With the objective of preparing industry 4.0 professionals, Senai RN entered into a partnership with Nokia in the installation of a laboratory in Natal. Nokia will provide all the necessary equipment and training for professionals
The National Industrial Learning Service of Rio Grande do Norte (Senai RN) and Nokia Brasil are in São Paulo, advancing discussions on the installation of a high-tech laboratory for training professionals in industry 4.0, in the state capital.
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Nokia laboratory will be installed later this year in RN
According to Rodrigo Mello, director of the Center for Gas Technologies and Renewable Energy (CTGAS-ER) and the Senai Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energy, the estimated time is for the laboratory to be installed later this year at CTGAS – the Senai unit that acts as a kind of mini-industry that prepares professionals for the future.
According to the director, after a meeting with the president of Nokia Brazil, Ailton Santos, the laboratory will be used, mainly, for training professionals in embedded technologies, increasing existing courses, but also for launching new courses and also serving to mobilize companies to use industry 4.0 technologies. The objective, according to Mello, is for Senai RN's laboratory to include industrial plants with 5G technology using IoT, industrial robotics and cloud computing.
Meeting at Senai/SP promises changes in industry 4.0
The meeting to define the project was held in São Paulo, where a laboratory was also set up in partnership with Nokia in September last year. In SP, the Industry 4.0 OpenLab is an advanced manufacturing plant where companies test their new technologies and future professionals learn by doing.
In addition to technology opening doors for integration between robots, it provides mobility to the manager for control and monitoring, allowing the user to have information about their assets and other data on their own personal device.
Nokia will train all professionals in the new laboratory at Senai RN
Regarding the RN, the project foresees that Nokia will offer, in addition to the necessary technology, effective training for the CTGAS team. Senai, on the other hand, will be responsible for training professionals for the industry and mobilizing companies.
According to Rodrigo Mello, the meeting with the company in SP had the intention of “equal” provocation for the creation of an educational solution for the subject of industry 4.0.
Mello says that the solutions have already been discussed and built, now all that remains is the financial solution discussions. The relevance of installing a laboratory in the RN with these aspects is highlighted by Senai as its concern to invest and operate in Potiguar territory as a Hub of Technology and Innovation (HIT).
