Digital twins are becoming a foundational element of modern machine building, closely linked with automation across manufacturing plants and industrial systems. A digital twin is a virtual model of a physical machine, system, or process that uses real-time data to mirror performance, behaviour, and operating conditions in a live production environment. By creating this digital […]
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“If you think of standardization as the best that you know today, but which is to be improved tomorrow; you get somewhere.” –Henry Ford Talk to any CEO today, and he would cite standing out in the crowd as the highest business priority. Counter to the old school believe, part standardisation is a winning strategy
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The aura of Edison is reflective of his awesomeness. In his quest to achieve success in every field, he advocated two principles –hard-work and the unwillingness to take anything for granted. And, today, the word ‘Thomas Edison’ is a metaphor used to describe clever and intelligent people. If ‘Thomas Edison were an old wine, you
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Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill. A manufacturing company is bound to deal with failed projects at some point or the other. Whether the failure is due to a single event or multitude of issues, these failures form the backbone of a
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Industry 4.0 is the latest buzzword fascinating the manufacturing sector because it converges the two worlds, which so far have remained aloof from each other – Information technology (IT), operational technology (OT) and digital industry. It connects the supply chain of a manufacturing firm and the ERP systems to the production line, enabling an integrated
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Back in the 1940s, the cost of labor was affordable, and humans were willing to perform repetitive tasks for a meager salary. But, since then, the cost of labor has steadily increased, and the willingness to perform the mundane and repetitive tasks on the assembly line has consistently decreased. In the same period, the cost
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“More than 59% of the manufacturing firms are using some or the other type of robotic technology.” -PwC Since its inception, robots have worked hard to bring about a sea of revolution in the manufacturing sector- a sector prone to errors and manufacturing disasters. With every new technological innovation, robots are becoming smarter, faster and
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With information on the move, gone are those days when a manager underwent a cardiac arrest on the shop floor because of a leak in the fuel tank. Today, factories, mines, and manufacturing plants are leveraging the benefits of automation and shifting towards smart factories. According to research, smart factories are likely to add $500
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Client This project was undertaken for an engineering contractor on behalf of the Qantas airlines. At the time, Qantas had recently invested in a fleet of Airbus A380s, the world’s largest passenger aircraft. As Australia’s flagship airline operating a fleet of 126 aircraft, Qantas enjoys a strong reputation for safety, engineering, maintenance and reliability. Problem
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Client Our client is BlueScope, an Australian steel material provider with operations across countries like New Zealand, North America, Asia and the Pacific Islands. As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of steel products, BlueScope has three berths at Port Kembla in NSW – bringing in iron ore shipments from numerous locations. Problem BlueScope’s No.2
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