Frankfurt, Mar 22, 2023 — The automotive industry has the largest number of robots working in factories around the world: Operational stock hit a new record of about one million units. This represents about one third of the total number installed across all industries. “The automotive industry effectively invented automated manufacturing,” says Marina Bill, president…
A land of fish and rice, a gathering of humanities. Wuxi, as an important birthplace of the Jiangnan civilization and the Southern Jiangsu model, gathers technological and innovative resources in the Yangtze River Delta, forming landmark industrial clusters such as the Internet of Things, integrated circuits, and biomedicine, attracting many well-known companies to take root…
The Global Water Awards recognize outstanding achievements in the water and wastewater treatment and desalination industries, with a focus on innovative technologies ABB used smart water management technology to improve the flexibility of Wellington Water’s water supply and drainage network, making it better prepared for the future, so it won the “Smart Water Project of…
The KUKA East China Manufacturing Base in Kunshan, Suzhou was officially put into use in April this year. The base covers an area of about 43,000 square meters and has successfully realized the strategic transformation of localized production. KUKA’s manufacturing base in East China is strategically located. The new factory is located at No. 1…
How to ensure the safety of personnel in the danger zone in the shutdown state? The “pocket key” solution from Pilz prevents unintentional restarting of machinery until the person leaves the danger zone. Before entering the safety protection area through the safety door, the operator (or several) needs to use the “personal key” to authorize…
Siemens is working with Microsoft to use generative artificial intelligence tools to improve its industrial workflows. Microsoft’s library of generative AI tools, including AI chat and code generation, will be used to speed up and simplify Siemens’ design, engineering, manufacturing and operations processes. The two companies plan to use artificial intelligence to enhance communication between…
The problem of component damage during the actual operation of the electronic belt scale often troubles the on-site maintenance personnel. Because there are no spare parts, the electronic belt scale often results in outage. 01 When visiting a mineral processing plant, I saw that a belt scale has been out of service. This scale…
Overview 1. The Chinese name of FC is “Function”, and the Chinese name of FB is “Function Block” (respectively called “Function” and “Function Block” in the blog) 2. FC and FB are equivalent to subroutines in 200 and 200Smart. The purpose of writing subroutines is to facilitate multiple calls 3. FB is more powerful than…
In the latest ABB Decoded podcast, Eero Lehtovaara, Head of Regulatory and Public Affairs, ABB Marine & Ports, discusses multiple options to make shipping more sustainable Long time captain Lehtovaara shares his insights on how digitalization and automation can support shipping to become cleaner, safer and more predictable Podcast explores multiple technologies helping to decarbonize the…
Dr. Utsav Banerjee from Bengaluru, India receives research grant of $300,000 over three years Awarded research addresses critical security and privacy issues in the Internet of Things Research will be conducted at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc) ABB has granted the third ever ABB Research Award in Honor of former ABB chairman Hubertus…