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What’s Buzzing?—Vibration Sensors in Industry

Christoph Roser — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:00:31 +0000

During our Van of Nerds tour in France in 2022, we came across a few vibration sensors. In manufacturing, vibration sensors are frequently used to measure machine- or tool-related data. Some of these sensors were variations of what I have seen before, but the one for measuring machine performance was stunningly good and something I ... Read more

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The Difficulties of Dazzling Digital Shop Floor Dashboards

Christoph Roser — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:00:51 +0000

Digital shop floor dashboards are popular nowadays, and are found in many companies. However, they often seem more like a decorative element than a functional way to transfer information. In this blog post, I will look deeper into the possibilities and problem with digital shop floor displays and how to make them work. This blog ... Read more

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The Van of Nerds in France—Trains and Cars

Christoph Roser — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 11:00:41 +0000

In this post I would like to talk about two other plants that we visited as part of the Van of Nerds in France. One is a railway repair and maintenance plant by SNCF, and the other is a body shop and final assembly by the well-known French car maker Renault. Both offered interesting insights. ... Read more

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The Van of Nerds in France—Internal Logistics in Well Exploration and Military Products

Christoph Roser — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:00:39 +0000

This post looks at two plants we visited during our Van of Nerds tour in France in 2022. Both plants are in areas in which I have little experience. The first one was SLB, specializing in sensors for oil field exploration. The second one was the Thales Group, where we visited the location manufacturing military ... Read more

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The Van of Nerds in France—Aircraft Engines and Parts

Christoph Roser — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:00:36 +0000

This post looks at more plants we visited on our Van of Nerds tour in France in 2022. The focus this time is the aircraft industry, in particularly the engines. We visited a major maker of aircraft engines, or their nacelles and thrust reversers to be more precise, Safran in Le Havre. But we also ... Read more

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The Van of Nerds in France—Research Laboratories

Christoph Roser — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 11:00:32 +0000

As part of our Van of Nerds tour through France, we also visited two research laboratories. While not shop floors, these are the places to experiment with new technologies. Campus Fab, Bondoufle The Campus Fab in Bondoufle near Paris is an innovative demonstration lab with lots of fancy technology to showcase Industry 4.0, including advanced ... Read more

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The Van of Nerds in France—Overview and Aircrafts

Christoph Roser — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 11:00:31 +0000

In 2019 I organized an Industry 4.0 tour through southern Germany for a few friends. We called this the “Van of Nerds,” and you can read all about it in a series of blog posts starting here. The participants liked the van trip so much that we wanted to repeat this experience… and then came ... Read more

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Industry 4.0 Tour in Germany – A Van Full of Nerds – Presentations and Tryouts

Christoph Roser — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:00:22 +0000

To round up our tour of a van full of nerds to study Industry 4.0 in Germany, here is the report on different presentations and tryouts. These were not plant visits, but different demonstrations by some smaller and one not-so-small (Bosch) companies. The first four were at the Arena 2036, a research collaboration to explore the ... Read more

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