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Panasonic Factory Solutions Opens cloud9 Mfg. Center
Buffalo Grove, IL — Panasonic Factory Solutions Compa- ny of America has opened its cloud9 Innovation Center in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, to deliver integrated, turnkey so- lutions for assembling a wide range of sophisticated elec- tronic products. The cloud9 center is a functional show- room that highlights multiple total manufacturing line solutions combining Industry 4.0 functionality, award- winning hardware and software, and process expertise with world-class support. “The opening of cloud9 is a game-changer for us,” ex-
plains Faisal Pandit, president of Panasonic Factory Solu- tions. “We have expanded our total line solutions capabili- ty and it’s now about the entire process, the entire line. We have partnered with over 30 complementary technology suppliers and brought them together in cloud9. On top of that, PanaCIM®, our enterprise-level manufacturing soft- ware, allows us to integrate the entire line and offer a sin- gle solution to our customers.” Over 50 manufacturers attended the grand opening,
were shown 12 dedicated technology demonstrations, learned about future new product and technology intro- ductions, and attended three in-depth manufacturing technology seminars during the two-day event. “The cloud9 center allows any customer to dive deep into spe- cific applications, and to see everything Panasonic Facto- ry Solutions brings to the table,” says Shawn Robinson, Panasonic’s senior surface mount technology product manager. “Even though you may not see the Panasonic name on the smartphone you use, the electric vehicle you drive or the TV you watch, our manufacturing equipment and software is critical for countless manufacturers in the U.S. and around the world in assembling these products.” “Manufacturers are moving out of the dark ages and
recognizing the benefits of an integrated production floor,” comments Ben Khoshnood, president of material handling equipment supplier Inovaxe. “Connected facto- ries, like the emulation within cloud9, are the future. We are proud to partner with Panasonic which has imple-
Panasonic’s cloud9 manufacturing solutions showroom in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
Panasonic chose cloud9 as the name for the center to
reflect its mission to satisfy its customers through seam- less cloud-based IoT manufacturing connectivity. “PanaCIM integration raises the visibility of every process in the entire factory and reduces a manufactur- er’s total investment, pain points, and management bur- dens significantly,” adds Pandit. “The future of PanaCIM is all about connectivity, and cloud9 will be a huge value-
add for our customers.” Contact: Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of
America, 1701 Golf Road, Suite 3-1200, Rolling Mead- ows, IL 60008 % 847-637-9600 E-mail: PFSAmarket-
ing@us.panasonic.com Web:
www.panasoniccfa.com
Valencia, CA — In 1956, Cicoil first met the need for a cable that could provide flexibility in tight spaces, contain many wires within one cable and offer reliability over long-term operation in mainframe computer products. This year, the company marks the 60th year since the devel- opment of its IDC ribbon cable. In 1956, the task was considered al- most impossible, however the company’s engineers figured out a way to use liquid silicone rubber to mold a thin, flat cable contain- ing multiple conductors of the same size, while at the same time controlling the spacing of each in- ternal copper wire. The new flat IDC ribbon ca-
ble allowed companies including IBM, Sperry/Univac, Honeywell, GE, and NCR to replace bulky, stiff, round cables with the sleek, flexible ribbon cables. The devel- opment aided the advancement of mainframe computers, card read- ers, keypunch systems and paper tape reader machines. The mainframe industry
Cicoil Celebrates 60 Years of Flat Cables
wasn’t the only one in need of a flat ribbon cable. In the 1960s NASA needed a mission-critical,
light-
weight cable which would be incorpo- rated into a “biomedical cable har- ness.” Cicoil had developed its IDC Ribbon Cable a few years earlier and was able to meet all of the rigorous requirements for a spaceflight cable.
Steven Zweig, VP of sales at
Glenbrook (left) and Kit Weste, technical service manager at OK International (right) with the JewelBox Ultra Compact X-ray system.
Contact: Glenbrook Technolo-
As a result, the cable harness helped America put a man on the moon, and the lightweight ribbon cables were integral to the first American orbit of the Earth (John Glenn), first space- walk in 1965 (Edward White), and the lunar landing in 1969 (Neil Arm- strong and Buzz Aldrin). To meet the needs of its grow-
ing, diverse customer base, the com- pany developed a new extrusion process in 1998, which allowed it to manufacture continuous lengths of flat cable, including the IDC ribbon cable with a clear material called Flexx-Sil™. Representing a quan- tum leap from the original molded flat cables, the new material and ex- trusion process created a wide vari- ety of high performance, cost-effec- tive flat cable solutions for the semi- conductor, motion control, con- sumer, mil/aero and medical au-
tomation industries worldwide. Contact: Cicoil, 24960 Avenue
Cicoil has supplied its flat
ribbon cables to customers in a variety of industries for 60 years.
Tibbitts, Valencia, CA 91355 % 661-295-1295 fax: 661-295-0813
E-mail:
flatcable@cicoil.com Web:
www.cicoil.com
gies, Inc., 11 Emery Avenue, Ran- dolph, NJ 07869 % 973-361-8866 fax: 973-361-9286 Web:
www.glen-
brooktech.com and OK Internation- al, Inc., 10800 Valley View Street, Cypress, CA 90630 % 714-799-9910 fax: 714-828-2001 E-mail:
info@okinternational.com Web:
www.okinternational.com
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mented our Inovaxe InoAuto intelligent carts. Guests at the recent unveiling event were able to see how integrat- ed material management will improve changeover, re- duce costs, and enhance material movement within a con- nected factory.”
OK Int’l Installs Glenbrook JewelBox
Cypress, CA — OK International has installed Glenbrook Technologies’ JewelBox Ultra Compact X-ray sys- tem at its new state-of-the-art head- quarters in Cypress, California. The X-ray system will be used for quality control in the lab, demonstration ca- pability for the company’s line of BGA rework stations, and as a part of many technical seminars. The JewelBox is a fully-fea-
tured micro-focus X-ray machine with up to 1,200X magnification, a five-axis positioner with 360° rota- tion, and 45° tilt; yet the system is still small enough to fit on a desk in a lab or production space. OK Inter- national is a global supplier of sol- dering tools and equipment for pro- duction assembly, while Glenbrook Technologies manufactures and sells X-ray and other inspection systems.
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