Mitsubishi Electric’s Nagoya Works, one of the company’s main factories developing and manufacturing industrial automation products and systems, introduced a SCADA system to visualize and monitor utility data throughout the entire factory.

Mitsubishi Electric has established a new FA Center and showroom next to the Shenzhen Branch of its subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric Automation (China) Ltd. The new facility, which is scheduled to open on December 27 in Shenzhen, China, will strengthen servicing and support for Mitsubishi Electric factory automation (FA) products in the South China region and provide visitors with first-hand experience in innovative technologies around FA devices, computerized numerical controllers (CNCs) and machine tools.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced it will launch MELSOFT MaiLab, a data-science tool that uses the company’s Maisart^® AI technology to enable non-specialists to skillfully and easily analyze and diagnose factory data such as current and pressure values for intuitive, high-level management of production operations.

The COVID pandemic has made a drastic impact on society, not only on our health but if we look at the industrial aspects, it has pushed the ‘digital’ revolution forward, from how we have business meetings to the way we learn to operate factories. This sudden digital shift, together with the latest developments in 5G communication is stimulating needs for more cloud-based and online solutions, which in-turn is motivating huge investments in IT infrastructure such as data centers. In this article, Hiroki Nishiyama, global manager of data center marketing at Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, explains further about the challenges facing this important rising industry.

In July 2022, Mitsubishi Electric renewed its ‘East Japan FA Solution Center’ in Akihabara, Japan following four successful and busy years of operation since its inauguration in 2018. The update will expand the number of solution-based demonstrations and strengthen co-innovation activities to help visitors achieve their manufacturing goals using the latest innovations.

Mitsubishi Electric's Nagoya Works Shinshiro Factory, located in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, has manufactured three-phase motors since its establishment in 1974. At this factory, they significantly overhauled the manufacture of a key product range, the SF-PR series. By utilizing e-F@ctory based Digital Manufacturing processes and concepts it is now possible for customers in Japan to choose from 40,000 models available in a five-day delivery window, or for those prepared to wait 15 days, the choice expands to 2.3 billion different product variations covering the majority of customer’s needs and applications. Made entirely in Japan, from material procurement to parts processing and assembly, the number of product variations and the short delivery window demonstrates the factory’s capabilities for flexible, high-quality production with shortened lead times and improved productivity.

Programs robots easily and automatically, without expert input, to work as fast as humans.

In factories, cutting tools as used in machine tools, are almost a consumable part. However, their performance and operational life can have a big impact on production costs, so keeping a close eye on their condition is no bad thing. In parallel, after all the hype around IoT and how it will revolutionize manufacturing, there are still relatively few practical use-cases with justifiable return-on-investment. Hiroshi Nishiyuki, Head of Mitsubishi Electric’s FA System Solutions Department, explains how the above two conditions converged and resulted in solving both problems.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has been honored by SAP Japan in the category "Japan Industry 4.0 ", part of its "SAP Japan Customer Award 2021" program, for demonstrating outstanding leadership in the field of digital transformation.

The Mitsubishi Electric Group will be joining IIFES 2022 ONLINE, an exhibition of cutting-edge technologies for automation and measurement, which will be held online from January 26 through February 25th, 2022. Visitors will be able to learn how Mitsubishi Electric and its partners can support the transformation of factories and manufacturing processes with the latest digital manufacturing solutions, products and software.