(image: copyright a-image) The basis of every Smart Factory concept is machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. Machines, sensors and actuators are connected to each other and with wider […]
(image: copyright Plattform Industrie 4.0) Supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the “Plattform Industrie 4.0” initiative has issued a new guideline: “IT […]
At last, an open, cross-vendor protocol standard for SMT assembly lines and thus a key building block for process-integration and the Smart Factory. We’ve often criticized […]
(images: GlobalSMT, BBC) After meeting him at SMT Hybrid Packaging I asked Trevor Galbraith, publisher and editor-in-chief of Global SMT & Packaging for a guest commentary. […]
(copyright image: Adamos/ASM) ASM Assembly Systems founded the ADAMOS joint venture (www.adamos.com) together with leading equipment manufacturers in other industries, such as DMG-Mori, Zeiss, Dürr, to […]