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mouser.com/te-connectivity 05 From workplace modifications initiated by a pandemic to heightened interest in environmental protection to creating safer and more sustainable production processes, all these trends are responsible for fundamental and transformative changes in where and how we produce and deliver goods and services. Evidence of these trends is witnessed each day on our manufacturing plant floors, visible in predictive maintenance capabilities, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), and enhanced industrial communication speeds with Ethernet and 5G networks. Furthermore, the underlying technology adoption curves in the industrial space historically averaged seven years but are now on average just two to three years. In recent years, an explosion of companies specializing in asset management software and hardware tools enable operators or site managers to optimize maintenance tasks in real-time, minimize disruption, and extend machinery life. Approximately one in three manufacturers already use or plans to use VR and AR for product design and development for safety and manufacturing training, maintenance, repair, operations, and remote collaboration of team members. The glue, tying the new technologies and equipment and industrial devices, integrates faster communication speeds on the plant floor via 10GB Ethernet and 5G wireless communications for smart manufacturing. 5G specifically offers wireless flexibility, high bandwidth capabilities, low latency, and high reliability, enabling network machines and equipment to communicate wirelessly and with back-end systems in previously impossible ways. Machinery manufacturers are pushing to evaluate and implement these emerging technologies for several reasons. For example, they are rapidly adapting to market realities shaped by customer demand. The rapid shift in digital trends, including overnight delivery of virtually everything, is now a new norm, the minimal threshold for companies planning on entering a new market or a new geographic region. Recent repatriation of manufacturing and production to the United States, combined with the need to support regional and local customers, impacts the new production floor equipment. Regardless of where plants are located, this equipment must meet the rigors of production while also addressing employee safety, remote access to real-time production and equipment performance data, and do both with an eye toward earth-friendly processes. These global and regional trends drive companies to upgrade machinery and production equipment and change the way they do business. TE Connectivity MS5839-02BA Digital Pressure & Temperature Sensors Machinery manufacturers are pushing to evaluate and implement emerging technologies " "