added value from drive data
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.
Managing Covid-19 threats on the factory floor
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
Open IIOT on PKN Packaging News Podcast
Vendor collaboration underpins a successful transition to smart manufacturing. PKN publisher Lindy Hughson hosts a panel with representatives from five of the member companies in
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is one of the most used set of buzzwords in recent years, but it is still poorly understood. Principle
The new KR SCARA robots in the KUKA portfolio offer utmost repeatability and short cycle times in extremely confined spaces With the new KR SCARA
EtherCAT: Open Beckhoff technology sets record with 3,000 vendor IDs
Beckhoff introduced the EtherCAT real-time Ethernet system to the market in 2003 and disclosed its details within the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) the same year.
Using Data to Drive Plant Productivity
What is keeping us from boosting productivity in our plants to the next level? During a recent presentation on Industry 4.0 and IIoT, I was
WHAT DOES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEAN FOR MANUFACTURING?
Open IIOT asked Dr Zygmunt Szpak, a senior research associate at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, to explain artificial intelligence in a nutshell. Dr
Shaping the future at CEBIT 2019
CEBIT Australia took place at Sydney’s International Convention Centre this week. Running between 29 and 31 October, CEBIT 2019 featured over 200 expert speakers. They
LEVEL SENSING AND MESSAGING TO LOGISTICS PARTNER
Production processes in milling centers typically use cooling liquids (in order to reduce friction, to cool tool as well as workpiece and to remove metal
Open IIoT is an Industry 4.0 collaboration of some of Australia’s most prominent automation brands – SMC Corporation, Beckhoff Automation, NORD Drivesystems, Balluff and Argus. In 2018 our members formed a cohort to deliver valuable, efficient and easy-to-understand information on IIoT and Industry 4.0.
