Industry 4.0 - Current News Articles
Articles on Industry 4.0. Daily updated information and news from the plastics industry.
Successful ENGEL CZ 2024 seminars: Plasticizing components and digitization in the plastics industry
ENGEL CZ continues to organise professional seminars. In November, the "PLAST IN MOTION" and "SMART DAY" seminars were held, focusing on plasticizing components (screws, rollers, caps), their maintenance and life extension. The second day was dedicated to digitalization in the plastics industry...
Invitation to the conference Renewable energy for self-consumption in manufacturing
- 14.11.2024
- Latest News
- Events
- Smart factory
- Industry 4.0
AHK Slowakei invites you to the upcoming Slovak-German expert conference on Renewable energy for self-consumption in...
ING 4.0 training programme to develop the digital skills of employees in industrial companies
ING 4.0 is a training programme aimed at developing the digital skills of employees in industrial companies. It helps entrepreneurs implement modern technologies such as robotics, automated logistics and data analytics. The programme is funded by the Slovak Recovery and Resilience Plan and provides...
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ENGEL: focus on the future of plastics processing - Invitation to Digital Days 2024
- 11.06.2024
- Machinery & Equipment
- Smart factory
- Industry 4.0
Digitalisation has been a key part of ENGEL's strategy for years. Digital products in machines and on the online production portal provide users with cost, quality and energy benefits. These solutions are important for production and also help to manage the shortage of skilled workers. Visit the...
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Employees do not have enough skills for digital production. ING 4.0 training programme can help
Slovak industrial companies are facing increasing problems with a shortage of skilled labour. The industry today is undergoing one of the deepest and most complex transformations. Industry 4.0 not only changes technologies and processes, but also places higher demands on the skills of employees....
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New PICO® Nexμs™ Jetting System Connects Fluid Dispensing to Industry 4.0 Efficiency
Nordson EFD, a Nordson company (NASDAQ: NDSN) and leading precision fluid dispensing systems manufacturer, introduces the PICO Nexμs Jetting System to revolutionize jet dispensing...
3D technologies from ADATEX, s.r.o. at slovak technical school
- 07.11.2023
- Latest News
- 3D technology
- Industry 4.0
Innovative technical school in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia shows what education support should looks like in the form of modern 3D...
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Injection molding machines and peripherals WITTMANN will bring you a competitive advantage and cost savings
Wittmann Battenfeld CZ spol. s r.o. has been supplying a comprehensive production program of machines and peripherals for processing plastics for the Czech and Slovak markets for 20 years. On this occasion, we spoke with Ing. Michal Slaba, who built the company from the ground...
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Daniel Orel: ARBURG's philosophy has been an environmentally friendly approach for several decades (interview)
The Hehl family, owners of ARBURG GmbH + Co KG, are in business for 100 years this year. We talked about celebrations, news and current challenges in the field of plastics with the director of the the ARBURG spol. s r.o. and ARBURG SK s.r.o., Ing. Daniel Orel,...
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Corporate 5G networks: Catalyst of digitization and Industry 4.0
- 11.04.2023
- Services
- Automation
- Smart factory
- Industry 4.0
If there is one thing that can push digitization by leaps and bounds, it is fast, low-latency communication. These two attributes present 5G networks, the deployment of which will enable the use of a wide range of applications, from communication between robots to virtual reality to the operation...
Conference Industry 4.0 and digitalization - German solutions for Slovakia
- 15.03.2023
- Latest News
- Events
- Smart factory
- Industry 4.0
AHK Slowakei invites you to the upcoming Slovak-German professional conference about Industry 4.0 & Digitalization, which will take place on April 25, 2023 at the AC Marriott Hotel...
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The digitization of businesses and public administration will be accelerated by European digital innovation centers
- 25.11.2022
- Services
- Smart factory
- Industry 4.0
Industrial cluster - Association of intelligent industry - Industry4UM organized an online discussion forum where five Slovak representatives of the European Network of Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) were...
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How will Industry 4.0 affect future jobs?
Digitization is often associated with the term Industry 4.0, as well as labor market and job issues. Let's look at what this concept entails and how it can affect us in the...
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The battery industry in Europe is starting to grow
In the Swedish town of Skellefteå, the first batteries with a European pedigree came off the production line. By 2030, their manufacturer, Northvolt, would like to cover 25 percent of the European market. The European project ALBATTS, of which AutoSAP is a member, is involved in identifying...
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SUBTER PLUS s.r.o. - Surface inspection for products with a circular cross-section
- 19.04.2022
- Machinery & Equipment
- Quality control
- Industry 4.0
The launch of the AllRounDia DualVision system is PIXARGUS 'response to market demand for cost-effective 360 ° inspection of circular products. This 2in1 system with an extremely compact design measures and inspects pipes, hoses or multilayer composite pipes with a 100% defect detection rate. Also...
Gestica: a benchmark in the control systems of injection molding machines
- 02.03.2022
- Latest News
- Automation
- Industry 4.0
- Robotics
Arburg's Selogica control system has been exceptional since its launch in 1992 thanks to a patented sequential programming...
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Automation, digitization or artificial intelligence is becoming a common part of companies
The Fourth Industrial Revolution summarizes the changes that have made and are still streamlining processes in the field of transport, production itself or communication through digital technologies. In addition, current technological trends are also influenced by the coronavirus pandemic, which in...
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A survey of Industry 4.0 in companies showed that top managers are a barrier
- 20.12.2021
- Services
- Smart factory
- Industry 4.0
In the months August - October, the Association of Intelligent Industry - Industry4UM and the company Trexima Bratislava carried out the 5th annual survey on the level of implementation of Industry 4.0 in industrial enterprises. A survey of a sample of 125 companies confirmed the downward trend in...
The Digital Factory 2.0 at MSV will focus on the technological transformation of the economy
The main topic of the International Engineering Fair, which takes place from 8 to 12 November 2021 at the Brno Exhibition Center, will be the digitization of industry. MSV will clearly show how the innovation strategies of Czech industry can be fulfilled and how the digitization of production...
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The company SELEX INDUSTRIAL, s.r.o. expands offer with autonomous mobile robots OMRON
SELEX INDUSTIRAL, s.r.o. based in Šamorín is a long-term supplier of technologies for plastics processing cooperating with major manufacturers in the industry. Since 2010 we have been cooperating with the Japanese manufacturer of three-axis robots STAR and since 2015 also with the largest...
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The Role of Vision in Robotic Fluid Dispensing
Key to streamlining robotic fluid dispensing, vision-guided systems allow precise deposit placement, permitting these robotic systems to deliver faster production cycles and remove the guesswork from the dispensing process, which minimizes programming time and reduces overall operational...
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Optimize your production with VMM s.r.o.
VMM s.r.o. is the exclusive distributor of STRACK Norma products, one of the leading suppliers of standardized parts in Europe. The company is taking another step towards Industry 4.0. It expands its digital product range with a monitoring system that increases productivity and product...
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ENGEL performance.boost: Unlock the full potential
- 17.05.2021
- Services
- Industry 4.0
- Injection molding
Whether it's cycle time, energy consumption or process stability: the adjusting screws take many forms for higher efficiency and injection quality. Two paths lead to the full realization of the potential: deep knowledge of the injection molding machine and rich technological...
Conference Invitation - Digital Transformation for Industrial Machines
- 07.04.2021
- Latest News
- Events
- Smart factory
- Industry 4.0
Prijmite pozvanie na ďalšiu oborovú Altair Technology Conference, zameranú na tematiku digitálnej transformácie, a to najmä v prostredí klasického strojárstva a vývoja výrobných strojov a automatizovaných...
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METROFLOW - gravimetric conveying is very easy now
- 23.03.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Conveyors
- Industry 4.0
With the METROFLOW gravimetric conveying equipment, plastics processors can economically and efficiently control material flow. Thanks to very precise weighing technology, these conveying equipments are particularly suitable for monitoring material consumption in real time that predestines them for...
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DESMA presents how virtual collaboration defines the new world of work
- 22.02.2021
- Services
- Smart factory
- Industry 4.0
- Research
Especially in times of the Corona Pandemic, the whole working world is changing. Where some time ago short conversations could be held directly in the office, today loneliness often reigns. Many employees work decentrally in home offices. But even before the Corona pandemic, it was clear that the...
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SIMAP GROUP, a.s. - Advantages of using collaborative robots
- 09.12.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Industry 4.0
- Robotics
In recent years, the industry has moved significantly forward and is experiencing many innovations, including the introduction of Industry 4.0. Along with technical innovations, more and more attention is being paid to increasing productivity, production efficiency and minimizing costs. One of the...
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Slovak companies are lagging dramatically behind in the digital transformation. The corona crisis may deepen their decline
At the turn of August and September, the Association of Intelligent Industry - Industry4UM (Industry4UM) carried out the 4th year of the survey on the level of digital transformation in industrial enterprises. Compared to last year, the survey revealed stagnation in the digitization of industrial...
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Easytherm from the manufacturer Aquatech from the PiovanGroup is expanding its range
Mould temperature control is a crucial in plastics processing: it must be steady, strict and precise as it directly influences production costs and the quality of the final...
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New hollow shoulder FANUC for full production productivity
With the R-2000iD, the FANUC introduces the hollow arm and smaller installation dimensions into its best-selling R-2000 series. This makes the iD series ideal for all applications that require process cables, such as spot welding or material...
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