4/26/2018

Delta Demonstrates Smart Digitalized Manufacturing Capabilities at Hannover Messe 2018 with Multitasking Smart Production Line

Delta, a world-class provider of industrial automation solutions, unveiled at Hannover Messe 2018 its integrated Smart Factory and Energy Management solutions to enable higher productivity and energy efficiency at the equipment, production line, and factory layers.

Mr. Andy Liu, general manager of Delta's Industrial Automation Business Group, said, “Smart manufacturing is not only a trend but an imperative way for companies to sharpen their competitive edge. Delta remains focused on strengthening the capabilities of its industrial automation solutions and their underlying software and hardware platforms. We help customers attain superior performance and lower carbon emissions through smart manufacturing in their operations. Our showcase at Hannover Messe 2018 is specifically designed to prove how our next-generation solutions and integration expertise converge to turn smart manufacturing into a reality.”

Mr. Patrik Hug, Delta EMEA IABG Senior Director of Business Development & Product Management, indicated the importance of smart manufacturing and shared the success stories of Delta's programmable logic controller (PLC) smart model line at Delta's press conference held on 4/24. Mr. Hug indicated that after implementing Delta's smart production solutions, this PLC model line in Delta's WJ plant is able to deliver 138 different parts with only 23 production processes. The capacity of the model line has increased by 40% and reached 35k/month while saving 76% on space usage. This model line also allows operators and managers to monitor the real-time production process and machine status with a digitalization and monitoring platform.

Delta's highlights at this year's Hannover Messe include:

• Integrated factory automation, digitalization and energy management solutions facilitate smart, green factories. Our smart factory solution contains the key elements of smart manufacturing, including machine automation, networking and communication, real-time equipment / production monitoring and management, and energy management. This solution highlights overall factory data collection and management via a SCADA system (DIAView), manufacturing execution system (DIAMES), overall equipment effectiveness management (DIAOEE), and industrial energy management system (DIAEnergie). The DIAEnergie system also appears in an energy management solution with our power meters that collect power consumption data for real-time monitoring, analysis, and management.

• The new High-Flexibility Multi-Tasking Smart Production Line integrates the innovative idea of onsite production for customized gifts with flexible robot workstations, smart conveyor, IIoT technology, and a monitoring platform. This 4-meter fully-integrated manufacturing platform has Delta's cutting-edge industrial automation solutions and a smart conveyer at its core:
1.Customers place orders for customized products via on-site PC, tablet and smartphone devices. A cloud system channels the orders into the Delta Manufacturing Execution System (DIAMES) which subsequently issues an order-tracking QR code.

2.The newly-developed Smart Conveyor analyses production status data and sends in-process products to idle robot workstations to optimize time and production efficiency.

3.Two 6-axis articulated robots DRV90L series execute high-precision pick & place, stocking and delivery of multiple product types as well as one SCARA robot arm DRS60L to perform swift product packaging. The robots identify products via Delta's DMV2000 machine vision system, which discerns varying positions, shapes and colors.

4.The Delta Manufacturing Management Platform (DIAMMP) carries out real-time visualized monitoring of order status and production performance data.

5.For customers that request later pickup of their product, the newly-launched Industrial Barcode Scanner DAH Series will read the QR code in their SMS notification to identify the product in the storage area, which is retrieved by one of the 6-axis articulated robots.

Over a thousand visitors came to Delta's booth and ordered their personal gifts during the 5-day event. Many were amazed by Delta's rapid development and results in smart manufacturing.

• Another key attraction at our booth is a live demo of Delta's new 3D Machine Vision Solutions, including the stereo vision sensor and 3D scanner. These newly- developed 3D vision inspection systems have been conceived to boost efficiency and reduce operating costs in logistics applications through rapid and precise identification of product packages' shapes as well as height, length and width dimensions, which are displayed in real-time for visitors.

Delta also presented a broad range of advanced industrial automation products for smart equipment, including drives, motion systems, sensors, measurement devices, machine vision and 3D vision detection systems, robots, industrial controllers, industrial networking devices, and equipment IoT platform, along with robot workstations and machine automation solutions.

News Source:IABG Marcom