Abstracts

Industrie 4.0 & Additive Manufacturing – an overview

Advances of the information technology are enabling new approaches in the production sector. Data acquired by digital sensors is collected, linked and processed to support human decision or feeding autonomous decision making systems. New direct digital manufacturing processes (also called additive manufacturing), enable a tool-less production of components. In this talk an overview is given how Industrie 4.0 can be implemented and how additive manufacturing process can be used for the production of complex high quality parts.

Analytics in Manufacturing

Current business trends, including globalization and vertical integration, meant that manufacturers will need to rely on innovative measures to improve decision-making and boost performance. Derivation of data-driven insights has been made possible by the availability of quantity and quality of data generated through the widespread deployment of sensors and improved machine-machine connectivity. This seminar will share on the implementation and applications of analytics in the manufacturing sector, which include quality improvement, demand forecast, machine utilization and preventive maintenance.

IoT in Industry 4.0: A Case Study

IoT is touted to be the next revolution of the Internet. Although the concept of IoT has existed for many years, it is only now the potential of connected device over the Internet has been realized. IoT devices ranges from environment sensors to day-to- day peripherals and equipment. IoT devices are expected to grow at fast pace reaching 50 billion devices by the year 2020. One of the many domains that will greatly benefit from the proliferation of IoT is Smart Manufacturing which is very well aligned to Industry 4.0. In this talk, we will present the role of IoT in Industry 4.0 and the various areas that it can add value and some of the challenges faced in deploying IoT in Industry 4.0. We will also share a real-life case of an industry that leverages IoT using Raspberry Pi to move their company up the value chain.

IoT in Manufacturing

We are at the cusp of the 4th industrial revolution and rather like the other revolutions, it is the collision of multiple new technologies that's inflicting the spark that's driving the revolution. IoT in manufacturing, that consists of cyber physical systems, streaming and big data, and analytics is transforming manufacturing in all industries. This revolution can bring with it unbelievable productivity gains, exponential in nature, within the manufacturing sector just as the previous three revolutions did. Indeed McKenzie Global Institute forecasted that the economic impact are within the neighborhood of $3-$6T by 2025. That’s Trillion with a T.  It is a huge number, to get a sense of the magnitude, $6T is about the GDP of France and Germany placed together, or the GDP of Japan and 2 Indonesia’s.

Revolutions do not happen on their own, simply because there is new technology. Typically there are variety of external factors or trends that come together to ignite a revolution. These major socioeconomic trends are not simply driving the 4th industrial revolution, but indeed accelerating it.

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