Guided operator solutions remove assembly errors for manufacturer. Assembly cells making several different products in one work-space have a high potential for operator error. Mitsubishi Electric’s Pick-to-Light guided operator system has removed errors by controlling the picking sequence using lights, doors, operator terminals and touch sensors. A test cell recorded a huge […]
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) identifies how effectively a manufacturing operation is utilised, but Omron argues that it is not routinely discussed with an organisations machinery suppliers, with the focus instead tending to be on areas such as baseline speed, cycle times and overall performance. By consider their customers’ OEE during machine design, machine builders […]
Gateway connects any automation device to CC-Link IE Field HMS has extended its Anybus CompactCom 40-series of embedded interfaces to enable any automation device to connect to the CC-Link IE Gigabit Field network. By implementing the Anybus CompactCom concept, users get secure real-time access to CC-Link IE Field with minimal engineering and implementation […]
iQ-F Series selection tool update The latest version of the Mitsubishi Electric selection tool for Compact PLC has been released. You will find the updated MELSEC iQ-F Model Selection System version 1.0.3 in the “Selection tools” provided in MyMitsubishi and in the Service box of the respective product page. MELSEC iQ-F Model Selection […]
Advanced water utilities monitor their distribution networks acquiring data from network critical points (production and storage points, inlets of distribution zone, etc.) and making them available in real-time to operators in a centralized SCADA. However, a SCADA control typically provides point data, and does not provide information about the rest of the network. […]