July 2019

| 10 | Victoria Montag – sector head for Industrial Automation, GAMBICA, continues the special three-part GAMBICA serialisation with part two of the King Power Stadium discussions on digitisation. | 15 | Today’s plant automation systems provide transparent monitoring of system status, plus tools such as condition monitoring or predictive maintenance – all help to reduce unscheduled downtime. However, what about brownfield installations with legacy equipment? Hartmut Pütz and Thomas Lantermann report. | 18 | Engineers and academics have been extolling the benefits of IT and OT convergence as far back as the early Eighties, but many businesses are still reluctant to adopt platforms that combine the two. Martyn Williams explains the advantages of IT and OT convergence. | 20 | Moving into the smart factory revolution, it is guaranteed to bring smarter automation into the workplace, and with this comes innovative solutions. Nevertheless, how can manufacturing efficiency be improved? First things first, it all starts with a deep dive into the data. Tim Foreman reports. | 24 | Chris Elsworthy explains what it takes to stack printers effectively and how design workflows can benefit from this simple yet innovative approach to 3D printing. . | 28 | Smart Machines & Factories spoke to Thomas Brand at Analog Devices to take a look at cyber security for industrial Ethernet. | 32 | Thomas Boswell examines how digital industrialisation is transforming MRO and underpinning proactive asset management strategies. | 10 | | 28 | | Features | | Strategies | | Solutions | | CONTENTS | | 0 2 | July 2019 www.smartmachinesandfactories.com | Regulars | 1 | Editor’s comment | 0 4 | News | 40 | Primary Engineer |