I have seen many cases which industries are transforming part of their processes and calling this as Industry 4.0 programme. In fact, Industry 4.0 is much broader than only an automation initiative. What is your vision on that?
Industry 4.0 combines the real world of production with the virtual world of information and communication technology; therefore traditional industrial processes are supplemented and optimised by the digital world. This creates the foundation for the series manufacturing of individual products to a high standard of quality...
In order to establish Industry 4.0 in a company, the training and qualifications of its skilled workers must be adapted to meet the new requirements of this interdisciplinary approach. For example, service technicians not only need practical mechatronics experience but also knowledge of IT infrastructures so that they can work at a high level to rectify machine standstills as quickly as possible.
Industry 4.0 means that the tasks to be carried out are becoming more demanding, in both technological and organisational terms. Interdisciplinary competencies are growing in importance, which is why it is necessary to adapt the skills and abilities that are taught for the various trades. As the boundaries between the different functional levels are becoming ever more fluid, the need to adapt affects all technical professions...
Industry 4.0 combines the real world of production with the virtual world of information and communication technology; therefore traditional industrial processes are supplemented and optimised by the digital world. This creates the foundation for the series manufacturing of individual products to a high standard of quality...
In order to establish Industry 4.0 in a company, the training and qualifications of its skilled workers must be adapted to meet the new requirements of this interdisciplinary approach. For example, service technicians not only need practical mechatronics experience but also knowledge of IT infrastructures so that they can work at a high level to rectify machine standstills as quickly as possible.
Industry 4.0 means that the tasks to be carried out are becoming more demanding, in both technological and organisational terms. Interdisciplinary competencies are growing in importance, which is why it is necessary to adapt the skills and abilities that are taught for the various trades. As the boundaries between the different functional levels are becoming ever more fluid, the need to adapt affects all technical professions...
How Industry 4.0 is the theme of the moment. It is common for marketing to make use of the term for any simple automation.
Such processes of automation before the term already existed. But, only now marketing leverages to call Industry 4.0. And if the automation is networked, generating the combinations that Ljubomir Jacić spoke about, it is Industry 4.0, even if simple.
The problem is when a simple control of a machine, for example, is called Industry 4.0. But, we can not filter this, it's part of the awareness of the industry.
This is also one another coined by the few people. I wonder regarding the status of many fields of engineering or industry where even 2.0 terminology not implemented or cleared. Even the requirements of 4.0 not practically defined in sector specific industry. This seems a very attractive term.
Is there any data available for the industry status worldwide regarding the 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 compliance sector specific.
I agree with João Lucas de Souza Silva, it is marketing. In my opinion it is natural evolution of automation and the term Industry 4.0 is in essence just a tool for restarting the German economy, barely an industrial revolution like steam machine or transistor. Very, very simply said, it is an implementation of widely used internet technologies into a conservative industry.
I am not saying it is wrong, I just say that all the stuff hidden behind the term Industry 4.0 was here much earlier than the term itself, we had just call them other names e.g. smart factory.
Now, when the term is widely used, it simplifies communication between people who are somehow involved in industry.
From the point of system integrator I can say, that there is a huge need of education about all of the incorporated technologies on all levels and it needs to be separately customized for operators, maintenance, quality, management etc. as well as for system integrators :) Because different personnel has different demands on the functions of the same system.
After that, it may work and no matter how we will call it...
I totaly agree with Dr João Lucas de Souza Silva that at the moment Industry 4.0 is common for marketing to make use of the term for any simple automation. In order to maket more clear we need to compare with industry 3.0
In fact, concepts such as digitization and automatisation are revolutionizing manufacturing. However, many end-users still don’t understand what will be different to “traditional” Industry 3.0 (IT and automation) practices. Technologies such as Ethernet connectivity, sensors, embedded intelligence, software solutions such as MES (manufacturing execution systems) and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition), and even data analytics have all been utilized in manufacturing for many years. Cloud based solutions are also commonly utilized at an enterprise level.
https://www.coilwindingexpo.com/berlin/knowledge-hub/industry-30-to-industry-40-whats-the-difference
In fact, as far as I know, it is divided into 9 technologies.
1- BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS
2- AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS
3- SIMULATION
4- HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SYSTEM INTEGRATION
5- THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS
6- CYBER SECURITY
7- THE CLOUD
8- ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
9- AUGMENTED REALITY
Advancing Automation - IIoT and Industry 4.0
One off the technology trends that I have observed in recent years, few developments have been more exciting than Industry 4.0 for Process Automation...
Industry 4.0 initially focused primarily on discrete manufacturing, but the technology quickly evolved and now there is a growing focus on applying Industry 4.0 concepts to process automation as well. The end goal for organizations is to achieve a holistic integration of automation, business information, and manufacturing execution function to improve all aspects of production and commerce across company boundaries for greater efficiency...
Hi Guilherme....I agree with you and I think many scholars/practitioners are using “4.0” for many things (e.g. finance 4.0, SCM 4.0, etc) to be different and to call attention of people
Please, share it. Majstorovic Vidosav is person in charge.
The 4th International Conference on the Industry 4.0 Model for Advanced Manufacturing – Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things for Manufacturing
Which will be held at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade
3rd – 6th June 2019
http://mefics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/First-Call-AMP_1-2019-1.pdf
Yes. Industry 4.0 is one step ahead than simple automation.
industry 4.0 show , how to use internet power in manufacturing or industry for increasing productivity, quality or sustainable manufacturing.
Yes, i agree with the post. As many other examples, many people try to hitchhike on a brand or surf on a wave as a way to bring out or inflate the relevancy of a generally localized and incomplete job. A complete industry 4.0 program must be strategic and start from top down, begining by the board of the company. It can obviously be divided into phases and goals but the execution of the entire program must be guaranteed in order to reap the benefits consistently and longevous.
Achieving Industry 4.0: Four Critical Features for Machine Automation
To capitalize on the Industry 4.0 trend, machine builders must implement four feature sets which enable the integration of different levels of the manufacturing environment, from sensors to cloud servers. But perhaps an even bigger challenge for machine builders is the transition from traditional hardware-based controller architectures to a smart machine automation software architecture capable of executing on any industrial PC (IPC). Only a softwarebased machine automation approach can deliver the integration and flexibility demanded by Industry 4.0...
Generally speaking, today industries are shifting to the Fourth Revolution in two ways. One is starting from pure ground, it is the new industries and the other is 'migratory'. In this, two situations happen, the first one is the separation of the conventional type Industry in 02 different sectors. One of them will be called “sector 4.0”, which should be installed system, machines and sensors, related to Industry 4.0, which is really a scanning system of the machine itself, which system captures all the information about the machine and that then share the digitized data for analysis, improvement, corrective action and produce new products. Another industry remains in the conventional way generating revenue for the industry to make these changes to its plant.
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