What Is a Smart Factory?
A Smart Factory as the backbone of 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 Smart Factories that are 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 Atlas Copco Smart Integrated Assembly, the gateway to Smart Factory, combining innovative tools, automation, software, and services into a unified, scalable solution.
Agility to sustainability
Why Transition to a Smart Factory? The opportunities that can make all the difference to your customers and profitability.
Flexibility for 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.
Managing 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 are critical to maintain quality control and uptime in production.
Controlling the human factor
Operators remain vital in achieving the industry quality standards. With new technologies emerging in a fast pace, systems must be user friendly and intelligent data processing needs to provide clear, actionable insights to the operator.
Journey to 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.
Smart factory solutions for everything under the sun
From the automotive on the ground to the skies of the aerospace, all industries are implementing Industry 4.0 and Smart Factory manufacturing. And saving money and the environment in the process.
The Atlas Copco roadmap to the Smart Factory
Smart Integrated Assembly is our comprehensive approach for industrial manufacturers looking to transform into a Smart Factory of the future. An offering including smart connected 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 ensures quality-assured, ergonomic, operator-friendly, and efficient production, all while minimizing waste, materials, and energy consumption. Cutting 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.
An Industry 4.0 partner with a vision
Atlas Copco is leading the market of industrial manufacturing in developing and adapting new Smart Factory technologies. As an integrated partner, we offer businesses a comprehensive pathway in their transformation to Industry 4.0 and fully connected Smart Factories. By combining smart tools, automation, software, and data analytics, Atlas Copco delivers a measurable impact.
Our understanding of manufacturing and assembly processes starts with us, but we take this a step further. Our fully integrated solutions are, in turn, closely integrated with the equipment and processes of our customers. Working together towards a common set of objectives and business goals.
Industry 4.0 is upon us. Let’s make it happen.