{"id":1176,"date":"2019-05-23T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flex-main.lndo.site\/resources\/how-we-use-connected-technologies-to-power-automation-and-industry-40"},"modified":"2023-09-19T18:56:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T18:56:02","slug":"how-we-use-connected-technologies-to-power-automation-and-industry-40","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/flex.com\/es\/resources\/how-we-use-connected-technologies-to-power-automation-and-industry-40","title":{"rendered":"C\u00f3mo utilizamos las tecnolog\u00edas conectadas para impulsar la automatizaci\u00f3n y la industria 4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"overscroll-top\" style=\"background-color: #eaeef4;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"resource-header block\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Homepage\" href=\"\/\">Flex<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Resources\" href=\"\/resources\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"How we use connected technologies to power automation and industry 4.0\">How we use connected technologies to power automation and industry 4.0<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h1>How we use connected technologies to power automation and industry 4.0<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date detail\">\n\t\t\t\tPosted on<br>\n\t\t\t\tmayo 23, 2019\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-tag\">Blog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" data-cat-level=\"3\" data-destination=\"\/solutions-and-services\/manufacturing?subcategories=industry-4-0#resources\" href=\"\/solutions-and-services\/manufacturing?subcategories=industry-4-0#resources\">Industry 4.0<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sidebar block normal-sidebar\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-smart-automation-drives-the-transition-to-industry-nbsp-4-0\" style=\"font-weight:600\">Smart automation drives the transition to industry&nbsp;4.0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Legacy manufacturing systems are transitioning to smart, connected, automated systems. 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