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help serve our customers’ requirements. At Moventas, a global leader in wind gearbox technology, we’ve been developing technology that radically enhances the wind gearbox power to weight ratio, allowing our customers (wind turbine manufacturers) to optimise their own product designs, save costs and improve operating efficiency at the same time. Moventas are pioneers in remote
It’s vital to begin to understand how the concept of cyber physical systems breaks down into a wide range of new tools and innovations that will come together to revolutionise how we carry out industrial processes in the future.
condition monitoring technology, utilising sensor technologies and advanced software tools to remotely monitor in field gearbox performance, identifying potential operating issues well in advance of a potential failure, saving our customers significant amount of costs that would otherwise be incurred for routine maintenance or avoiding lost revenue and major expenditure in the case of wind turbine failure. Our leader in precision motion control technology, Cone Drive, has developed unique operating software to run its machine tools and manufacturing operations, allowing the business to produce bespoke configured products in industry-leading lead times as low as 2-3 days, without the need to hold finished goods inventory. The engineers at Cone Drive have also developed a range of exciting product development software and combined with digital cloning of our manufacturing processes this permits real time design and manufacturing simulation, significantly reducing the time it takes to bring new products to market. These tools have helped Cone Drive to develop ultrahigh precision critical components, our new harmonic solutions range, that have been launched into the robotics and automation markets across the globe.
experienced engineering resources from remote locations in real time, reducing the cost to our customers and allowing faster production of reports and implementation of services. Embracing drone technology for remote and inaccesible locations similarly helps reduce our customers’ operating costs, as what might have taken days in the past can now be achieved in a matter of hours. It’s not just financial benefits either; the new technologies can also significantly help to reduce risks to personnel health and safety. Embracing the emerging technologies driving the fourth industrial revolution is vital in order to achieve and sustain competitive advantage in a world that is ironically becoming smaller due to the technologies now open to us all. Competitors across the world now have the tools and capabilities to access our markets. But we have the same access, and must respond by applying the new tools available to us to continue to innovate, enhance our product capabilities and service offerings, and, vitally, stay one step ahead of the game. Undoubtedly, the next few years are set to be an exciting time for the industrial sector.
Allrig, our global oilfield services business, has been using new technologies to enhance their customer service offering whilst at the same time reducing operating costs for our customers. Innovations like smart glass technology allow them to remotely access
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