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How Industry 4.0 benefits medical device and equipment manufacturers
RICH HANSEN • SENIOR AUTOMATION ENGINEER BOSCH REXROTH CORPORATION
Manufacturers in the medical industry face unique challenges in terms of product mix, throughput requirements, quality standards, and regulatory guidelines. Whether a company is producing diagnostic equipment for cancer
Tips on how you can reduce costs and time in all project phases – from machine design to building and testing of equipment, from shipping to installation and throughout the life of the production equipment.
screening, disposable devices such as syringes, or implantable devices such as stents for cardiac procedures, the manufacturing process must be absolutely errorfree while delivering high throughput. To achieve these seemingly competing goals, companies are investing more in factory automation. And with the rise of Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT), medical device and equipment manufacturers are finding that implementing automation in their operations not only improves throughput and quality but provides other benefits as well.
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