Electric.ie Issue 39 May-June

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 61 Industry News EPLAN host Industry 4.0 Technology Day in LIT  –Š‡™ƒ‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡ ‡š– ‹†—•–”‹ƒŽ ”‡˜‘Ž—–‹‘ǡ ǡ –Š‡ ‰Ž‘„ƒŽ ƒ”‡– Ž‡ƒ†‡” ‘ˆ Ž‡…–”‹…ƒŽ •‘ˆ–™ƒ”‡ ”‡…‡–Ž› Š‘•–‡† ƒ ‡˜‡– ƒ– Š‡ ‹‡”‹… •–‹–—–‡ ‘ˆ ‡…Š‘Ž‘‰›™‹–Š –Š‡ ƒ‹‘ˆ †‹•…—••‹‰ –Š‡ ‡”ƒ…‘…‡’–ǡ †—•–”› ͠Ǥ͜Ǥ The event gave companies the opportunity to listen to some experts in this area and to understand what 4.0 means. How existing and near future technologies can help them move towards becoming a smart factory that ultimately produce machines and products that ‡ơ‡…–‹˜‡Ž› –ƒŽ –‘ ‘‡ ƒ‘–Š‡”Ǥ Industry 4.0 is a high-tech strategy adopted by the German government which promotes the computerisation of traditional industries such as manufacturing. The goal is to create intelligent factories (smart factory) that focus on cyber physical systems primarily consisting of communication technologies, •‘ˆ–™ƒ”‡ǡ •‡•‡• ƒ† ’”‘…‡••‡• Ȃ ƒŽŽ of which have the potential through cloud technology to communicate and interact with each other in an intelligent way. Amy Duke of ABB talking to customers Tom Mcpartlin, ABB, Paul McGarry, Rittal, Vincent Cunnane, President LIT, Ken Christie, Director of EPlan, Conal Reilly, Phoenix Contact and Laura Foley, LIT. A Fast Track to an Engineering Degree for Qualified Electricians ‘’ƒ‹‡• ƒ”‡…”›‹‰ ‘—– ˆ‘” –”ƒ†‡ “—ƒŽ‹Ƥ‡† ‡‰‹‡‡”• –Š”‘—‰Š‘—– ”‡Žƒ†Ǥ The Limerick Institute of Technology and TUD in Dublin ƒ”‡ ‘ơ‡”‹‰ ƒ †‡‰”‡‡ Ž‡˜‡Ž apprenticeship designed to upskill “—ƒŽ‹Ƥ‡† ‡Ž‡…–”‹…‹ƒ• –‘ ‡ƒ„Ž‡ –Š‡ to qualify as Electrical Engineers in just two years while working. Vincent Cunnane, the president of LIT says "We want to see people learning when earning. This is a model which we believe will succeed and one that can be applied in other sectors. This apprenticeship is at the forefront of how learning is changing in Ireland" To learn more about the apprenticeship programme in either LIT or TUD ‹‡”‹… •–‹–—–‡ ‘ˆ ‡…Š‘Ž‘‰› (Coordinating Provider) Website: apprenticeship.lit.ie —”–Š‡” ‹ˆ‘”ƒ–‹‘ Ȃ…‘—”•‡ •’‡…‹Ƥ… Contact: john.cosgrove@lit.ie or Phone: 061-293000. For queries on the application process please contact admissions@ lit.ie or phone 061-293262. ‡…Š‹…ƒŽ ‹˜‡”•‹–› —„Ž‹ (Tallaght Campus) —”–Š‡” ‹ˆ‘”ƒ–‹‘ Ȃ…‘—”•‡ •’‡…‹Ƥ… Contact: Siobhan.ocallaghan@it-tallaght.ie ‘” ’Š‘‡ǣ ͤͣͥ͜͟͟͟͜͡͡ For queries on the application process Please contact LLL@it-tallaght.ie or phone 01-4042101