The benefits of a reducing the number of suppliers are widely recognized across manufacturing and industry, with savings including lower development costs and faster time-to-market for new products. Mitsubishi Electric argues the same benefits can be realised by machine builders of all sizes. Typically, the overall cost of design, programming, development, assembly and testing […]
Simple Motion is a software alternative to mechanical gears and cams for small machines. Mitsubishi Electric has introduced two new expansion modules to expand the motion control capabilities of its iQ-F compact PLC line. The FX5-40SSC-S Simple Motion module controls up to 4-axes and the FX5-80SSC-S up to 8-axes. It can be […]
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 […]
Improving productivity involves the whole of the value chain, not just production. The value chain is a set of activities that a firm operating in a specific industry performs to deliver a valuable product or service to the market. How value chain activities are carried out determines costs and affects profits. The manufacturing value […]
Integrated safety increases bread making productivity by 20% By improving operator access to safety and diagnostics information, Omron has helped Spanish bakery machine manufacturer Auxpama achieve a 20% improvement in productivity by avoiding unnecessary stops, whilst improving machine safety over EtherCAT. A couple of years ago, when the Sysmac platform was introduced, […]