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LOOKING AHEAD TO THE Future Manufacturing Event
Due to high demand, an additional date has been added to Mitsubishi Electric’s Future Manufacturing Event, as it has now been extended to 18th March. Automation magazine takes a closer look at this event which is generating so much interest within UK industry
T
he free to enter event is intended to appeal to anyone working in
manufacturing, engineering or automation and interested in where manufacturing and technology are today, and where they will be in the near future. The Future Manufacturing Event is a combination of seminars, exhibitions and one-to-one contact with experts from leading software and hardware vendors. The event, held at the AMRC (Advanced
Manufacturing Research Centre) at Sheffield University, consists of part seminar, part exhibition, part live demonstration, and will look at the big topics of today which are most likely to have a lasting effect on industry including energy, Industry 4.0 and new technological innovations. The event is being hosted by AMRC, organised by Mitsubishi Electric Industrial Automation and sponsored by gear specialist Radicon, electric motor maker Brook Crompton, vibration monitoring group Schaeffler, specialist energy management company Rumm, power quality experts PQM and Copadata, a developer of process control software.
SEMINARS Seminar papers will include sessions dedicated to the key subjects of the day. For instance, the energy solutions session will include the new ESOS legislation, the G5/5 Harmonic regulations, strategies for effective energy management and meeting the requirements of ESOS and a review of the IE motor legislation that is driving manufacturers to refine motor designs for better efficiency. Industry 4.0 has been one of the buzz topics for industrial exhibitions and
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similar gatherings for a year or two. This topic introduces other similar terms such as the Industrial Internet of Things and Machine-to- Machine (M2M) communications. In the industrial automation world, data gathering is not new but engineers are beginning to understand that new and advanced technologies now make it possible to collect huge amounts of data related to machine and process
control, process it in real
time so that production efficiency and quality can
be improved significantly and then integrate that information to a vast variety of related systems. The seminar sessions covering Industry 4.0 will discuss this topic in industrial automation terms, looking at multi-vendor integrated solutions and will also introduce some key hardware and software technologies such as
Mitsubishi’s new iQ-F and iQ-R platforms. The exhibition part of the event will
Above: the Future Manufacturing Event will be held at the AMRC (Advanced
Manufacturing Research Centre) at
Sheffield University
Left: the Future Manufacturing Event is a combination of seminars, exhibitions and one-to- one contact with experts from leading software and hardware vendors
include displays from companies such as Mitsubishi Electric, Rittal/Eplan (control cabinets and wiring), Lutze (automation solutions), Cognex (vision), CLPA (CC- Link open communications), and Eplan P&F Wittenstein. The event will be an opportunity to learn about the main technologies that will be driving the development of manufacturing and processing in the coming years. Garry Lewis, who has been one of
Mitsubishi Electric’s main organisers, said, “The seminars and papers will be the formal and structured part of the day but networking opportunities and spontaneous discussions are always very important at days like this. They give people an opportunity to float ideas to experts or to find possible solutions to issues they have been mulling over for a while. The range of topics will appeal to system integrators, machine builders and end users alike, there really is something for everyone here.” There is ample parking and plenty of local transport and accommodation options. Anyone wanting more information about the event or to register to attend should go to
gb3a.mitsubishielectric.com.
Mitsubishi Electric
www.mitsubishielectric.com T: 01707 288 769
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