Ericsson and Comau partner to explore potential of 5G for smart manufacturing
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Comau, a world-leading company in industrial
automation products, systems and solutions, have signed a collaboration
agreement to explore the potential of 5G through a series of projects related to
the development of innovative services and solutions on Industry 4.0 and smart
manufacturing, enabled by 5G technologies.
Through the combination of Ericsson's leadership in 5G technologies and Comau's
leadership in automated manufacturing solutions, this collaboration aims to
prove the benefits of advanced Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for industrial
automation. Comau and Ericsson will leverage existing and future 5G network
technologies, IoT platforms, Cloud and Big Data solutions, in order to enable
innovative services, increased competitiveness and efficiency for smart
manufacturing, maintenance and quality control.
The collaboration also aims to establish a strong research and industrial
community and an innovation ecosystem where Comau and Ericsson, their customers,
academia, public authorities and other stakeholders may join and collaborate to
boost ideas and share resources, in order to showcase the benefits of advanced
IoT solutions for different applications.
Mauro Fenzi, CEO of Comau, a company that has been committed to developing
solutions for Industry 4.0, focuses on the importance of the project: "Our
strategy to make more and more 'open industrial automation' and easy-to-use
technologies is enhanced by a new element, represented by the agreement signed
with Ericsson. This collaboration, and especially the synergy that comes from
the union of the know-how of two great companies, enables us to develop the
technological infrastructures for the communication networks of the 'Factory
4.0', applying them directly in industrial plants while complying to our
fundamental values - security, speed and ease of use".
Nunzio Mirtillo, Head of Region Mediterranean, Ericsson, says: "As the world
becomes ever more digitally and globally connected, industries are experiencing
an ICT-driven transformation. This collaboration with Comau is an important
milestone that can demonstrate how factories and industrial plants can leverage
on 5G potential. The use of 5G technology offers extensive benefits to
manufacturing processes, having the capacity, reliability and security to enable
remote control and monitoring of processes. When connected to advanced analytics
solutions, it is also able to assist analyzing and predicting faults and
potential threats before they occur."
This new agreement is part of Ericsson's '5G for Europe' initiative, a cross-
industry 5G research and development program involving a range of European
markets such as Sweden, Spain, Germany, Austria and Italy. With Ericsson as
driver, the program focuses on delivering research, innovation and industrial
pilots that use 5G networks combined with IoT and Cloud technologies.
The agreement is also a part of Comau's cross-industry IoT R&D program -
'Digital Workplace' - which focuses on delivering research, innovation and
industrial pilots that use next-generation wireless and wired networks, combined
with IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), data analysis and visualization, data
management techniques and Cloud technologies.
Following this agreement, Comau has entered the '5G for Italy Initiative', the
cross-industry 5G research and development programme launched by Ericsson
together with TIM. Scope of the initiative is to identify innovative solutions
enabled by the 5G technology within the Cloud Robotics and Security segments.
The final scope of the project is to enable a secure and reliable cloud-based
wireless monitoring solution to control and process sensors data from robots and
the plant in real time, applying analytic functionalities based on encrypted
processing and providing feedback to the customers for preventive maintenance.
About COMAU
Comau, a member of the FCA Group, is a worldwide leader in delivering advanced
industrial automation solutions that integrate products, technologies and
services to help companies of all sizes increase plant efficiency while lowering
operating costs and optimizing returns. Headquartered in Turin, Italy, Comau has
over 40 years of factory-proven experience, and an international network of 34
locations, 15 manufacturing plants and 5 innovation centers that span 17
countries and employ more than 9,000 people. With a strong focus on innovation,
Comau is committed to developing competency through the formation of individuals
and groups as part of its open automation approach. Comau is driving the future
of production automation by engineering lean and sustainable solutions and
products. Its modular, flexible and highly-configurable products can be tailored
to meet the needs of each individual customer. Through the continuous
development of products and services, Comau is able to lead the automation
industry in every phase of a project - from design, implementation and
installation, to production start-up and maintenance services. Its comprehensive
offering includes manufacturing and assembly solutions, powertrain machining,
robotics and asset maintenance services for a wide range of industrial sectors.
www.comau.com
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