Page 4 - Industrial Technology - July 2020 issue

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STARTING POINTS FOR INDUSTRY 4.0
Knowing where to start in the digital transformation of a business is a conundrum
that frequently faces production teams with the ambition of automating their
workflows to Industry 4.0-ready standards

MACHINERY SAFETY
BACK TO Machine safety standards are changing. Both ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061 are being
revised, affecting how cyber security is managed in relation to machinery safety, and
BUSINESS with changes on requirements for safety software and risk assessments

06 As a new survey reveals redundancy plans escalating and prospects 09 The phrase “just in time supply chain” probably meant nothing to the
for normal trading receding, Make UK is calling on Government to
average consumer before the coronavirus pandemic. However, Covid
extend the furlough scheme to prevent a jobs bloodbath
has highlighted how important the domestic supply chain is
07 Brexit will have significant adverse effects on a UK manufacturing 10 The manufacturing industry was hit hard by Covid-19, from supply
chains to the factory floor. Something has to change now, so that
sector highly integrated with the EU single market, and that disruption
will have a sizeable negative impact on the wider UK economy
manufacturers can prevent a similar situation from happening again
08 Whether driven by layoffs or to maintain social distancing guidelines, 11 The Factory of the Future will herald important changes in the way we
work. Manufacturers are likely to need more people with technological
many businesses will likely be re-evaluating ways to eliminate labour-
expertise, and fewer with basic shop-floor knowledge
intensive manual operations if they can be automated instead
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SMART FACTORIES
Machine and Equipment Builders seek
new ways to offer more value to
customers whilst creating new revenue
streams for themselves. Enter, edge
computing, as Stratus Technologies’
Greg Hookings explains

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