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Midea Deploys Over 800 Robots and Achieves 4% Worker-Machine Ratio

As a global leader in residential and commercial air conditioning industry, Midea's Industry 4.0 strategy has successfully transformed and upgraded the company's manufacturing bases to improve the production efficiency by reducing 70 percent of total labor costs.

21 Nov 2015

Northrop Grumman Delivers Center Fuselage Produced on Palmdale Integrated Assembly Line for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered, on schedule, the center fuselage for the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to be purchased by Israel, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant designated AS-1.

20 Nov 2015

Rockwell Automation Fair 2015: Molex to Highlight Encompass Program Solutions

Molex, LLC will bring a range of Rockwell Automation Encompass Program solutions to the upcoming Rockwell Automation Fair® 2015, November 18 -19, Chicago, IL. At booth 1070, Molex will present three different demonstrations and multiple displays featuring advanced automation technologies.

19 Nov 2015

More than 13,500 Attend Rockwell Automation’s 2015 Automation Fair Event

Navigating new manufacturing technologies and understanding their integration implications requires guidance from automation experts and peers who have been there. More than 13,500 global attendees at the 2015 Automation Fair event from Rockwell Automation today took advantage of that expertise, learning about the latest advances in manufacturing and industrial automation enabled by the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT).

19 Nov 2015

FANUC America and Rockwell Automation Demonstrate Latest Technologies to Boost Plant-Floor Productivity

As manufacturing companies aspire to drive tangible value from the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), they look to streamline and integrate processes as one of the most efficient steps to achieve an IoT-ready production and supply network. Rockwell Automation and FANUC are collaborating on several new initiatives to help customers realize unprecedented productivity gains.

18 Nov 2015

Festo's Precision Handling Solutions Help Simplify Processes

The pressure on laboratories is continuing to grow: in the age of high-throughput methods, not only do results need to be obtained quickly, but traceability and reproducibility must also be guaranteed. It helps to be able to depend on reliable manufacturers of pneumatic and electric automation technology such as Festo, whose products and solutions are available worldwide.

17 Nov 2015

Festo Launches Modular Handling Platforms for Electronics, Light Assembly and Laboratory Automation

Screwdriving, dispensing, testing, soldering, gripping, opening and closing containers and much more: the Festo modular handling platform forms the basis for a wide variety of desktop applications. This well-matched system kit, comprising kinematics, a controller and software, saves you money and reduces your time to market – from development to programming and commissioning.

13 Nov 2015

Rockwell Automation, Microsoft Announce Mobility Co-Innovation Project for Industrial Environments

Industrial workers are increasingly turning to mobile devices to improve productivity and collaboration. However, interfaces need to be tailored to the specific device that is being used, especially to design, operate and maintain industrial automation systems. To meet this user preference, Rockwell Automation and Microsoft Corp. are announcing a mobility co-innovation project designed for industrial environments where a wireless network connection is not always reliable.

From Rockwell Automation, Inc. 13 Nov 2015

CyberOptics’ SQ3000 3D Automated Optical Inspection System Wins 2015 Global Technology Award

CyberOptics® Corporation announces that it was awarded a 2015 Global Technology Award in the category of Inspection – AOI for its SQ3000™ 3D Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) system.

12 Nov 2015

HAX Accelerator Program Supports Robotic Innovation

HAX, formerly known as HAXLR8R, reveals 13 new global hardware startups and their products from HAX’s seventh Accelerator Demo Day and 10 new graduates of its first Boost program Demo Day. HAX is the world’s premier hardware investor, expediting the best hardware startups from around the world from an initial idea to a distributable product.

12 Nov 2015