The rise of Industry 4.0, the new digital industrial technology Today the manufacturing scene in India mainly comprises of small and mid-end capital good industries

What is Industrial Automation? Automation helps save a lot of time and effort and at the same time, it helps get a job done more accurately.

What is Product Engineering? The term product engineering refers to the development of a product from concept to manufacturing and release of the product to the market.

Industrial Internet of Things or IIoT refers to interconnected instruments, sensors

Role of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Automation For many people, Artificial Intelligence(AI) means robots performing complex human tasks in sci-fi movies. Actually it is partially true. Whatever AI offers to the world is allowing the industrial machines to carry out super intelligent tasks. As the global industries and decision makers are facing new challenges, there […]

Manufacturing industries have evolved drastically over the last decade or so. With the advancements in technologies, manufacturers are aggressively adopting IT/OT convergence tools. Embedded systems, be in in the form of a small smart sensor, or a PLC/DCS, HMI, or an edge device are staring to play a more prominent role. Located in the lower […]

Industrial automation systems use Ethernet application layers technologies like EtherNet/IPTM and Profinet which often have issues related to bandwidth and payload. To overcome these shortcomings, Beckhoff Automation, a German automation company came forward with a Fieldbus system called the Fast Light Bus. This eventually evolved into EtherCAT (Ethernet for Control Automation Technology), which was launched […]

Industrial revolution 4.0 has already set in, and industrial automation is a profound part of it. One of the crucial aspects of implementing a successful automation ecosystem in any industry is seamless communication between devices. For a long time, the traditional field buses like PROFIBUS, HART, FF, Modbus and a few others have been the […]

The current wave of the industrial revolution, also known as the Industrie 4.0, has proven to improve the production process in various aspects. To realize the promised benefits, a strong communication protocol that allows semantic interoperability among interconnected devices is needed. In manufacturing industries where processes are greatly dependent on the industrial sensors and actuators, […]

IO-Link – an integral part in the Industrial Automation As more devices are interconnected at the factory level, the automation process greatly depends on seamless communications between devices from the shop floor such as sensors and actuators to the control systems like PLCs, and others. To ensure this, IO-Link is one of the first standardized […]

An estimate of around 2.5 quintillion bytes of datawas produced globally in a day in 2018. With the wider adoption of the internet of things, this has grown at a higher speed ever since. Around 90% of the data we have today was generated in the past 2 years. The Oil & Gas industry is […]

Introducing innovative business practices is common among industries, thanks to the changing market landscape demanding for newer, better, and focused solutions. Dell surveyed 4000 global business leaders among which 89% agreed that the pandemic has forced the need for a more agile and scalable IT environment. As per the statistics of Dell’s Digital Transformation Index […]

What is the Need for DevOps in Manufacturing Industries? (Role of DevOps in Industrial Software Development) From deploying robots to automation to software development, there are several ways manufacturing industries are working faster and smarter. The main reason behind these developments is the easy collaboration of developers and operations teams who no longer have to […]

What Is Obsolescence Management? One of the prominent effects of Industry 4.0  is the massive change to the industrial equipments usage and their management. This involves not only maintaining their aging electronic components but also adding new ones, while ensuring it doesn’t disrupt their existing operations. Not only this; the adoption of the new age […]

Industrial safety protocols are communication protocols used to send information critical to the safe operation of machinery in manufacturing lines, process plants, and other industrial settings. They are intended to detect communication issues such as message corruption, delay, insertion, loss, and repetition. Control, safety, synchronization, and motion are just a few of the automation applications […]

Edge analytics is a sophisticated data analysis technique that allows users to access real-time processing and extraction of unstructured data collected and stored on the network’s edge devices. Edge analytics enables the automated analytical processing of produced data in real-time. The substantial rise in edge analytics applications is due to the widespread use of the […]

Database management systems exist in various forms and sizes, from complicated to basic, from expensive to inexpensive. It is critical to consider how the database technology you select will scale as the size of your data grows and how it will interact with any applications you employ to query your data. The database technology landscape […]

Industries are gearing up to embrace the changes that IR4.0 demands, which has pushed the need to modernize their existing services and system portfolio. Adapting legacy systems such as SCADA, DCS to the service-oriented digital streams is a challenging task for companies, especially those in the manufacturing sector. One of the major concerns while adapting […]

Industrial digital transformation refers to many development and progress arrangements towards new plans of action and revenue streams comprising three major columns; automation, improved manufacturing cycles, and production advancement. The Coronavirus pandemic has disturbed almost every business regardless of type and size, and manufacturing is no exception. Amid the social distancing and mandated closures, manufacturers […]

What is Industrial Asset Management? An industrial asset management system helps manage the physical assets of your plant such as machines, devices, equipment, network and operations. An industrial asset management system is essential for all the industries, discrete or process, where any minor fault in the assets may lead to expensive delays, shutdowns, plant operation […]

How Smart Sensors are Driving the Industry Sensors were traditionally employed to collect field data, which was then delivered to I/O modules and controllers to be processed and meaningful outputs were provided. Smart sensors can gather field data for a variety of critical activities, as well as process data, and make decisions using logic and […]

Backdrop of Communication Protocols in Industries The IT and OT layers of the automation pyramid execute two different types of real-time operations, i.e., soft real-time communications and hard real-time communications, respectively. The soft real-time communications mostly take place across the IT applications horizontally and vertically across MES, ERP, cloud, and control systems. On the other […]

An Introduction to Industrial Connectivity Industrial connectivity has come a long way since the first time a PLC was controlled by a computer. Well! it was a ‘Hurrah’ moment for industries as it created a whole new horizon for innovative technologies. However, amid the gradual shift towards digitalization, the lack of efficient exchange of data […]