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Industry 4.0 for

Cutting Tool

Manufacturers

The term “Industry 4.0” has already entered our everyday
lexicon in many spheres: from journalism and applied
science to vocational training and industry.

Concepts such as “smart factory”, “Internet of Things”, industries. A source of irresistible inspiration to
“cyber physical systems” and “machine to machine” even the most cynical industry players, the Industry
are no longer considered science fiction and we may 4.0 concept has brought the ideas of complex
soon be meeting the reality behind these phrases computerization and production automation, inter-
in metalworking plant processes. Yet there remains object data exchange, and decision-making processes
a world of misinterpretation and miscomprehension to formerly unattainable levels. “Industry 4.0”
between terminology and implementation. What does epitomizes the fourth industrial revolution.
Industry 4.0 signify in practical terms and how do we The first industrial revolution saw the transition from
apply and optimize Industry 4.0-related technologies in manual labor to machine production and the second
our manufacturing processes? industrial revolution – the technological revolution –
transformed mass production. The third industrial
Industrial Revolutions revolution replaced analog with digital electronics,
Originally, “Industry 4.0” (“Industrie 4.0”) was a German also causing radical changes not only in
governmental initiative to digitize manufacturing manufacturing but in everyday life.

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