Manufacturing facilities employ a variety of hazardous machines, and safeguarding is paramount. While traditional safety strategies are designed to mitigate risk in hazardous situations, it’s possible to eliminate this risk altogether by letting robots cover the dangerous tasks. Let’s take a look at a few ways that robots make manufacturing safer overall.
When one major mining company underwent digital transformation, it achieved results that would be the envy of most mines. Production increased about 15%. Energy costs went down after ventilation demands were cut in half. And safety was enhanced with autonomous drills that moved workers away from potentially hazardous areas.
Machine downtime hurts. It hurts productivity and profits – and it causes frustration. Every minute that slips by with a machine unable to operate negatively impacts the bottom line. So, it’s no surprise that manufacturers are looking for the most cost-effective and time-efficient way to get the technical support they need to deal with downtime and repairs.
The more things change, the more they stay the same; it is an axiom that is true–and even comforting–during dark times and good. In fact, even at a time when the world is completely consumed, and seemingly transformed, by the Coronavirus, many of us can take stock in this generationally-tested truism.
The need to power enclosures through traditional wiring is over. More and more panel builders are, at the request of their customers, turning to busbar to help them organize their power distribution controls and drives. Traditional wiring in enclosures has been the choice for years since it can be less expensive, and in many cases, is spec’d in to the customer’s design.
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ABB, HPE and Rittal offer the Secure Edge Data Center which enables a Smart Buildings factory to secure vast amounts of data on premise while allowing reductions of investment costs by 30%, operating cost by up to 20% through energy savings and CO2 emissions of up to 20%.
Increasing stock turnover frequency with shorter storage periods, small order quantities with high delivery speeds, rising return rates and short-term increases in delivery quantities. In the course of digitalization, the intralogistics industry is also facing new challenges. With its Digital Enterprise Portfolio, Siemens supports highly efficient, flexible and intelligent applications in intralogistics. Siemens is thus supporting its customers, both machine builders and operators of logistics centers, on the path towards digital transformation.
The dangers that cyber threats pose to intellectual property, customer records and productivity are well known, but less discussed are the safety implications of these threats. A cyberattack on your industrial control system (ICS) can damage physical assets, alter recipes, injure workers or cause severe environmental damage.
To date, food producers have so far often been sceptical about the use of connectors in sensitive areas. Given their profiles and footprints, they fear that interfaces will interrupt the smooth, easily washable surfaces needed for cleaning in areas close to the product.
Machine and plant manufacturers adopting consistent modular approaches are often particularly successful. This article draws conclusions from the experiences of mechanical engineering customers of the HARTING Technology Group and illustrates how they can make the modularization of their products as efficient as possible. In these concepts, interfaces play a central role in these concepts.
It’s no surprise that the coronavirus is impacting manufacturing, with production site shutdowns and travel and meeting restrictions. In fact, last month, IHS Markit estimated that manufacturing was the third most impacted industry, behind wholesale and services. This has hit manufacturers in various ways. Some companies, even those whose primary products or components are manufactured in the hardest hit regions, have seen little or no impact to their ability to meet customer demand.
As many as 20,000 individual parts go into the production of a single vehicle, and each of these parts must be subjected to rigorous tracking. There are many ways to mark a part – including laser marking, dot peening, inkjet marking and labeling – and automakers generally use several of these, depending on the situation.
WestRock Company—a provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions—has selected ABB to replace its dry end drive system. This includes upgrades to its PM12 paper machine drives, motors and the installation of the ABB Ability System 800xA control system at its mill in Longview, Washington, USA. Installation and commissioning of the project is planned for completion by year-end 2020.
Whether it’s increased productivity, lower costs, greater flexibility, or reduced time to market, we often talk about the benefits of automation technology as they relate to manufacturers. The right technologies, incorporated effectively into the production processes, can make a significant difference on your business results.
The relationship between humans and robots in manufacturing is constantly evolving. Technology advancements and safety improvements have made it possible for manufacturers to move robots out from behind the cage to interact more closely with workers. Depending on the type of application, this collaboration can open new possibilities for increased productivity, efficiency, and flexibility.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
