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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 [...]

For this deployment US based electric carmaker has chosen ATS CM4D which compares the fit of two mating parts and allows them to apply “virtual shims”. This combination of features is unique to ATS CM4D as well as a wealth of other features comparing the virtual design to the actual physical product, the ability to [...]

From the start ATS has been a key member of the team implementing Opcenter Execution ( Discrete or Process) MES into all of the plants of this multinational soft drinks supplier. ATS has been rewarded this contract based on its long-term involvement and ability to make this project successful.As part of the initial project, that [...]

A beverage manufacturer sought to upgrade their Allen-Bradley SLC500 DH+ installation to ethernet to provide benefits such increased network bandwidth, reliability and ability to readily integrated with planned future new machinery. Further, a legacy RSView 32 SCADA installation was to be upgraded to CitectSCADA v7.2. This upgrade mainly provided the advantages of flexible & user [...]

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 [...]