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Digital Twins in Manufacturing | An Introduction

2024-03-26T16:26:16+00:00

Digital Twins in Manufacturing | An Introduction Most people trace the origin of Digital Twins to a speech made by Michael Grieves at the University of Michigan in 2002. In this speech he addressed all the key elements of digital twins and laid the foundation for what would become a key pillar of the Industry 4.0 movement. But it wasn’t until 2017 that digital twins began to emerge as a key technology trend. It

Digital Twins in Manufacturing | An Introduction2024-03-26T16:26:16+00:00

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) | What You Need to Know in 2023

2024-03-26T16:26:16+00:00

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is becoming a hot topic within business communities, but few people are fully up-to-speed. Industrial journalists struggle to keep up with the trends as Industry 4.0 proliferates, and technological innovations come thick and fast. Throw in a lingering pandemic, a global chip shortage, and the war in Ukraine, and things get even murkier. To clarify the state of IIoT heading in 2023, this article will break down some

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) | What You Need to Know in 20232024-03-26T16:26:16+00:00

Gone in 60 seconds – thinking beyond the fixed workstation

2024-03-26T16:26:28+00:00

Ever since Ransom Olds introduced the automotive assembly line in 1901, and Henry Ford the moving conveyor in 1913 we’ve pretty much been building cars the same way: cramming processes into fixed workstations. The fixed workstation is a very simple concept. Step 1: define the takt-time based on planned production volume, typically around 60 seconds for high volume. Step 2: set the line speed and workstation size to create 60s workstations. Step 3: divide

Gone in 60 seconds – thinking beyond the fixed workstation2024-03-26T16:26:28+00:00
  • It’s about time automotive manufactures replace a 70-year-old technology

It’s about time automotive manufacturers replace a 70-year-old technology

2024-03-26T16:26:28+00:00

The barcode was first imagined in 1948 by Joseph Woodland, inspired by the dots and dashes of Morse code. Woodland was responding to a challenge set by a local retailer in Philadelphia, looking to find ways to speed up the process of checking-out in stores. By the 1960’s, an engineer, David Collins revived this idea and, combined with the availability of lasers, was putting thick and thin striped lines on railway cars so they

It’s about time automotive manufacturers replace a 70-year-old technology2024-03-26T16:26:28+00:00
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From zero-code to contact-tracing in under a week

2024-03-26T16:26:30+00:00

Have you ever wondered where all these contact-tracing and social-distancing solutions came from? It’s not like they were developed and ready to roll out – the use of technology to support back-to-work strategies is unprecedented in history. Unprecedented and unpredicted: up until March we’d barely thought about shutting down; up until April we’d never considered what it would mean to open back up, and here we are in May with a veritable smorgasbord of

From zero-code to contact-tracing in under a week2024-03-26T16:26:30+00:00
  • Two meters or not two meters that is the question

Two meters, or not two meters: that is the question

2025-02-22T17:31:48+00:00

I wonder if you’ve thought about why we are being advised to stay two meters (or six feet) away from other people to avoid Coronavirus transmission? That number used to be half the distance by the way, only changing fairly recently. To understand it, we have to go back to post-World War II England, and to a hospital not terribly far south of Stonehenge. Harvard Hospital was for decades the center

Two meters, or not two meters: that is the question2025-02-22T17:31:48+00:00
  • Don't stand so close - contact tracing with RTLS

Don’t stand so close: contact tracing with RTLS

2024-03-26T16:26:31+00:00

I’m pretty certain when Sting penned those lyrics back in 1980 he wasn’t imagining a manufacturing plant in 2020. Yet, here we are needing to rethink the way we work to ensure adequate social distancing to keep operating safely. Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) that track the interaction of people certainly has a role to play. With a long history of successfully tracking the location and movement of things, we take this stuff pretty seriously.

Don’t stand so close: contact tracing with RTLS2024-03-26T16:26:31+00:00