Digitalisation
Introduction:
Students will understand what digitalisation means and how it is applied in modern manufacturing.
Digitalisation in our everyday lives
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How does digitalisation work?
Digitalisation can be considered as a process that involves 3 main steps.
What types of sensors are there in your home, school, car, community?
What types of data do they collect?
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The Data is analysed.
Who does the thinking - a computer, a person, or both?
The system or the user responds to the data analysis by performing an action.
“Using digital technology and data to improve how things work.”
Complete Question 1 in your workbook;
Digitalisation means??
Write a sentence of your own to define digitalisation.
Decisions
Data
Improvement
Control Systems
Change
Sensors
Digitalisation in Manufacturing
How does Industry use the Sense-Think-Act approach?
Let’s take a look at an example.
�5 ways that Industry uses Digitalisation for improvements.�
Digitalisation in Industry
“Using digital technology and data to improve how things work.”
Digitalisation in Industry
“Have a look at how digitalisation plays a role in this automated cell in Mergon.”
Digitalisation in Industry
Digitalisation improves efficiency through robotic automation and sensor-controlled processes.
In the automated cell, robots handle part removal, cutting, transfer, and placement with precise timing.
Sensors and programmed sequences ensure each step happens at exactly the right moment, reducing cycle time, eliminating delays, and allowing the cell to run continuously with minimal downtime.
Digitalisation in Industry
Digitalisation improves safety by removing people from high-risk tasks.
Automated digital systems carry out such operations that involve very high temperatures, fumes and gases, sharp tools, and moving machinery.
Digital control systems, safety interlocks, and monitored work envelopes reduce the need for manual handling, significantly lowering the risk of injury to operators.
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Digitalisation enables zero-waste manufacturing through closed-loop material systems.
Sensors and automated tracking identify offcuts and rejected parts, which are automatically collected, reground, and automatically reintegrated into the process.
This reduces raw material use, eliminates landfill waste, and improves energy efficiency across the production cycle.
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Digitalisation improves quality using integrated vision and inspection systems.
Cameras and vision software automatically inspect each part to check that cuts are complete and dimensions meet specification.
This ensures consistent quality, prevents defective parts from moving forward, and maintains the high standards required for manufactured components.
Digitalisation in Industry
Digitalisation supports better decisions through real-time data and feedback.
Production data from sensors, robots, and vision systems can be analysed to identify trends, faults, or inefficiencies.
Engineers use this information to adjust settings, improve processes, plan maintenance, and make evidence-based decisions rather than relying on guesswork.
Digitalisation Lesson Complete
Remember to complete Level 1 Digitalisation Worksheet