Industry 4.0 & Future of Education

Industry 4.0 You might have often heard from your colleagues or friends about the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 a.k.a I-4.0, but what is Industrial 4.0? As defined on i-scoop.eu from guide to industry 4.0," The current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things and cloud computing. Industry 4.0 creates what has been called a “smart factory”. It is the on-going automation of traditional manufacturing using smart machines and something which used to be fiction and imagination will be turning into reality in near future. An automatic factory is a place where…

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Is GD&T too expensive to implement?

A simple question with a not so simple answer. Let me start by saying the purpose of this article is not to explain the intricacies of geometric tolerancing. This is more about why you should consider adding it to your company’s toolbox. An often misunderstood or misguided notion that standard tolerances are always the fastest or cheapest way to accomplish the end goal isn’t always the case. Here’s why: What is it? GD&T or Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing is a pre-defined set of symbols and nomenclature. Collectively, GD&T provides a system for engineers to more precisely convey the intent of a…

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