The combination of Mitsubishi Electric’s MAPS software suite and Stratus’ ztC Edge platform delivers flexibility, advanced functions and continuous availability, making the setup particularly suitable for plants running continuous processes and operations.
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Mitsubishi Electric & Stratus Technologies work together to futureproof IIoT solutions
The combination of Mitsubishi Electric’s MAPS software suite and Stratus’ ztC Edge platform delivers flexibility, advanced functions and continuous availability, making the setup particularly suitable for plants running continuous processes and operations.
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Cobots maximise return on investment
Cobots hold the promise of increasing the efficiency and quality of human work, bringing greater reliability, consistency and precision to a variety of manufacturing and assembly operations. However, do these potential benefits hold true for all users?
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Pick-and-place robot cell is cost efficient for small batch sizes
Sensor manufacturer Lenord + Bauer has used a MELFA RV Series robot from Mitsubishi Electric to optimise its manufacturing production cycle for frequent product changeovers. The robot cell has taken over monotonous manual pick and place tasks at its Gladbeck plant in North West Germany. Crucially the robot operates safely in close proximity to the rest of the workforce.
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IoT and energy saving
Out of many approaches to IoT, energy saving is one topic where you get quick results in a short time period. If the amount of electricity goes down, your costs go down! Mitsubishi's Electric Industrial IoT Evangelist, Hajime Sugiyama, will talk about the approach and methods to install IoT for energy saving. (Video courtesy of Mitsubishi Electric, Japan).
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Entry-level robots to kick-start new factory automation projects
Mitsubishi Electric is expanding its MELFA CR series for cost-conscious robot users by adding a new slim, long reach 8kg load capacity articulated arm model.
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The futureproof PLC
Mitsubishi Electric’s FX5UC Premium Micro PLC fits highly sophisticated data processing and communication capabilities into a small footprint.
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To CNC or to PLC: that is no longer the question
Barry Weller, Product Manager at Mitsubishi Electric, looks at how to simplify the control architecture of cartesian coordinate (linear) robots.
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