APT Manufacturing Solutions Building Expansion is Sign on Increased 'Reshoring' - 4th Expansion in 5 Years!
APT Manufacturing Solutions, has seen a dramatic uptick in this arena because of increased reshoring.
Strongest Adoption of Computer Vision Technology seen in Consumer Electronics, Robotics and Machine Vision Applications
The commercialization of computer vision technology over the past few years has generated market opportunities in a variety of sectors.
Precision CNC Machining Company, Protomatic, Named "Top Shop"
CNC machining company, Protomatic, was recognized as one of 4 "Top Shops" by Modern Machine Shop magazine.
Okuma America and Siemens Partner to Host "Manufacturing Day" Event for Students
Local high school students will tour facilities and learn about CNC manufacturing, innovative machining technology and career opportunities.
Mouser Electronics' Robotics Innovation Video Wins Telly Award
Mouser Electronics' Robotics video with celebrity engineer Grant Imahara at Carnegie Mellon University has won a Bronze Telly Award for outstanding achievement. The Robotics video is part of Mouser's Empowering Innovation Together program.
Klein Tools - Electrician of the Year Contest
RoboticsTomorrow sat down with Klein Tools to discuss the Electrician of the Year Contest.
The grand prize winner will receive a 2015 Ford F-150 XLT Crew Cab customized by off-road specialists Addictive Desert Designs in Mesa, Arizona.
2015 ISA Process Control & Safety Symposium features three acclaimed keynote speakers, extensive technical program, valuable training courses
2015 ISA Process Control & Safety Symposium, 9-12 November in Houston, Texas, USA
Nanotec - BLDC motor with high power density
With the DB80, Nanotec presents an EC motor which - relative to its design size - exhibits exceptionally high power density
DENSO Updates West Coast Training Center
Facility features new courses in an upgraded state-of-the-art setting
New Nanoscale Programmable Switches Promise Faster, More Versatile Chip-scale Devices
DARPAs YFA program identifies and engages rising research stars in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic institutions and introduces them to Department of Defense needs and DARPAs program development process.
Robotics firm GreyOrange raises $30 million, to expand overseas
GreyOrange, a robotics firm that is in the business of automating warehouses, has raised $30 million (Rs 191.6 crore) in a round led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from existing investors Blume Ventures.
The funding, which the company says is one of the largest for robotics company globally, will be used to invest in developing new products, expand internationally into Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe. The company says it has a 90% market share of India's warehouse automation market and it powers over 180,000 square feet of warehouse.
"We are doubling our team size globally as we steer the company and our products beyond India and into international markets," said co-founder and CEO Samay Kohli, who founded the company with Akash Gupta in 2011.
The company has two products: The Sorter and the Butler. The former is a high-speed system that consolidates orders and routes parcels. By Diwali, the company will have installed sortation capacity of 3 million parcels per day.
The second product, the Butler, is an order-picking system that is tailored for high-volume, high-mix orders characteristic of e-commerce and omni-channel logistics fulfilment. Cont'd..
George Brown College Launches a New Online Program: Automation Technician
New program offers flexible, introductory training in automation technology for manufacturing
Foxconn Seeks Manufacturing Sites in India
SEAN MCLAIN for WSJ.com: Foxconn became the latest global giant to declare its intention to tap into India’s budding manufacturing potential.
The company is looking for manufacturing sites in India. So far it hasn’t been able to settle on any in particular, Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou told a news conference in New Delhi.
“India is a big, big country. Too many places, too many states, too many cities. The choice is difficult,” he said.
Foxconn is the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer by revenue. The Taiwanese company—known officially as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.—is looking to tap India’s massive labor pool and has big ambitions for its Indian investments. It has long-term plans for Asia’s third-largest economy and hopes to do more in India than simply assemble smartphones and laptops. “We want to bring the whole supply chain here,” Mr. Gou said.
Analysts say Foxconn is looking to diversify its global network of factories as the company faces more competition and rising wages in China, where it has most of its manufacturing operations. Cont'd...
Chinese factory replaces 90% of humans with robots, production soars
By Conner Forrest for TechRepublic: In Dongguan City, located in the central Guangdong province of China, a technology company has set up a factory run almost exclusively by robots, and the results are fascinating.
The Changying Precision Technology Company factory in Dongguan has automated production lines that use robotic arms to produce parts for cell phones. The factory also has automated machining equipment, autonomous transport trucks, and other automated equipment in the warehouse.
There are still people working at the factory, though. Three workers check and monitor each production line and there are other employees who monitor a computer control system. Previously, there were 650 employees at the factory. With the new robots, there's now only 60. Luo Weiqiang, general manager of the company, told the People's Daily that the number of employees could drop to 20 in the future.
The robots have produced almost three times as many pieces as were produced before. According to the People's Daily, production per person has increased from 8,000 pieces to 21,000 pieces. That's a 162.5% increase. Cont'd...
Robotic Automation Propels Manufacturing Transformation
With a production line requiring tens to hundreds of workers for daily operations, manufactures see automated production and man-machine collaboration as innovative ways to increase production efficiency while cutting labor costs.
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