Automobile production of the future is moving away from the production line and toward modular workstations. An important feature is flexible Automatic Guided Vehicles, or AGVs for short.
Digitization has been a disruptor and driving force behind the development of a wide range of industries such as entertainment, retail and finance, among others. It will also bring a quantum leap for the manufacturing sector. It is vital for manufacturing companies to grasp the opportunities to reshape their operations and businesses, and transform the entire organization.
Spiroflow Automation Solutions Inc. has been named to the Control Engineering 2016 Top 100 Systems Integrator Giants list in its Global System Integrator Report.
Powell Electrical Systems Inc.’s Delta/Unibus Division has reduced the process time taken to selectively plate each side of its copper bus bars by 90%, saving approximately $100,000 in labor costs, thanks to a semi-automated workstation developed by SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts (ASC).