Creating impact through ‘B&R Community’

By OEM Update Editorial May 10, 2024 7:13 pm IST

The new B&R Community provides individuals worldwide with an online space to share insights and seek assistance. By exchanging expertise, tackling technical challenges, or exploring innovative concepts, users of the B&R can learn, develop, and grow. 

The nature of manufacturing jobs, Factory floors, and the economics of several manufacturing sectors have all changed over the past 20 years because of automation in the industry. Today, manufacturers are entering a new era of automation with innovative technologies, one in which engineers and machines will increasingly collaborate. Innovation, problem-solving, and using technology to improve the world are all vital in the industrial sector. 

Although engineers are renowned for their technical acumen, their knowledge and abilities can benefit their local communities and professional endeavours. As an engineer, you have the potential to inspire the next generation of engineers and make connections with like-minded people while simultaneously serving the people and organisations in your area of expertise. Automation has now reached places where it was out of one’s imagination earlier, and credit goes to the ever-evolving engineers in the country. The reach has now brought the manufacturing process under one screen, making moving ahead with renewed procedures easier and improving articulation to the shop floor. Thus, to let human minds work effortlessly with multiple acumen, it is necessary to bring them together under a common channel to share ideas, solve queries, and bring innovation to action, creating more opportunities and helping to grow the manufacturing sector.

Collaboration is the ultimate care.

A country emerges when together we work to uplift our economy. Manufacturing is one of the backbones of the economy. To help emerge as a global player, all of us must share our knowledge and boost manufacturing to mark it in global maps. The market is volatile; here, innovation and communication play a bridge to clear knowledge and fill the gaps for everyone. B&R has always abided by the motto of clear communication for knowledge transfer. Everyone needs a forum that enables users to learn from the global community’s diverse experiences and skill sets. It is the need of an hour where a simple channel structure that is organised with a product-based tag system can propose innovative ideas and share input on ideas thought up by others. These discussions could naturally lead to new, collaborative, open-source initiatives. Thus, the community is launched for all globally to interact and share ideas.

The automation industry is evolving very rapidly with the latest trends. While discussing the development of machines or solutions, we get riddled with various challenges ranging from choosing the right product to technological complexities, implementing innovation, and much more. Whether mastering technical knowledge, leveraging experience with emerging technologies, or daring to pioneer innovations, each hurdle presents an opportunity for growth. Collaboration among diverse users is the key to navigating these challenges effectively.  Collaboration facilitates a robust exchange of ideas and knowledge by pooling expertise from different corners of the industry, such as industry experts, engineers, designers, and technologists. This collective effort enhances individual skill sets but also fosters a culture of continuous learning and improvement. So, building a community of diverse individuals with varied perspectives is crucial to encourage innovation and drive progress in the automation sector.

World of experience at your fingertips

The ‘B&R Community’ is the new digital public platform that B&R has launched. The new B&R Community gives users around the globe an online home to share their knowledge and ask for guidance. Whether it is tips and tricks from seasoned experts or a discussion among early adopters on how to get the most out of a new solution – the open community offers a convenient new route to the answers we seek as we help each other up the learning curve. The AI-enhanced online community aims to enable collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation among all  B&R industrial automation technologies users. It unites a wide range of global B&R users, such as integrators, end users, application engineers from machine builders, and anyone interested in leveraging the collective automation expertise. Through a public forum, the B&R Community facilitates users connections with a worldwide network of peers and specialists, breaking down barriers and creating a priceless pool of collective knowledge. Through sharing knowledge, resolving technological issues, or investigating novel ideas, users of B&R’s open platform can learn, develop, and flourish. 

All kinds of engineering challenges can arise when creating an automation solution, and the B&R Community serves as a hub for collaborative troubleshooting. Through interactive Q&A discussions in the community forum, users can harness diverse technical experience to complete their development projects faster and with higher quality results. The community also offers easy access to help documentation for B&R’s Automation Studio engineering environment in a convenient and easily shareable online format. The B&R Community makes it easy to find information and ask questions. It empowers everyone in the B&R world with new tools that make them more successful. Collaboration is the most powerful tool, so explore the community and join the conversation today at community.br-automation.com