Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution, is profoundly changing the way companies manufacture, improve, and distribute their products. By integrating new data-driven technologies, manufacturers are digitizing, automating, and creating their own Smart Factory that is more productive, operator-friendly, and material and energy-efficient. Or, in other words, a major leap forward in the transition to more sustainable industrial manufacturing.
Welcome to the era of Industry 4.0, Smart Factory assembly solutions, and Atlas Copco Smart Integrated Assembly!
Agility to sustainability
The opportunities that can make all the difference to your customers and profitability.
Product mix
In the new and future factories, flexibility is becoming a key factor. The need of producing multiple product variants in the same assembly line create demands for quick re-balancing of the factory to adapt to the new products.
System complexity
Production systems are constantly becoming more complex, and as a result production critical operations depend on networked systems. The importance of managing configuration, software versioning, and access control will be vital to maintain quality control and uptime in production.
Human factor
There is a high dependency on operators to achieve the industry quality standards. With new technologies emerging in a fast pace, adoption goal to leverage the potential, systems must be user friendly and the vast amount of data created in the assembly process needs to be processed with the most important information presented to the operator.
Sustainability
Sustainability matters to your customers, employees, partners and stakeholders and is quickly becoming a question of survival. The answer is to do more with less by implementing more resource efficient manufacturing processes. But time is running out.
Everything under the sun
From the automotive industry on the ground to the skies of the aerospace industry,
Industrial manufacturers are implementing Industry 4.0 and Smart Factory solutions while saving money and the environment in the process.
The Atlas Copco roadmap to the Smart Factory
Smart Integrated Assembly is our concept for industrial manufacturers looking to transform and implement Smart Factories. This is an offering that includes smart factory assembly tools for factories and field operations, fully integrated assembly line solutions from design to production, as well as a unique set of data-driven services.
This unique holistic approach helps businesses develop quality-assured and ergonomic operator-friendly production while minimizing waste, materials, and energy consumption. This cuts costs while reducing climate-changing emissions.
From the very first joint to the entire factory, here are the 1 to 5 steps in our Smart Integrated Assembly offering.
A partner with a vision
Atlas Copco is leading the industrial manufacturing market in developing and adapting new technologies. As an integrated partner, we offer businesses a comprehensive pathway in their transformation to Industry 4.0 and fully connected Smart Factories.
Our knowledge of manufacturing and assembly processes begins with us, but we take it a step further. Our fully integrated smart factory solutions are closely connected to the equipment and processes of our customers. We work together towards a common set of objectives and business goals.
Industry 4.0 is upon us. Let’s make it happen.