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As we launch in to 2017, I am sure that we all hope that the business environment in Australia will steadily improve and that with improvements in commodity prices and some growth in consumer confidence we will see some positive outcomes for our local manufacturing industry. Government support for advanced manufacturing, continued growth in the [...]

ATS Australia has many years of experience with vegetable oil processing, from crude oil to blended and deodorised oil ready for pack out to downstream customers and for margarine manufacture. Some examples are: Control systems FDS for the oilseed processing plant, solvent-based extraction plants and refineries. Automation implementations for vegetable oil refineries, deodorisers, blending, receiving [...]

A large Dutch slaughterhouse has been using ATS MeatIT in their MES/MOM environment for decades. Every piece of meat is tracked and linked with the parent ERP system. The software on the work floor has been adapted to the production process and is easy to operate by hand via a touchscreen.Recently an issue was reported. [...]

A German company that manufactures mobile manipulators has chosen ATS to implement a new static version for training purposes. The manipulators are used in places and situations that are too dangerous for people. This includes carrying out bomb disposal and entering contaminated areas. Currently the customer only has mobile manipulators controlled via remote control. ATS, [...]

This reporting template contains two graphs as used in the European car industry and some other process based industries.The “X with MR” graph shows an X-Mr graph with both individual and moving range graphs. The control limits and engineering tolerances are shown and the trend highlights the standard control chart errors of “out of control”, [...]

This reporting template contains a useful management level graph, which shows the overall quality of all features in a part or assembly using the four most widely used measures of repeatability.The usual target value for any company working towards 6S quality standards is to have Pp/Ppk above 1.66. Typically Pp/Ppk will be used during development phases [...]

ATS has received a substantial order for ATS CM4D software at two plants in the USA and Mexico. This is the second phase of an ongoing ATS ADOS implementation at the customer which currently uses Inspect at three of its plants. Two of the plants will now deploy ATS CM4D within the warehouse to analyze [...]

This is a wireless device designed to measure closure velocity or force, and wirelessly send readings to a PC or assembly information system. The device is easily attached to the closure using a vacuum cup. One press of the button will start the measurement. Once the door, deck lid, lift gate, or sliding door has been [...]

In April 2013 at Hannover Messe, a consortium of universities, research institutions and industrial companies in Germany presented a report which called for investment, awareness, ideas and further research to help realise ­Industry 4.0 – a term used to describe a wide variety of innovations in IT, manufacturing technology and materials that will lead to [...]

"Manufacturing companies can take some simple steps to help prepare their business for change and the fourth industrial revolution". Image: DaveBleasdale, Learning Zone; flickr.com (CC BY 2.0) This article was first published in the Spring 2015 issue of OnWindows. In the last issue of OnWindows I outlined the technologies and thinking behind the fourth industrial [...]