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Machines in Many Industries

As a machine builder, you could be working in any industry that requires automation and devices connected to a communication network. Belden’s experience is equally diverse, covering material handling, packing of consumer goods, automotive manufacturing and processing, filling and packaging foods and beverages.

End-to-End Solution for Your Machine Building Needs

Explore the industry’s broadest portfolio of industrial hardware/ software solutions. You’ll find solutions designed for maximum uptime, safety and security for your critical infrastructure. All from one vendor with the brands proven to improve your industrial network performance.

Networks Designed to Fit Your Needs

Because Belden offers you an end-to-end solution, you can build a customized solution that covers all aspects of an industrial network. Below, you can see models of applications in the food & beverage industry and the packaging industry. Let us design one to fit your specific needs.

How is Technology Changing Machine Building?

With the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) evolution, machine builders face rapid-fire changes in technology, security risks, data demands and much more.

 

Machine-to-machine communication via the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is creating a new landscape for machine builders. Sensors and data communication technology are being built into equipment that can enable the equipment to be tracked, coordinated and controlled.

  

 

 

 

Another impact of IIoT is the demand for real-time productivity data, component inventory, efficiency and scheduled maintenance. This is driving more devices and operations to be connected so the data can be transmitted to a central (sometimes remote) control center.

  

 

 

 

Machine learning is a rapidly developing technology being adopted by machine builders. According to the National Institute of Standards (NIST), machine learning can improve production capacity by up to 20% and lower material consumption rates by 4%.

 

 

 

 

 

As IIoT adoption increases and machines require more bandwidth, Ethernet is emerging as the standard, overtaking fieldbus. Ethernet offers several advantages including faster speeds, easy scalability and the consolidation and simplification of networks that can result in lower costs and greater uptime.

  

 

 

The robotics market is growing rapidly as automation increases in production facilities. Robots are being used to perform assembly tasks, deliver component parts, move items between production sectors and even perform maintenance. Some are pre-programmed to operate on a specific schedule while others are called into service on-demand. Control of these activities might be managed on the plant floor—or from a remote office.

  

 

 

 

 

Mass personalization is becoming increasingly important. Machine Builders need to deliver custom products for a similar price point of more standard machines.

 

 

 

 

Demand for automated storage and retrieval systems is increasing in automotive, food & beverage, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. This reflects the on-going need for improving efficiency in real-time inventory management of both component parts and finished goods.

 

 

 

 

Miniaturization is driving the evolution of electronic cables. As machines become smaller, new electronic cables need to be designed to fit into the smaller spaces that machines and devices will now provide. The need for smaller, industrial-grade network components will only continue to grow.