In July 2022, Mitsubishi Electric renewed its ‘East Japan FA Solution Center’ in Akihabara, Japan following four successful and busy years of operation since its inauguration in 2018. The update will expand the number of solution-based demonstrations and strengthen co-innovation activities to help visitors achieve their manufacturing goals using the latest innovations.

Mitsubishi Electric's Nagoya Works Shinshiro Factory, located in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, has manufactured three-phase motors since its establishment in 1974. At this factory, they significantly overhauled the manufacture of a key product range, the SF-PR series. By utilizing e-F@ctory based Digital Manufacturing processes and concepts it is now possible for customers in Japan to choose from 40,000 models available in a five-day delivery window, or for those prepared to wait 15 days, the choice expands to 2.3 billion different product variations covering the majority of customer’s needs and applications. Made entirely in Japan, from material procurement to parts processing and assembly, the number of product variations and the short delivery window demonstrates the factory’s capabilities for flexible, high-quality production with shortened lead times and improved productivity.

Programs robots easily and automatically, without expert input, to work as fast as humans

In factories, cutting tools as used in machine tools, are almost a consumable part. However, their performance and operational life can have a big impact on production costs, so keeping a close eye on their condition is no bad thing. In parallel, after all the hype around IoT and how it will revolutionize manufacturing, there are still relatively few practical use-cases with justifiable return-on-investment. Hiroshi Nishiyuki, Head of Mitsubishi Electric’s FA System Solutions Department, explains how the above two conditions converged and resulted in solving both problems.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has been honored by SAP Japan in the category "Japan Industry 4.0 ", part of its "SAP Japan Customer Award 2021" program, for demonstrating outstanding leadership in the field of digital transformation.

The Mitsubishi Electric Group will be joining IIFES 2022 ONLINE, an exhibition of cutting-edge technologies for automation and measurement, which will be held online from January 26 through February 25th, 2022. Visitors will be able to learn how Mitsubishi Electric and its partners can support the transformation of factories and manufacturing processes with the latest digital manufacturing solutions, products and software.