Market trends and business perspectives
by Sam Francis
Koki Transmission has connected all 60 of its industrial robots to the ABB Ability internet platform.
The company is said to have connected its robots for the purposes of condition monitoring and diagnostics.
This is designed to address previous problems which were leading to unplanned downtime in material handling. [Read more…] about Koki connects all 60 of its industrial robots to ABB’s Ability internet platform
Altizon and Cross Company have formed a partnership that they say will help accelerate the adoption of internet of things and digital transformation technology for the industrial enterprise.
Altizon is an IIoT platform company, while Cross is a systems integrator specializing in critical industrial controls and data solutions.
The companies say Cross’ information services group will utilise Altizon’s Datonis platform for smart manufacturing. [Read more…] about Altizon and Cross Company team up to accelerate industrial internet applications
by Mai Tao
General Electric claims it was the first company to have launched an industrial internet of things platform when it released Predix last year.
The company’s software business unit, GE Digital, has been generating revenues of more than $4 billion a year, and looks like it’s strongly influencing the future direction of the overall business.
Another of the big ideas at GE is the “Brilliant Factory” concept, which is essentially the digitalisation of anything and everything that can be digitised in a manufacturing or industrial process. [Read more…] about General Electric deepening its interest in the software business
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