IIoT

National Manufacturing Week (NMW) 2019 had many layers, catering to various attendees’ interests – including advance manufacturing. Manufacturers’ Monthly explains. NMW had a lot to show, with companies revealing integrated solutions and services, the latest in robotics and automation, and the role the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) plays in manufacturing. The exhibition, held at … Continue reading Advanced manufacturing takes precedence at exhibition →

With collaboration being one of the leading drivers for the 4th industrial revolution and IIoT, the purpose of Open IIoT’s live demo system at AUSPACK 2019 is to emulate exactly this. Beyond human interaction, collaboration now reaches across all automation components – at the very edge of the production system. Through the physical layer, we … Continue reading Open IIoT’s panel will bring demo system to life at AUSPACK →

Energy management and automation solutions provider, Schneider Electric, has welcomed the Open Platform Communication (OPC) Foundation’s recognition of industry efforts to bring interoperable communications to field level industrial operations. OPC is the interoperability standard for the secure and reliable exchange of data in the industrial automation space and in other industries. It is platform-independent and ensures … Continue reading OPC Foundation’s initiative to drive IIoT automation adoption →

Siemens, in partnership with the Swinburne University, has launched an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) demonstration and application centre, called MindSphere. The centre is housed in the Swinburne University of Technology’s Factory of the Future and will enable students, academics and industry partners to collaborate and co-create local and global projects on the cloud-based platform. Siemens’ MindSphere already has … Continue reading Siemens launches IIoT solution centre in Swinburne University →

Progress, a provider of application development and deployment technologies, has announced the availability of a new Progress DataRPM self-service anomaly detection and prediction option for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market. Provided within a new R&D-specific license, the first-of-its-kind offering will empower R&D and innovation groups with better decision-making capabilities for IIoT proof-of-concept (POC) … Continue reading Progress announces availability new IIoT solution for manufacturers →

Blackbird Ventures, Telstra Ventures and Skip Capital have invested $4.8 million in Brisbane-headquartered company Movus, a developer of IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) sensor and machine monitoring solutions. The investment will allow Movus to scale up to international markets, further refine its product, expand its research and development laboratory, and grow its Brisbane-based team, a … Continue reading Queensland IIoT company, Movus, secures $4.8m investment →

Australian manufacturers are still wary of new technology and big data, according to industry experts. Manufacturers’ Monthly visits the second Industrial Internet 4.0 summit in Sydney to find out more. The majority of Australian start-ups and small manufacturing businesses are avoiding big data at the expense of climbing the value chain, according to industry champions. … Continue reading Manufacturing collaboration: The fundamentals of sharing →

Schneider Electric has announced increasing momentum surrounding customer adoption of the company’s Asset Performance Management (APM) solutions, an integral component of the Industrial Software Platform. Through investments in the cloud, advanced machine learning and augmented reality (AR), coupled with new partnerships, the company empowers customers to maximise their return on capital investment and to improve … Continue reading Schneider Electric increases APM solutions offerings →

Last week, Rockwell Automation rejected a third bid offer valued at US$29 billion (A$38 billion) from Emerson Electric. Rockwell said that the proposal, which was unsolicited, did not match the value of the company and the bid did not outweigh the risks for an acquisition to happen. The third bid followed two earlier bids this year Emerson announced … Continue reading No third time charm for Emerson’s $38bn takeover bid of Rockwell Automation →

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has published the IIC Industrial IoT Analytics Framework Technical Report (IIAF). It is the first IoT-industry technical document to include a complete set of instructions that IIoT system architects and business leaders can use to deploy industrial analytics systems in their organisations. IDC has predicted that by 2020 one tenth … Continue reading IIC publishes IIoT analytics framework tech report →

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), and Avnu Alliance (Avnu), a community creating an interoperable ecosystem of low-latency, time-synchronised, highly reliable networked devices using open standards, announced they have agreed to a liaison to work together to advance deployment and interoperability of devices with Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) open standards. Under the agreement, the IIC and … Continue reading IIC, Avnu Alliance announce liaison to boost TSN standards →

Schneider Electric has introduced their new EcoStruxure software solutions, bringing what they say is measurably profitable asset and operation reliability to the industrial market for the first time. EcoStruxure is Schneider Electric’s IoT-enabled, open and interoperable system architecture and platform. Delivering Innovation at every level across connected products; edge control; and apps, analytics and services, the … Continue reading Schneider delivers new EcoStruxure solutions →

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), a global organisation transforming business and society by accelerating the adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), has announced the Smart Factory Machine Learning for Predictive Maintenance Testbed. The testbed is led by two companies, Plethora IIoT, a company, designing and developing solutions for Industry 4.0, and Xilinx, provider of all programmable … Continue reading IIC launches smart factory machine learning testbed →

Emerson’s Rob Garston explains how the right IIoT strategy can help Australian manufacturers gain an even better competitive edge without a high-dollar ante. An advocate for digital transformation believes the manufacturing industry in Australia could benefit from new technologies and methodologies aimed at helping industrial companies achieve top performance and begin recovery of a whopping $1 … Continue reading The Australian manufacturing industry and the trillion-dollar question →

Claroty, an innovator in Operational Technology (OT) network protection, and Schneider Electric have announced that they are partnering to address safety and cybersecurity challenges for the world’s industrial infrastructure. Under the terms of the agreement, Claroty will market its real-time OT/ICS network monitoring and detection solution to Schneider Electric’s customers through the company’s Collaborative Automation Partner … Continue reading Claroty and Schneider partner to bolster safety and cybersecurity →

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), a global organisation who targets transforming business and society by accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and the Edge Computing Consortium (ECC), an organisation driving edge computing industry development in the Internet of Things (IoT) area, have announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to partner on shared … Continue reading IIC, ECC sign MoU →

Swinburne researchers have joined forces with the Federal government to help determine the future of Smart Cities in Australia after Minister for Environment and Energy, Josh Frydenberg, toured the University’s newly-launched Smart Cities’ Research Institute. Mr Frydenberg joined Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, Angus Taylor, in taking part in a discussion with Institute leaders … Continue reading Collaboration for the future of Smart Cities →

Tasman Sinkware has partnered with Australian company Ailytic to deliver improvements in its manufacturing efficiency with automation, artificial intelligence and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The company is investing in the further development of its South Australian manufacturing plant and securing South Australian jobs. Manufacturing under the Oliveri brand name, Tasman Sinkware produces a range … Continue reading Australia’s only sink manufacturer growing through automation →

IBM and Bosch today have announced a collaboration to help make the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) a reality.  Bosch’s Internet of Things (IoT) Suite services will be available on open-standard IBM Bluemix and IBM Watson IoT Platform for clients to update millions of IoT devices at once. In addition, Bosch will extend its Bosch … Continue reading Bosch, IBM collaborate to make IIoT a reality →