DEC/JAN 2018 SUPPLEMENT CONTENTS AUTOMATION SUPPLEMENT


SEE THE LATEST SMART TECHNOLOGY AND DRIVE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS FROM BOSCH REXROTH AT THE INDUSTRY 4.0 SUMMIT 2018


IndustrIndustry 4.0 & The I y 4.0 & The IIoT COVER STORY


MACHINE BUILDING


Industry 4.0 is helping machine designers to rethink their


modularisation strategies thanks to new tools


S10


ROBOTICS


With pressure mounting to increase productivity, 2018 may well be the year that UK


manufacturers begin to adopt robots en masse


S14


INDUSTRY 4.0


The term ‘Industry 4.0’ has become the ‘hot topic’ across industry, but is it actually understood, and is it being


implemented correctly? S18


See the latest smart technology and drive connectivity solutions from Bosch Rexroth at The industry 4.0 summit 2018


Please turn to supplement page S4 for more details...


FEATURES


S4. Hägglunds Inside Intelligence transforms maintenance Leading drive and control specialist, Bosch Rexroth has introduced Hägglunds Inside Intelligence, a new connectivity suite


S6. Industry 4.0 Summit 2018 & Factories of the Future Expo


We preview this year’s event which takes place at the Manchester Central Convention Complex on 28 February – 1 March 2018


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S10. Clarity in modularity


Industry 4.0 is helping machine designers to rethink their modularisation strategies


S11. Evaluating the odds of success with I4.0


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S15. Making Britain’s manufacturing smarter


Martyn Williams of Copa-Data UK, examines what is needed to achieve Britain’s goal of becoming an Industry 4.0 leader in 2018


S16. Smart plastics add intelligence for greater plant availability Predictive maintenance plays a key role in Industry 4.0


S18. Top tips for successfully implementing Industry 4.0


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The term ‘Industry 4.0’ has quickly become the ‘hot topic’ across industry, but is it actually understood, and is it being implemented correctly?


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INDUSTRY 4.0 & THE IIOT | DECEMBER/JANUARY 2018 S3


Industry 4.0 is driven by the interconnectivity of machines and intelligence derived by the aggregation of data obtained from operations


S12. Enhance production plant Ethernet automation networking for cost efficient Industry 4.0 implementation


HARTING’s MICA EtherCAT buffers Industrial Ethernet business-critical data, optimising manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)


S13. Industry 4.0: The hour of implementation has arrived


Increasing demands by consumers for individual, high-quality products at low prices are posing new challenges for industrial enterprises


S14. Why robots are the beginning of the UK’s digitalisation


With pressure mounting to increase productivity, will 2018 be the year that UK manufacturers begin to adopt robots en masse?


Industry 4.0 & The IIoT Supplement


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