Failure prediction diagnosis of equipment

When customers operate their factories, their concern is that the sudden shutdown of devices will prevent production. In response, it is anticipated that the equipment will malfunction due to wear and tear, and planned maintenance will be carried out to achieve zero downtime.

For example, in the case of industrial robots, a reducer that amplifies the movement of each joint of the robot is built in, but due to the gear mechanism, it wears out and needs to be replaced depending on the condition of use. The wear condition of these gears can be predicted from the operation data, and the time of failure for each reducer can be estimated, so that prior replacement can be carried out and the production plan will not be affected.

In addition, the AC Drives collect various data such as frequency, rotation speed, power consumption, torque value, temperature, and voltage when the motors are driven, and can perform maintenance in advance by sensing malfunctions of equipment such as belt breakage, bearing deterioration in the case of conveyors, air scum (air contamination) in the case of pumps, liquid pack and refrigerant leakage in the case of compressors.

On the other hand, servomotors monitor sensing data, such as vibration, disturbance, positioning, communication quality, and temperature, to detect real-time data related to signs of failure, such as equipment aging or changes in the operating environment.

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Shorter installation time

AI picking

AI Picking

By utilizing the AI technology “Alliom” developed by Yaskawa Group, the installation time to actual operation is drastically shortened, and the accuracy to actual machine can also be improved.

Production Production
 

Flexible production

High Variety and Variable Quantity Production

High Variety and Variable Quantity Production

By using digital data to manage automated production lines, setup can be prepared automatically without manual intervention, enabling high variety and variable quantity production from a minimum of one unit.

Production Production
 
Autonomous distributed manufacturing

Autonomous Distributed Manufacturing

Digital data such as the torque value, vibration value, and temperature of the servomotor is absorbed into the controller, and the robot can think for itself how to move.

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Accuracy improvement

Accuracy improvement of defect cause analysis Yaskawa case

Accuracy Improvement of Defect Cause Analysis < Yaskawa Case >

By “visualizing” the operation status of equipment/devices with Yaskawa Cockpit, it is possible to identify the root cause by comparing the normal value and abnormal value of the data in the factor analysis for defects in production.

Quality Quality
 

Quality inspection

Automated product quality assessment with AI

Automated Product Quality Assessment with AI

When the quality inspection process is labor-saving, the use of an image judgement service that utilizes AI technology such as deep learning makes it possible to automatically determine complex No Good patterns with the same level of accuracy as humans.

Quality Quality
 

Recovery support

Investigating the cause of equipment failure

Investigating the Cause of Equipment Failure

By acquiring quality data on when, with which equipment, and how it was processed, it is possible to accurately identify the cause of the problem between which equipment and equipment at the time of failure.

Maintenance Maintenance
 
Faster Recovery Simulation

Faster Recovery Simulation

The planning technology that Yaskawa developed automatically generates optimal paths, enabling simulation in a few minutes and dramatically reducing engineering time for recovery from sudden stop.

Maintenance Maintenance