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Best of the Engineering Web - July 2016

Posted by EPLAN USA on Aug 3, 2016 1:46:08 PM

We scoured leading blogs and websites dedicated to engineering topics and identified 5 articles we found to be particularly valuable and think you will too.

1. The Role of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality In Machine Diagnostics

Whether they’re for equipment training, monitoring or maintenance practices, augmented-reality and virtual-reality technologies provide more information than meets the eye. This panel of eight industry experts breaks down the illusions and cuts through the hype to provide real-world insights. Read article

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Topics: IIoT, Automation

8 Ways Effective Partnerships Improve Manufacturing

Posted by EPLAN USA on Jun 22, 2016 1:02:35 PM

8 Ways Effective Partnerships Improve Manufacturing

Our world of people, places and things is coming together in some interesting and challenging ways. For those in manufacturing, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is connecting people, places and things in ever more functional and innovative ways, and it is changing the fabric of how things get made.

It is also starting to change expectations. Customers are going to be more demanding as they learn the cost savings and time efficiencies that can be delivered in a Smart Factory. Additionally, this connectivity will also enable a much greater degree of customization, and the capacity to support increasingly smaller batch sizes.

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Topics: Industry 4.0, IIoT, The Connected Enterprise, Data Portal, Big Data

5 Reasons Why Big Data is a Big Deal

Posted by EPLAN USA on Jun 9, 2016 7:30:00 AM

5 Reasons Why Big Data is a Big Deal

We are living in fast times with design and production going through disruptive changes. The biggest change is the amount of connectivity to people, places and things. This is what the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is all about. Here are 5 ways Big Data will help your business stay competitive.

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Topics: Industry 4.0, IIoT, Smart Factory, Big Data

15 Resources to Improve Your Understanding of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

Posted by EPLAN USA on May 10, 2016 10:43:07 PM

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Topics: Industry 4.0, IIoT, The Connected Enterprise, Smart Factory

The Next Wave: Design Automation & the Internet of Things

Posted by EPLAN USA on Mar 23, 2016 8:54:29 AM

The Next Wave: Design Automation & the Internet of Things (IIoT)

You don’t need a crystal ball to determine what the future holds for manufacturing. This next wave is even a part of some European government initiatives called Industry 4.0, which is based on product creation, from pre-planning to delivery, involving communication among the parts to be created and the assembly line machines.

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Topics: Design Automation Software, IIoT, collaboration, Automation

The Role of Big Data on Machine Design and Production

Posted by EPLAN USA on Mar 16, 2016 1:19:58 PM

The Role of Big Data on Machine Design and Production

There are many components to the production process involving people, machines, software, and hardware. To add to the complexity, there’s a good chance that most of these components are not located in the same place. It’s a multi-faceted environment and holding it all together is data.

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Topics: IIoT, The Connected Enterprise, Automation, Data Portal, Smart Factory, Big Data

5 Things You Don’t Want Your Industrial Design Competition to Know

Posted by EPLAN USA on Mar 8, 2016 4:33:20 PM

5 Things You Don’t Want Your Industrial Engineering Design Competition to Know Tremendous changes are taking place as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) which is poised to shake up the way production is done. Here are 5 things you don’t want your competition to know about what this means for 21^st Century machine production.

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Topics: Design Automation Software, IIoT, Automation, Smart Factory

Streamlining the Process of Electrical Engineering Design

Posted by EPLAN USA on Mar 1, 2016 7:45:00 AM

Streamlining the Process of Electrical Engineering Design In any project, you want to use the right tool for the job. In electrical engineering design, because of its inherent complexity, this is especially true. The scope of an electrical project can be particularly unwieldy when the tools being used were not created for this kind of work.

Take, for instance, traditional CAD software, which was originally created for architectural design. AutoCAD, for instance, treats each page independently and creates a separate file for each page. However, electrical engineering designs are multiple page schematics, with all pages needing to be connected. This is the fundamental problem with using traditional CAD software in electricalengineering design work

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Topics: Industry 4.0, IIoT, Automation, CAE, CAD, Electrical Engineering