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Industry 4.0 - Part 2
You still have no idea what is meant by Industry 4.0? In that case, here are two particularly easy to understand examples for you. First of all, the Smartwatch on the wrist of a BMW employee. As opposed to that of the
competition, this Simvalley Mobile doesn't need you to have a Smartphone in your pocket. The Android-watch has its own micro-SIM-card, a resolution of 240x240 pixels and a camera. With 75 hours, its charging time is
also about three times as long as other Smartphones (except the Pebble).
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Its purpose is not to measure your pulse-frequency, for which a breast-strap would be better anyhow. Presumably, one is given the watch at the beginning of the shift and returns it after the shift is over. Then one has to find
one's way home without the help of the useful map in the watch's display. One does however, spare oneself the 600 grams around the wrist. In most models, the touchscreen operation is surprisingly uncritical. In this
case, the three buttons on the edge and their amazing controlling possibilities, do help a lot.
Indeed, no demands are made on the employee at all. The purpose of this wristwatch is much more simple. The display-colour should change to red and the watch should give off a warning by vibrating lightly when a
'vehicle with exceptional requirements' approaches. As an example, the manufacturer suggests, that when more than the usual number of screws are to be used.
You may, at this point, smirk at the suggestion that in the past, BMW had forgotten to put in all the screws. Assuming this statement to be valid, the next important question is of course, if and when was the error noticed. No,
what we're dealing with here, is a pilot-project where, considering the abilities of this watch, quite different possibilities exist.
The next example takes us in a completely different direction. In the shortest possible time, the Rolls-Royce factory in Goodwood is to be measured, over a weekend of course, when the production is stopped. Do you have
any idea at all, just how long it would take, to feed the data of the entire factory with an accuracy of 2 millimetres (!) into a CAD-programme?
The three-dimensional comprehension takes on a special meaning, because thus, alterations can be planned without actually being on site. Sections of the data can also be passed on to a third party when it comes down
to the fulfilling of certain necessary tasks. In the video below, we are shown a deliberately somewhat blurry version. Goodwood, by the way, receives the finished car body, they then carry out the final assembly and the
quality control. 08/15
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