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INSIGHT

Source: Sandvik Coromant

IT’S TIME TO DIGITALIZE

A look at how Industry 4.0 technologies can boost production by increasing the
efficiency of manufacturing, and how digitalization is revolutionizing the metal
cutting industry…

ndia’s potential to embark to improve processes through gration by studying Lighthouse
I on a major digital transfor- widespread digitalization. The facilities based across the globe.
For example, Sandvik Coro-
WEF Global Lighthouse Net-
mation has been recog-
nized by the World Economic work is a community of manu- mant’s industrial tool manufac-
Forum (WEF), which created a facturers who show leadership turing plant in Gimo, Sweden,
Centre for the Fourth Industrial in employing Industry 4.0 tech- was recognized as a Lighthouse
Revolution (C4IR) in India in nologies to transform operations. facility in 2019.
2018. The C4IR is a hub for global, Their resulting success and re- The highly automated facility is
multistakeholder co-operation to silience is demonstrated in their praised for its digital thread that
accelerate the benefits of science latest performance figures. De- runs through its production pro-
and technology. With a network spite the pandemic’s disruption, cesses. Including inventory man-
EMRAH TITIZ across India, the USA, Japan and 93 percent of Lighthouse facili- agement, machine performance
President, Sales - India
Sandvik Coromant China, the hub shares research, ties achieved an increase in the monitoring and predictive main-
coromant.india@ analysis and learning to design production output and found tenance, the digital thread has
sandvik.com
new technologies that harness new revenue streams. substantially increased produc-
Industry 4.0 and reinvent the tivity at the factory.
way the industry operates. Lighthouse facilities A particular success is the Gimo
The WEF also has a Global Light- Manufacturers across the globe factory’s touchless changeover.
house Network, which can be can gain insight into successful Previously, operators would
looked to for inspiration on how Industry 4.0 technology inte- have to manually change de-

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