Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK and Ireland, has created a new division to provide a focal point for, and drive sales of, its industrial and collaborative automation business. The new division, called Mills CNC Automation, was created in late 2018 and is located at Mills CNC’s Technology Campus facility in Leamington.
UK manufacturers have faced a challenging time lately with global economies demonstrating a slowdown and the sector facing an extended period of uncertainty following the UK’s decision to leave the EU. says Dave Atkinson, UK head of manufacturing at Lloyds Bank.
New vending and vending-related solutions, inspired in part by Industry 4.0, have been popping up on the horizon recently, with a shared aim to provide manufacturers with better and leaner ways to manage and dispense items to the shop floor.
Here is an overview of some of the options that are harnessing the most relevant and exciting Industry 4.0-inspired developments to maximize - and harmonize - production efficiency.
It’s a brave new world. Industrial automation and robotics are wiping out jobs across the board, swathes of people are roaming the streets unemployed and food is being rationed by an artificial intelligence, which decides how much to give them based on its perceived view of their value to society. Or at least that’s what popular culture and national news media would have us believe.
That’s why it was refreshing to see a more realistic view of the impact of automation presented in a recent episode of Dr Who.
