Industrial processes have been mechanized, electrified and digitized. In the next step they become intelligent. However, the lines between virtual and real worlds become only slowly blurred.

Brian's introduction to the automotive industry began as an insurance auto physical damage appraiser. In this position, Brian earned numerous certifications in collision repair and crash dynamics ...

A virtual manufacturing process for medical devices that integrates several software packages has been shown to improve a device’s robustness and reduce the time to market, as well as resulting in ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted U.S. manufacturing as core to America’s critical infrastructure. Manufacturing priorities have become national priorities as leaders reassess the industry’s ...

LG CNS is focusing on the virtual factory business as one of its next business targets, as more companies are interested in creating the same type of facility so as to prevent possible accidents as ...

Compiled By Deborah Austin The Virtual Factory -- a suite of collaborative applications to help global manufacturers manage multiple locations, processes, and companies as a single factory -- has been ...

Traditional in-person factory acceptance testing, also known as witness testing, is a challenge during a pandemic. To keep projects moving, power management company Eaton developed a virtual method to ...

Virtual planning is key to BMW’s iFACTORY strategy, utilising tools that integrate building, equipment, logistics, and vehicle data with 3D process simulations. Credit: The BMW Group. The BMW Group is ...

The age of virtualization is upon us, and in this item from Larry Holzer who worked with me in industrial computers a few years ago, we discover the benefits of the virtual desktop. If you were asked ...

LONDON—Final Pixel has announced a new “Content Factory” virtual production initiative and is teaming up with the UK-based virtual production studio, CUBE Studio, to launch the first Content Factory.