The recently concluded IMTEX 2023 exhibition – the flagship event of India’s machine tool industry – provided a glimpse into the growing adoption of digital technologies in the manufacturing sector.Dr M ArokiaswamyWith close to a 1000 exhibitors and a visitor footfall of 96,000 plus over 7 days of the show, IMTEX made a triumphant return with the metal cutting technologies edition after the Covid induced gap of 4 years, bringing together the stalwarts of the machine tool and manufacturing industries on a common platform. On display were a wide range of smart and intelligent machines, conventional and special-purpose machines, also hybrid machines combini...
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Automation in Power Generation & Distribution
How automation can help electric grids become smarter to keep pace with renewables amidst increasingly dynamic conditions. Automation in Power Generation & DistributionThe India Energy Outlook 2021, a special report in the IEA’s World Energy Outlook series released two years ago, had predicted how India is set to see the largest increase in energy demand of any country over the next 20 years. The report had also highlighted potential for policies and investments to accelerate clean energy transition. But India’s quest for clean and renewable energy had begun post independence with a spate of hydroelectric projects as a result of which the country is 5...
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