Can a machine perfect the art of baking? For managers of biscuit factories, that might sound far-fetched. Yet, artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming the making of your favourite snacks. Imagine a factory where…
Edge Computing Articles
Lessons from the Automotive Industry’s Journey with Edge Devices
The automotive industry leads the world in the use of factory automation and is an early adopter of innovative technologies. None more so than the use of digital transformation for Industry 4.0, data workflows…
Why edge computers are important for manufacturing
A cornerstone of the Industrial Internet of Things IIoT is the digitisation of manufacturing and the collection and analysis of large data sets. Edge computers offer fast and efficient ways to process and analyse…
Embedded Edge Controllers: Advantech Extends Line-up
Building on its successful UNO-100/300 series range of ruggedised embedded edge controllers, Advantech announces three new modules. Using the latest high performance Intel processors, they support factory automation applications like real-time monitoring, data management,…
The importance of edge processing to manufacturing
The digitalisation of business and manufacturing resulting from IIoT and Industry 4.0 have a profound impact on factory automation. They envision networks of connected equipment collecting and analysing huge volumes…
Edge and Cloud: Are they Best for Processing Critical Business Data?
Data is at the heart of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Smart Manufacturing. Establishing platforms to collect and analyse this data is critical for optimising manufacturing insights into processes. The most effective…
How To Overcome Production Ceilings With Industrial Edge Computing.
According to Schneider Electric, many industries, are reaching a productivity ceiling, but on-machine data processing using industrial edge computing offers a possible solution.
In many businesses productivity has plateaued as traditional technologies limit…
New MELIPC edge computing for Smart Factory
Producers recognise the benefits of smart factories using new manufacturing models to improve productivity. Users wanting factories that do not make mistakes, that do not stop, now have a new option. Mitsubishi Electric’s extended…
Edge micro data centres for consumer goods production
A recent blog from Schneider Electric considers how digitisation of production and operations bring business benefits to companies in the consumer-packaged goods industry and how it…
Addressing edge data centre cybersecurity
For Schneider Electric, connectivity is central to the adoption of its EcoStruxure IT platform, whose integrity results from continuous dynamic vulnerability scanning. In a recent blog, they consider the importance of edge…
Self driving robots collaborate in life sciences
Automation lends itself to the manufacture of mass produced disposable medical devices and the bulk processing of samples. The main reasons for this are speed and repeatability, and removing contamination risks in a clean…
