The Technology Journal

Industry 4.0 has brought about a level of automation never seen before in manufacturing. With the entire picture still developing, industry 4.0 safety demands constant upgrades of safeguards and safety procedures.  The technological advances have no limit and the same translates to the required safety procedures. When you hear industry 4.0, you think automation. As such, it is plausible to think safety is not that big an issue, which certainly isn’t the case. Safety in an industry 4.0 platform is usually geared towards facilitating safe interaction between humans and machines.   Why Industry 4.0 Safety Is a Tricky Affair To be fair, most of these machines come pre-equipped with an array of safeguards in their control systems.  The challenge comes in the sheer amount of education that these systems require. The owners and employees need to take in a lot of information about these machines and how to use them.  The rule is that all users should be well informed, train...