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In Focus
Standards to connect industry and smart manufacturing
A NEW INTERNATIONAL standard has been introduced to protect smart manufacturing from a cyber attack.
Business is so hyper-connected to- day that even machinery takes advan- tage of the Internet and digital tech- nology to track performance and usage to improve efficiencies.
Along with the standard a new
ISO technical report (TR) has just
been published to help manufacturers pre- pare for and mitigate these risks.
“Increasing the speed or force of a machine to dangerous levels, or lowering cooking tem- peratures to result in food contamination, are just some examples of where cyber-attacks can not only disrupt manufacturing but pose seri- ous risks to us,” the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) said in a statement.
Smart manufacturing, or that which takes advantage of Internet and digital technology, allows for seamless production and integra- tion across the entire value chain. It also al-
“ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REVOLUTIONIZE INDUSTRY.” – DR KÖCKLER.
lows for parameters – such as speed, force and temperature – to be controlled remotely. The benefits are many, including being able to track performance and usage and im- proved efficiencies.
Otto Görnemann, chair of the ISO technical committee in charge of the technical report, said ISO/TR 22100-4 will help machine manufactur- ers integrate the relationship between cyberse- curity and machine safety.
He said it covers aspects such as the types of com- ponents that could be potential targets for cyber se- curity attacks, the design of the machine to mini- mize vulnerability to such attacks and information for the machine operator on possible threats.
Industry is in a process of rapid and radical change, as topics like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning continue to make inroads into connected industry.
Running under the lead theme of "Industrial Intelligence", HANNOVER MESSE 2019 will zero in on this trend.
From April 1-5, around 6,500 com- panies from 75 nations will be exhib- iting at the Hannover trade fair for industrial technology.
Global corporations, small and me- dium-sized enterprises and startups alike will all be showcasing their components and system solutions for tomorrow's industrial production and energy systems.
This includes providers of automation, robot- ics, industrial software, drive systems and fluid power technology, energy technologies and sub- contracting.
Deutsche Messe managing board chair, Dr. Jochen Köckler, said HANNOVER MESSE is the world's only platform to highlight the way me- chanical and electrical engineering components and systems mesh with the digital technologies offered by software and IT companies.
"It is the only place where visitors from the production and energy industries can get a pano- rama view of the future of industry,” he said.
"Artificial intelligence has the potential to rev- olutionize industry. In the future, AI technolo- gies will be used to control connected produc- tion plants and continuously improve systems, all the while increasing quality standards, as manufacturing processes become increasingly flexible and cost-efficient."
“Industrial companies are increasingly tak- ing advantage of innovative digital technolo- gies, employing data analysis to gain relevant insights into optimization potential, to en- hance existing products by adding new digital services or launch completely new business models on the market.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence play a key role here by linking data from different sourc- es, predicting errors and solving problems.” ✺
LEFT: Launch of Hannover Messe 2019
ABOVE: Deutsche Messe managing board chair, Dr. Jochen Köckler
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