Editor's Note: AspenCore has launched an ongoing series of Special Projects, a collaborative effort by the editors across the publications under the AspenCore roof to look at a big topic from multiple angles. This package represents the first of these.
SEATTLE – When attending the massive Hannover Fair in April, a variety of technologies caught the eye of editors from our sister publication Electronic Products . Some of these technologies are just emerging while others with longer histories were gathering momentum, but all of them represent opportunity for designers and manufacturing centers alike. EP describes them in Hannover Fair shows off the factory technology of tomorrow.
To get a more in-depth look at four major trends in Industry 4.0 – Cobots, additive manufacturing, mixed reality, and digital twins — check out the other articles in EP's Industry 4.0 Special Report:
3D printing gains industrial momentum – Once relegated to prototyping and hobbyist activity, 3D printing is evolving to address industrial requirements.
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“It's always good to have an eye on the industry to see what's developing and coming up. It's the little changes that will sneak up on you if you're not watching closely you know! I vaguely remmeber passing over a lot of start-ups in my youth that now have
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“It's always good to have an eye on the industry to see what's developing and coming up. It's the little changes that will sneak up on you if you're not watching closely you know! I vaguely remmeber passing over a lot of start-ups in my youth that now have