IoT for manufacturing can help transform business

By OEM Update Editorial June 12, 2018 10:50 am

Marc Jarrault,
Managing Director, LAPP in India
IIoT has opened several avenues for manufacturers by integrating analytics into their systems for better results with high and quality output and precision.

Future look for IIoT in manufacturing
Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution concepts are in harmony with worldwide initiatives, including smart factories, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), smart manufacturing, and advanced manufacturing. This revolution in manufacturing landscape is changing continuously across boundaries bringing in greater efficiency.

Marc Jarrault, Managing Director, LAPP in India, says, “The Indian manufacturing sector looks to be heading towards a major facelift now with this revolution, in which IIoT and smart manufacturing are playing a vital role. All these terms are unification of different technologies like machine learning, Big Data, sensor data, machine-to-machine communication, advanced robotics and 3D Printing that have been transforming the fundamentals of manufacturing for a while now.”

Over the last few years, Indian manufacturing has come a long way by implementing IIoT and creating smart factories with robots and advanced computer systems. IIoT is helping manufacturing sector transform their business by applying industry-leading analytics and intellectual capabilities that can help improve the quality of operations, productivity, optimisation, efficiency and uptime from production till the final stage. He adds, “IIoT has opened several avenues for manufacturers by integrating analytics into their systems for better results with high and quality output and precision.”

IIoT adoption drivers
IIoT connects the entire manufacturing unit of the industry and its enterprise section by merging the information of various departments and operations. This process improves visibility, boosts operational efficiency, reduces the complexity of process, reduces wastage and increases productivity. Transformative manufacturing strategy through IIoT has become need of the hour for every sector including food and beverage, machine tools, special purpose machine manufacturing, textile processing and textile machinery, automotive, pharma and various others industry segments. This will help the industry in optimising assets; have smart monitoring, remote diagnosis, intelligent decision and most importantly predictive maintenance.

LAPP’s preparedness in the area of IIoT
While implementing IIOT in manufacturing, the demand of cable and connection technology is changing and is being redefined. Data rates are climbing with the consistent networking of company, production and business processes. This demands a high-performance network. In future, network cables will no longer only be used to connect machinery and within control cabinets, they will also be laid directly to intelligent actuators or sensors in the field.

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