Monthly Archives: March 2017

Human Machine Interface 4.0

Bosch Packaging is a specialized part of the the Bosch Rexroth empire. At PACK EXPO International, they presented their new Human Machine Interface 4.0. HMI 4.0 has some significant advantages and improvements over earlier interfaces. It has guided workflows, for example, which take operators step by step through the production process, including machine cleaning and… Read more »

The 4th Industrial Revolution?

We talk about the transition to smart factories as the 4th Industrial Revolution, producing a vision of a brave new world of more highly evolved systems. Something good, in other words. New Equipment Digest sees it another way. The Industrial Revolution, they say, brought workers off of the farm and into the factory, without much… Read more »