Focus on the key points! Gain insights into industrial design trends with global engineers (Part 1)
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Today, devices, equipment, vehicles and other products are becoming increasingly interconnected, placing higher demands on the machinery that manufactures and assembles them.
What do engineers in the industry think of this change?
TE Connectivity (TE) spoke with engineers from around the world in industrial machinery and equipment, packaging machinery, HVAC, engineering design, and metal products to gain their insights on current machinery trends, design challenges facing engineers, and product solutions that drive smart machinery integration.
The survey found that:
The future of industrial machinery: more efficient, safe and reliable
We are in a critical era of transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry. In factories around the world, technology is rapidly becoming the basis of productivity and safety. The development of various intelligent technologies is also helping industrial machinery move towards a more efficient, safe and reliable future.
Smart Manufacturing 5G Technology
As production spaces integrate technologies such as higher automation, artificial intelligence, industrial IoT, collaborative robots, and virtual and augmented reality, the data interconnection built into machinery will also rely on 5G technology.
Predictive Maintenance
One of the key functions of today’s machinery is the ability to sense, collect and process data to prevent machinery failures and limit downtime. Operators or site managers can optimize maintenance tasks in real time to prevent major failures, minimize production interruptions and extend machinery life.
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (VR & AR)
In the post-COVID-19 world, virtual and augmented reality technologies, along with the Industrial Internet of Things and collaborative robots, are likely to play a key role in managing and maintaining social distance and safety.
What is the most important thing for design engineers about smart machines?
Importance of smart machine features and requirements
Prompting system errors is the most important feature and requirement for mechanical design engineers. Of course, improving productivity and enhancing flexibility are also important.
* The total score is a weighted average of the ratings in relative order of preference. Source: 2020 TE and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) joint survey/analysis.
Enhance the interconnectivity and automation within mechanical equipment
to realize the future of industrial machinery
Machinery is increasingly being integrated with other machinery and devices, and real-time data intelligence technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are enhancing equipment automation and connectivity , which is helping to improve overall reliability, efficiency, and profitability.
What practical benefits does this bring in the eyes of front-line design engineers?
Perceived advantages of smart machines over standard machines
Most engineers believe that ensuring user safety and protection, improving reliability, and increasing efficiency and quality are considered the main advantages of smart machines over standard machines. The second is a high level of intelligence and maximizing production output.
Integrate interconnectivity into the design,
To improve productivity and user safety
As machines are asked to do more and become more interconnected and complex, designers must design in connectors, sensors and other components with the highest quality and reliability – critical to productivity, profitability and operator safety.
What are the main challenges that designers around the world find when selecting integrated components?
Smart and Integrated Mechanical Design Challenges
Protecting critical components from chemicals and corrosion is a major challenge designers face when designing smart machines. Ensuring that the machine can withstand shock and vibration is also a major challenge.
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In the coming new year, seize the future of industrial design. The first step is to click " Read original text " to learn about TE's full range of solutions.
To know the advantages of TE's star products in industrial machinery design in detail, please listen to the next analysis: Insight into industrial design trends, engineers around the world come together to "grasp the key points" (Part 2).
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