ABB India has
inaugurated one of the first smart factories in Bangalore for the production of
electrical protection and connection solutions. The facility will be located on
the existing factory premises of Nelamangala in Bangalore, the start-up and IT
capital of India. The smart factory enables continuous monitoring of the production
process through visualization of operational data, to increase efficiency and
flexibility of the manufacturing process.
The smart production
line can track and display operational performance parameters across the entire
manufacturing chain in real time. The factory also has digital lifecycle
management with interconnected automation components, machines as well as data
about processes and products. Real-time feeds monitor the entire manufacturing
process.
Remote access and
wireless communication with Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID)
manage the production process, work orders and testing parameters. Taking the
Make in India initiative to the next level of precision and smart technology,
the newest member of the portfolio, Emax 2, includes product line features such
as product assembly on track guided vehicles (TGV) powered by electric motors
on a closed loop track.
“ABB has continued to
invest in building capacity to cater to the evolving trends in the Indian
market and bridging them with best in class global technology. At ABB, we use
smart technology to make solutions that help our customers get digital-ready,”
said Sanjeev Sharma, Managing Director of ABB India.
The smart factory,
which is part of ABB’s manufacturing 19-acre Nelamangala campus, will house the
production line for the entire range of ABB’s protection and connection
business, which helps to protect power systems from surges and enables a
reliable power supply for various installations.
The Bangalore facility
will manufacture ABB’s range of air and molded case circuit breakers,
electronic and thermal relays, contactors, pilot devices and ABB’s latest range
of plug and play low-voltage circuit breaker, Emax 2. The products are key in
optimizing resources, reducing energy and life-cycle costs and boosting the
productivity of industrial installations across sectors like process industries
(cement, textile, chemicals, and metals), marine, data centers and automotive.
Smart, connected
factories are the future of manufacturing. ABB was instrumental in
kick-starting the second and third industrial revolutions and is leading its
customers into the Fourth, where machines and factories are connected and
increasingly autonomous and self-learning. Today ABB is leading the way into
the new era with a range of products and solutions under the name ABB Ability.
The Ability platform leverages intelligence gathered from ABB’s vast global
installed base of 70 million connected devices and 70,000 control systems and
uses this intelligence to not only help the customers optimize operations but
also uses the insights to develop new business models. ABB Ability
currently has more than 210 solutions.
“As digitalization gains
traction across Indian industries, ABB’s smart factory will take the production
of power equipment to the next level. Digital technologies enabling the
manufacturing of various next-generation plug and play solutions will cater to
a rapidly evolving market. Such world-class, smart facilities will be the
stepping stone for the next level of growth for the nation,” Sharma said.
“This smallest and
feature-rich power circuit breaker results in space savings of about 25 percent
and a reduction in assembly time by 10 percent with network analysis and preventive
diagnostics powered by cloud connectivity for any installation,” Sharma added.
India wants to
increase the contribution of manufacturing to the nation’s GDP to 25 percent by
2020 from 16 percent. At the same time, India experiences an increase in adoption
of cloud, mobility and analytics technologies that rely on computing and a
storage infrastructure. Managing and controlling the power supporting these
industry requirements will need new energy management platforms such as the
Emax 2 system. The new line of manufacturing at ABB helps to meet these growing
demands for energy management.
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