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ZURICH—A global survey conducted by ABB has revealed that a significant workforce education gap could derail efforts by U.S. and European manufacturers to reshore or near-shore operations to build resilience in the face of global challenges.

At the Moscow Chess Open in July, a tabletop six-axis robot equipped with a two-finger gripper was programmed to play chess with three opponents simultaneously. During one match, an overenthusiastic seven-year-old boy reached for a piece before allowing the robot to complete its move. 

In today’s smart factories, cyber physical systems monitor physical processes, create a virtual representation of the physical world, and even make decisions. The traditional structure of the automation pyramid and the distinction between information and operations technologies are blurring.

Assembly technology is wonderful, but it is not perfect. In some way, each technological process has a downside.

If the factory of the future will run on data, new types of hardware will be needed to collect, route, process and display it. That means more than just new PLCs, but gateways, edge computers, tablets and other hardware.

With our robust service offerings, customers receive unique value in each of the six pillars of Orbitform.

To get an idea of the importance of sensors to the factory of the future, head to upstate New York to General Electric’s sprawling assembly plant in Schenectady, NY, where the company makes sodium-nickel batteries for cell-phone towers and other applications.

Middlesex provides conveyor technology solutions in instrument assembly, medical device assembly, injection nozzle assembly in automotive, and in numerous critical robotic assembly stations.

As the leading supplier of Metric Gearing to North American industrial companies, KHK USA offers over 20,000 configurations of stock metric gears.

FSG draws upon over 50 years of design and assembly expertise to transform your manufacturing processes into turnkey automation systems that will provide years of cost-efficient production.