A popular vision of a future with robots was created by the immensely popular Star Wars movies. The word “droid” is so ubiquitous that it is hard to believe the word was created and trademarked by George Lucas, the films’ director. In fact, Star Wars robots have motivated real science. As an example, NASA’s personal satellite assistant was inspired by the lightsaber training droid used by Luke Skywalker. If a minor droid in Star Wars can influence NASA, can R2-D2 and BB-8, the movies’ two nonanthropomorphic robots, have an effect on how we conduct repairs? 

The Finnish technology industry estimates that it will need in the coming ten years around 130,000 new professionals.

It is actually quite simple to achieve good cleaning quality. After all, if the cleaning method deployed succeeds in pulverising the organic contamination to only a few percent of the original amount and that in the form of easily removable dust, achieving high cleaning quality is child's play. While this all sounds very simple, is it also achievable in practice?

Industrial air compressors are among the hardest working assets found in a modern factory. They must work tirelessly,
day-in and day-out, to meet the compressed air demands necessary for production. Industry uses compressed air for a magnitude of applications. It is so commonly used that most factories require multiple industrial air compressors to meet demand. What is often overlooked is that on top of the compressed air that is demanded for production, there is also a large artificial demand of this resource. An artificial, invisible demand that taxes resources, destroys production efficiency and plant sustainability, while encroaches upon company profits.

To be able to respond to current developments and trends in society, it is of vital importance for organizations to focus on the sustainable employability of assets.

The year is 2020. Billions of people across the globe sit in lockdown as scientists desperately try to find a cure to the pandemic that has brought the world to a standstill. And sustainability – until the pandemic hit, the defining megatrend of our time – is largely pushed out of the headlines. Flights are grounded. Manufacturers shutter their factories. Daily commutes and school runs stop dead, almost overnight. And methane emissions continue to rise.

The carbon footprint of SPINNOVA textile fibre is already 72 percent lower than that of conventionally produced cotton. With the AmbiHeat heat pump plant and an energy ecosystem, each produced kilogram of textile fibre reduces overall CO2 emissions.

Maintenance teams deal with a myriad of issues daily. Requests for repairs stream in from different departments or users of the facility. Organizations provide maintenance work requests to departments to ensure uniformity and consistency when reporting problems and raising alerts with maintenance teams. Work requests enable companies to plan and prioritize maintenance tasks. In return, maintenance managers can allocate work evenly so that technicians remain productive and improve maintenance turnaround time.