John Browett, from CLPA discusses the implications of Industry 4.0, the technologies that underpin it, and the effect it will have on open industrial networks such as CC-Link. One of the biggest implications of Industry 4.0 is that the demands placed on industrial networks will increase significantly. We are facing a potentially exponential increase in the amount of data manufacturing systems will handle as vision systems, batch control, regulatory compliance, quality management and more will mean that the amount of data those networks have to handle is going to rocket.
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