Industrial Revolution 4.0

7. nano-structures are being developed, allowing for beneficial material properties,e.g. shape retention and thermoelectric efficiency
8. use of new materials, opening completely new possibilities. For example, 3D printing of organic tissues has created opportunities for growing live organs. It is revolutionising traditional production, aided by a recent surge in metal additive printing.
10. test product usage under different operating environment using different types of materials.
11. eventually achieving end-to-end digital integration across the entire value chain

1. many of the Industry 4.0 technologies can be made available to even smaller companies as a utility with minimal upfront capital investment.
2. used to deliver part replacement instructions to maintenance staff in the field.
3. concept that is made up of numerous subfields such as machine learning, which focuses on the development of programs that can teach themselves to learn, understand,reason, plan and act when exposed to new data in the right quantities
4. improve customer experience and product quality, realise energy efficiency and conduct predictive maintenance. It is now possible to collect masses of data from several different sources to direct decisions that anticipate product or equipment failure
5. embody an unprecedented proliferation of sensors and connectedness among these sensors.
6. The industrial communication is expanding and strongly connected, as such, digital security becomes a critical aspect that must not be overlooked in the industrial environment
9. This technology allows systems to think, act and react autonomously as well as conduct remote decision making