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Flexible engineering to meet the demanding requirements of snack food makers

Siddhi Vinayak Agri Processing Pvt., Ltd. uses Mitsubishi Electric's FA products, such as programmable controllers, servo's and displays, to build machines and conveying systems for producing snack foods from a variety of ingredients such as pulses, maize, millet, and potato derivatives. Based in Pune, India the company is expanding its business all over the world from the United Arab Emirates to Germany and the Philippines.

The cyber-physical manufacturing journey

Society is undergoing a large-scale transformation as the trend for smarter technology is continuing. In these modern times, manufacturing businesses need to become smarter, but the question is, what should they do? Dr. Koji Yasui, Mitsubishi Electric’s Senior Chief Engineer at the Factory Automation Systems Group, Industrial Automation Marketing Division shares his insights, based on his experience leading the discussion and writing about the smart society, as well as his participation in a number of government projects in Japan.

Streamlining maintenance operations in factories reduces downtime and cost

For factories, it can be difficult to secure capital investment budgets to purchase new equipment. It’s one of the reasons why companies are increasingly looking for ways to extend the life of their existing assets, in which maintenance plays an important part. In recent years, attention has turned to predictive maintenance, meaning industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) achieved with sensors or leveraging AI technologies to collect data and detect signs of wear before equipment fails. Such prewarning helps prevent unexpected downtimes and optimize the component replacement cycle.

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