Automation is building a better world by bringing the physical and virtual realms together. Freeing people from repetitive, unsafe, or lower-value processes by combining machinery with digital technology.
In this transformation, companies are driving new efficiencies and new levels of sustainability, improving product quality, and bringing costs under control.
It’s a trend taking the industrial world by storm. The International Federation of Robotics estimated that there were around three million industrial robots in operation worldwide in 2021. And automation adoption is only picking up pace.
It’s an exciting time for industry. Our ability to develop more advanced products has soared in the last decade – and customers are clamouring to buy them.
Automation is transforming almost every industry – but its influence is truly changing the face of manufacturing.
McKinsey estimates that by 2025 industrial automation products and Internet of Things (IoT) for process and discrete manufacturing will be a $115 billion global market.
In manufacturing, automation is generally used in two applications:
Historically, manufacturing automation has meant relatively simple robots, performing basic repetitive tasks on the production line. These robots were based around limited, rules-based algorithms which made them effective and reliable, but only in very specific applications.
Recent years have seen some significant leaps forward in automation technology. The introduction of more advanced sensors has made manufacturing robots more sensitive and given them access to a continuous stream of accurate, detailed data.
As a result, robots have begun to take on more complex tasks – including those that involve working safely alongside humans as cobots. This could be revolutionary: a recent BCG study suggests that more complex automation could reduce costs by up to 25%.
At HBK, we help our customers reach their full automation potential by bringing intelligence to the point of measure.
With better access to more accurate, real-time data, you’ll equip your automated systems with the tools they need to perform effectively. So you can reduce waste, save costs, drive new efficiencies and improve product quality.
At HBK we aspire to empower the innovators, working with customers to identify their needs, and then providing tailor-made solutions so they can create safer, more efficient, and innovative products or services for their markets, in a faster manner.
Navigate complex challenges in robotics innovation with HBK's sensor technology. From precise manipulation and grasping to seamless environmental adaptation, our sensors synchronize data with control functions, empowering performance, safety, and autonomy.
HBK´s Smart Sensors feature integrated signal conditioning capabilities and industry-proven bidirectional communication interfaces. This enables digital pioneers to create new innovative solutions for machine digitization, manufacturing processes and monitoring applications.
Smart products are crucial to emerging new markets - they transform the value for the end-user by providing more than core functionality. HBK creates custom OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) sensor solutions to deliver essential data for real-time feedback and control.
From setting ambitious targets to choosing our partners carefully, find out how we’re empowering our partners and people to protect our planet.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
