Industry 4.0 the Cannon Way
THE INDUSTRY 4.0 IS A STRUCTURED SYSTEM THAT USES CYBERNETIC S O L U T I O N A N D D I G I T A L COMMUNICATION IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES . IT IS COMMONLY ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONCEPT OF “ SMART FACTORY ”, A TRANSVERSAL PROCESS , IRRESPECTIVE OF BUSINESS AREA , THAT MAKES INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ENTIRELY AUTOMATED AND INTERCONNECTED : MACHINERY , PEOPLE AND DEVICES COMMUNICATE EACH OTHER FOR AN INTELLIGENT MANAGE-MENT SYSTEM . ALESSANDRO MANCINI , GM OF CANNON AUTOMATA , ILLUSTRATES HOW CANNON IS GETTING READY WITH DEDICATED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS TO FACE THIS ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCENARIO .
Cannon News : Can you define shortly what Industry 4.0 is ? Alessandro Mancini : The Industry 4.0 is a structured system , that uses cybernetic solution and digital communication in industrial products and services . Commonly associated with the concept of Smart Factory , it ' s a transversal process , irrespective of business area , that makes industrial production entirely automated and interconnected : machinery , people and devices communicate / talk each other for an intelligent management system . The impact of digitization in the industry changes , day by day , the production system , making it even more dynamic : the speed of response increases , higher flexibility is now achievable to meet the market and the individual customer needs .
CN : We already get sometimes confused messages about the characteristics of this “ Fourth Industrial Revolution ”: can you identify its most specific aspects , to differentiate them from a simple concept of Automation ? AM : We can summarize the characteristics of Industry 4.0 in three keywords :
· Real time Communication : with it People , Machines and Devices can exchange information instantly or with negligible latency .
· Digital Information : in this scenario , at least one actor , among the sender and the receiver , is a machine .
· Automatisms : logic systems must be used , that make possible the automatic operation of machines or entire plants .
Therefore Industry 4.0 should not be confused whit a common system using static communications , that do not generate automatic actions , or a system with big latency in communication , or where the information or communication is not finalized to any automatic action .
CN : Once we have defined its terms , can you tell us what is the state-ofthe-art situation of Industry 4.0 at Automata ? AM : Automata has created vertical technologies , products and services able to integrate machines and plants according with Industry 4.0 concepts . The first embryonal smart system was the Photo Voltaic Plant Monitoring , implemented since many years on the roofs of some Italian Cannon facilities ( Micromec , Afros , Automata ). It ' s a flexible application based on sensors measuring solar radiation , working along with intercorrelated information ; an automatic solution that allows to verify the performance of photovoltaic plants . The system monitors in real-time the energy production , comparing it with a historical database of solar illumination data . It is capable to predict and prevent malfunctions , giving the possibility to check parameters , events and alarms directly on smartphones . Since then Automata has produced many solutions that
The Industry 4.0 is a structured system , that uses cybernetic solution and digital communication in industrial products and services . Cannon has created vertical technologies , products and services able to integrate machines and plants according with these concepts .
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