随着组必威教程装工厂与供应商和客户之间的数字连接，网络攻击构成的潜在威胁只会变得更糟。对制造商的网络威胁是真实的，后果可能是毁灭性的。

In today’s smart factories, cyber physical systems monitor physical processes, create a virtual representation of the physical world, and even make decisions. The traditional structure of the automation pyramid and the distinction between information and operations technologies are blurring.

Assembly technology is wonderful, but it is not perfect. In some way, each technological process has a downside.

如果未来的工厂将运行在数据,新的types of hardware will be needed to collect, route, process and display it. That means more than just new PLCs, but gateways, edge computers, tablets and other hardware.

To get an idea of the importance of sensors to the factory of the future, head to upstate New York to General Electric’s sprawling assembly plant in Schenectady, NY, where the company makes sodium-nickel batteries for cell-phone towers and other applications.

You can’t accuse Volkswagen’s Dirk Voigt of having his head in the clouds—he’ll take it as a compliment. The head of digital production at VW, Voigt and a team of manufacturing and IT pros are developing an industrial cloud computing system to amalgamate production data from more than 120 factories. The objective: greater efficiency and lower costs.

汽车OEM喜欢炫耀其自动化的白色装配线。必威教程广告总是具有数十个六轴机器人，这些机器人在编排的例程中产生火花淋浴。

BMW has been at the forefront of Industry 4.0 for years. For example, the company was an early adopter of additive manufacturing, and today prints hundreds of thousands of production parts annually.

像许多长期建立的汽车制造商一样，将成为ŠkodaAuto的公司始于1890年代初，乘坐自行车。今天，您不会看到Velocipedes从škoda组装线滚下来，但是您可能会看到插件电动汽车。必威教程