NEWS Heading out to Hannover Messe 2022...
Hannover Messe will take place once again this year, on 30 May – 2 June, and companies are gearing up for another exciting, forward-thinking edition of the exhibition. OMRON will demonstrate the future shape of “i-Automation” – its
own manufacturing innovation concept – an example of this pictured right, OMRON’s new Intelligent Cell Production Line – as the direction of manufacturing evolution for the next decade. At its booth, with a new design to refl ect a real factory fl oor, OMRON will bring on-site innovation to life by embodying three pillars of the automation concept: intelligent, integrated, and interactive automation. “Currently, manufacturers around the world need to renew and evolve
manufacturing toward the post-COVID world,” commented Fernando Colas, OMRON CEO for the Industrial Automation Business in EMEA. “In addition to responding to technological innovations and changes
in products and manufacturing methods, we must focus on Sustainable Development Goals, the diversifi cation of people’s values, and the wellbeing of working people.” OMRON’s booth will focus on enabling fl exible manufacturing, as well ensuring workforce safety, product quality and sustainability. Visitors can experience solutions based on robotics, machine vision, high-speed and high-precision control application technology, artifi cial intelligence, and data science, that innovate manufacturing sites so that people can focus on creative work.
SIGITALISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY Also at Hannover Messe 2022, Schaeffl er will have two main focus points – the food and packaging industry and the robotics industry. The company will be presenting
its new food-based product range, as well as demonstrating ways of solving the challenges faced by the industry using automation solutions
which have been derived in practice. It views “sustainable engineering” as a major instigator in reducing energy and raw material consumption, while simultaneously securing considerable benefi ts for the customer. Examples of how digitalisation and sustainability can be combined to ideal effect in everyday operations will also be demonstrated in Hannover. Also, for the second year in a row, robotics will take centre stage for Schaeffl er at Hannover Messe. A substantially expanded range of precision strain wave gears (pictured left) and a sensor-based strain wave gear will be presented for the fi rst time this year, both for use in articulated
arm robots with a payload of up to around 20kg. The company will also present its portfolio of PSC-series high-precision planetary gearboxes for industrial robots. These are characterised by a torsi onal backlash that is 10 times lower and a service life that is three times longer than the market standard.
FANUC UK Robotics Competition lifts high school industry skills Tom Bouchier, FANUC UK Managing
FANUC UK has announced for the fourth year running a WorldSkills UK Industrial Robotics competition that is open to high school students (age 16+, without specifi c technical skills) that are inquisitive or already passionate about robotics. Entrants learn how to program and operate
robots to perform manufacturing tasks at FANUC’s new fl agship training facility in Coventry. The aim is to draw on the standard national curriculum giving pupils the ability to put into practice what they’ve been taught in subjects including mathematics, science and design. WorldSkills UK Deputy CEO, Ben Blackledge, said: “Taking part in WorldSkills UK competitions can be a life-changing experience. Our development programmes offer students and apprentices the opportunity to pit their
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skills against the best of the best in the UK, and even on the global stage. “We know that taking part in competitions boosts young people’s personal skills, as well developing the skills that employers and the economy needs. I would encourage everyone to have a look at the options available and register to take up this opportunity.”
Director, added: “FANUC is the proud partner of WorldSkills UK and we jointly promote the competition to budding young robot developers. As well as helping competition applicants to explore the varied use of robots, FANUC plays an active role in recruiting and training judges, agreeing the assessment criteria for competitions, and securing sponsorship and value in kind, as well as communication, training and development for our competitors, and widening participation and increasing diversity.” Applicants can register in teams of two by 1 April 2022 and the competition is made up of seven stages. There’s more information and the full
entry criteria online:
www.worldskillsuk.org/ competitions/industrial-robotics
www.irish-manufacturing.com
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