Process automation: on the way to the clouds
Process automation: on the way to the clouds
Process automation: on the way to the clouds
Cloud solutions are on everyone’s lips: digitalised data in app-based strongholds in the clouds are being tasked with automating processes and rendering them more efficient. The EMO Hannover 2017 will be showcasing viable approaches and providing fit-for-purpose navigational aids on the data highway...
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EMO Hannover sparks capex investment in the billions
EMO Hannover sparks capex investment in the billions
EMO Hannover sparks capex investment in the billions
A veritable hotbed for business success; a fantastic window onto the global market; a pacesetter for the future of manufacturing − those are just a few of the ways in which participating exhibitors have described the outcome of EMO Hannover 2017. After six action-packed days, more than 2,200 intern...
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Safety of standard PLC control validated yet again
Safety of standard PLC control validated yet again
Safety of standard PLC control validated yet again
As part of the Safety Day at the EMO Hannover 2017, the VDW-Research Institute, the research community of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association), awarded the prize for the “Project of the Year” yesterday for the third time, thus paying due tribute to outstanding research projects conduc...
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Record participation marks start of EMO Hannover 2017
Record participation marks start of EMO Hannover 2017
Record participation marks start of EMO Hannover 2017
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier officially opened EMO Hannover 2017 this morning, stating that “an open society and prosperous economy rest on a foundation of communication and trust. Trade fairs like EMO embody this in a concrete and tangible way. Fortunately, this tradition continues to f...
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Measurements trigger an appetite for more
Measurements trigger an appetite for more
Measurements trigger an appetite for more
Between fascination and a slight uneasiness –that's roughly the sort of subliminal reaction even experts occasionally feel when it comes to the subject of “artificial intelligence”. Autonomous robots, self-driving vehicles or cognitive systems that image the functioning of the human brain and are ev...
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Process automation: on the way to the clouds
Process automation: on the way to the clouds
Process automation: on the way to the clouds
Cloud solutions are on everyone’s lips: digitalised data in app-based strongholds in the clouds are being tasked with automating processes and rendering them more efficient. The EMO Hannover 2017 will be showcasing viable approaches and providing fit-for-purpose navigational aids on the data highway...
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Digitalisation is the EMO’s leitmotif
Digitalisation is the EMO’s leitmotif
Digitalisation is the EMO’s leitmotif
If Industry 4.0 were merely the generic term for a new photo or TV application, the publicity slogan for the EMO Hannover 2017 might perhaps be “Industry 4.0 – the wish list” or “Industrial Internet of Things – because I’m not stupid”. The fair’s keynote theme of “Connecting systems for intelligent ...
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The days of the traditional machine tool are not numbered
The days of the traditional machine tool are not...
The days of the traditional machine tool are not numbered
The whole world is talking about 3D printing, additive manufacturing and generative multi-layer construction technologies. Nevertheless, this is a long way from meaning that the classical machine tool is going to be pensioned off. The EMO Hannover 2017 will be showcasing an international banquet of ...
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“Engineers have a place in the big data world too”
“Engineers have a place in the big data world...
“Engineers have a place in the big data world too”
It’s with mixed feelings that some production experts will be looking at the EMO Hannover and its “Industry 4.0 area”: they fear that Industry 4.0 will lead to algorithms and solutions themed around big data, which in the long term will render the experts’ knowledge superfluous. But that risk is dis...
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