Strategic guidance for manufacturers evaluating automation — cost-benefit analysis, investment planning, risk assessment and real-world ROI case studies.
With a manufacturing output of £183 billion, the UK ranks ninth in the world, but due to its slow adoption of industrial automation, its position at the top is in jeopardy. Even countries such as Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Hungary are catching up with the UK in the use of robots. The UK automation community … Read more
Through the Renewable Energy Sources Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive, the European Union has set as its main objective to maximise the energy efficiency of its Member States. By 2030, it aims to reduce primary energy use by 39% and final energy use by 36%. Energy efficiency is increasingly crucial as industry becomes more … Read more
FANUC customers can upgrade their robots, in particular the CRX series, with useful hand-eye coordination thanks to compatibility. Factory automation and industrial robots FANUC customers can upgrade their robots, in particular the CRX series, with useful hand-eye coordination thanks to compatibility. In Japan, MIRAI, together with its US subsidiary FANUC America, is a leading supplier … Read more
Dobot’s Nova Series collaborative robots were created especially for retail customers. They are capable of performing tasks including the preparation of coffee, mixed drinks, ice cream, noodles, fried chicken and even physical treatments. Two major obstacles facing the retail and service sectors are rising costs and labour shortages. The first two industrial robots in the … Read more
Through the monitoring of important assets and the elimination of repetitive and routine tasks, the integration of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) has helped companies to better regulate their operations. Traditionally, IT and OT have been created independently, making it impossible to use operations and production data for better workflow optimisation and well-planned … Read more
It can keep up with the ever-increasing quality demands on machined workpieces through the use of automation. At the same time, you maintain flexibility in the ever-shortening gaps between technical advances. Productivity gains will allow you to effectively combat the ongoing price slump, without sacrificing quality. Even the tightest deadlines can be met with ease … Read more
In New York City you can find skyscrapers that would provide you with an incredible view, and you could also find one of the most dangerous jobs performed by humans, that of cleaning windows at a great height. And what if a robot could perform this task? Well, Ozmo, a high-rise window cleaning robot, will … Read more
According to a survey by Ware2Go, 67 percent of Americans now work from home. This means that they require easier Internet shopping access. As COVID 19 reinvigorates the way Americans shop, e-commerce is becoming more important than ever. Claudia Jarrett, Country Director for EU Automation, a supplier of industrial components, explains why industries must turn … Read more
An advisory committee at the Manufacturing Automation and Robotics Summit 2019, discussed typical topics associated with automation installations and how companies can master them. UK manufacturing companies are forced to adapt to the confluence of major trends in labor supply, consolidation of the supply chain and optimization of the balance between quality and cost, a … Read more
Greater efficiency, greater profitability and greater flexibility: there are several advantages that are attributed to the automation of robotic methods within the plastics industry, which ultimately contributes to the optimization of the process. For midsize plastics processing companies, automating the production process gives them an edge over their competitors, whether it’s operating injection molding machines … Read more