Following a major redesign to incorporate a brand-new demonstration area, OMRON’s Automation Centre is helping to ease the transition to automation for manufacturers, putting them on the fast-track to the factory of the future.
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Hanover designs and manufactures passenger information systems for the public transport industry. Whilst bringing the high-speed production of PCBs in-house, it faced the challenge of testing and inspecting the boards. Hanover decided to automate the repetitive process of testing 240,000 boards per year. With the support of Absolute Robotics, it deployed cobots that could interact with the manual test equipment and relieve operators, also running unmanned.
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Anyone planning to move towards a smart factory needs to choose carefully when considering possible robotic solutions. Should it be an industrial robot or a collaborative robot (cobot)? The answer will depend on your specific needs.
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Responding to manufacturers’ end-of-line labour challenges including staff shortages, social distancing measures and self-isolation, OMRON UK will debut its cobot palletiser, the RB1200, at PPMA Show 2021.
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Traditionally, to identify defects and scratches in production has required the sensitivity and knowledge of technicians with extensive experience. But owing to rising labour costs and shortage of skilled labour, manufacturers need to automate processes that once relied on the senses of experienced human workers.
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An autonomous mobile robot has been seen recently moving around the corridors of the REDI shopping centre in Kalasatama, a neighbourhood in Helsinki. Operated by OMRON’s solution partner Dimalog, the robot was taking part in a month-long ‘Home-on Demand’ automated courier service trial.
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As the UK’s customer-facing businesses plan their reopening strategies, keeping consumers and staff safe from COVID will be a key priority. In a bid to prevent future outbreaks at high footfall, everyday environments like supermarkets, bars and gyms, OMRON has teamed up with UV Systems UK to produce an autonomous robotic sterilisation system that guarantees to kill the virus without damage or harm to surrounding goods.
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OMRON and high-tech machine builder AWL have joined forces to launch Qube, a flexible cobot welding cell.
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