Guidance via AR
Augmented reality (AR) has quickly been applied to making improvements on the factory floor. Mitsubishi Electric plans a commercial roll-out for this next generation of interface technology as a predictive maintenance solution for its more advanced factory automation equipment, such as the MELFA series of industrial robots.
Why women need #PPEthatfits
The UK is on track to have 1 million women working in core STEM roles by 2020, according to gender balance campaign group WISE, yet women say they are still struggling to find personal protective workwear and footwear that fits, despite ranges of both being available for over a decade. Have women’s ranges been missing the mark or are they simply not finding their way to the women who need them? It seems it’s a bit of both discovers Georgina Bisby
Meeting the automation challenges of smart manufacturing
Successfully applying a level of smart manufacturing will bring greater efficiencies and flexibility to any given production process and is a significant step toward ‘futureproofing’ a production enterprise, explains Chris Evans, marketing & operations group manager, Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. Automation Systems Division.
Inverters that look after themselves
Today’s inverter drives are smarter than ever and able to look after themselves as well as connected equipment such as fans, pumps, motors and conveyors.
Meeting the automation challenges of smart manufacturing
Successfully applying a level of smart manufacturing will bring greater efficiencies and flexibility to any given production process and is a significant step toward ‘futureproofing’ a production enterprise, explains Chris Evans, marketing & operations group manager, Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. Automation Systems Division.
New starting points for building a smart food factory
Once equipment is automated, it becomes easier to achieve product variations on-the-fly, which means food producers, for example, can adapt what they produce to meet changing demand.
Robots take their pick
A Mitsubishi Electric robot / PLC / HMI combination has provided PCE Automation with an ideal solution for its latest take-out system for plastic injection stretch blow moulding (ISBM) machinery.
Free app monitors inverters
Mitsubishi Electric has introduced a free app for iOS tablets and smartphones that provides commissioning, maintenance, troubleshooting, parameterisation and monitoring support for the company’s FR-F800E and FR-A800E inverters.
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