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Automated Testing Confronts the Challenges of Industry 4.0 in a Time of Uncertainty
By Giovanni Noto, Sales Director, SPEA
barely begun to be explored. However, this year’s global crisis is again highlighting the attractive factors Industry 4.0 promises for business, in the midst of widespread uncertainty. Correctly implementing automation, big data
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management and cybersecurity is critical to pro- viding solutions for the challenges of our time. What does it mean to be truly “Industry 4.0 com- pliant,” beyond adhering to the guidelines of this latest industrial trend, and what are the challenges of the near future?
Considering the Essentials This particular time is offering
us an opportunity to reflect on the essential aspects of work and our organizations, as well as on some things that have begun to appear
hile the enabling factors of Industry 4.0 are largely in place, the full potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution has
being connected to one another and the complete digitalization of the processes.
A constant focus on costs, rather
than on value, has contributed to the development of operating models that are in serious trouble today.
In an Industry 4.0 environment, controlling processes and systems remotely is essential. SPEA
has amassed significant experience in developing innovative and fully automatic test equipment. Modular and easily reconfigurable solutions
meet the ever-increasing demands for flexibility and ensure that production continues in the most critical conditions, with or without an operator. Increasing process digitalization has brought
sweeping changes, opening the door to new syner- gies that will allow the creation of technical solu- tions beyond the imagination. SPEA has always been focused on innovation, and the company
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Fully automatic and config- urable testers turn a required cost into a value generator for the entire production line.
cliché in recent years. For example, a constant focus on costs, rather than on value, has contributed to the development of operating models that are in serious trouble today. In many countries, we are deal-
ing with measures to restrict individ- ual mobility, an aspect that requires a drastic change in priorities. So, our attention is now turning
to the capability of ensuring opera- tional continuity, while the paradigm shifts from resource costs to provided value.
We must take into consideration
all routine activities, such as equip- ment maintenance and calibration, but also design the processes and pro- cedures to meet unexpected needs. For instance, new test solutions inte- grated in production lines can ensure the functionality of all the devices that are required immediately to address this current crisis.
Fully Automatic Tester Automation’s benefits to produc-
tion capacity in terms of raw numbers are obvious and immediate, but the benefits to quality and efficiency are not as easily apparent. For years, SPEA has been utilizing automation in its products, from systems dedicat- ed to testing electronic boards and modules, or those for sensors and integrated circuits. In both cases, to satisfy large-
scale production needs, SPEA can supply modules to automate the han- dling of the units to be tested, whether they are single or multiple units at once. What is truly innovative is the ability to provide machines capable of
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