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Merging Two Different Worlds
Networked measuring technology makes Industry 4.0 possible
May 4, 2016
On the road to Industry 4.0, measuring and inspection technology is increasingly being used as a control tool in manufacturing. As a part of this new role, however, the technology needs to capture quality data more flexibly and quickly at different sites: in the measuring room, at-line and in-line. And this technology must merge and evaluate this data and make it available to persons and/or machines for control input.