Over the past few years, the manufacturing and engineering sectors have undergone a significant transformation in how they operate. Here, we take a closer look at how Industry 4.0 has developed and ask the question, does it live up to the hype?
The manufacturing and engineering fields are always in a constant state of flux, as new innovations, advances in technology and better ways of working come to the fore. Here, we take a closer look at how Industry 4.0 is affecting engineering and what the future might hold.
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and direct digital controls (DDCs) are integral in many automated plant and process control systems, making them function the way you want them to. PLCs and DDCs are similar in that they both make decisions based on data gathered from sensors to write outputs. However, PLCs often hold the edge over DDCs
Control systems engineers are responsible for designing, developing and managing electrical control systems in industrial applications. Here, we look at the role they play in helping manufacturing and engineering operators achieve improvement through technology?
Industrial automation is a broad term that covers the role technology plays in creating the engineering processes of the future. Here, we take a closer look at how it’s changing the face of production.
