ABB India Opens A New Robotics Facility to Support the Digital Transformation of Manufacturing in India
July 31, 2020 at 02:59 am EDT
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ABB India opened a new robotics facility to support the digital transformation of manufacturing in India. The new ABB Robotics solutions delivery facility will enable Indian customers to reap the benefits of Industry 4.0 including cutting-edge robotics and digitalization technologies, going at the heart of helping India become a resilient high-tech manufacturing economy in the world. Spread over 3,600 sq.m at the ABB Nelamangala factory premises in Bengaluru, the new facility will enable ABB India to deliver robotic applications and digital solutions for a variety of Indian industries, including automotive, food & beverage, electronics and other upcoming sectors. The facility houses a shop floor that can run proof of concepts and factory acceptance tests for 1,000 ABB robots every year, which doubles the company's capacity. This enables rapid innovation, adaption, optimization and agile delivery of made-to-order robotics applications for Indian customers. The facility includes a demonstration center where the latest technologies in robotic welding, gluing and material handling will be showcased and can be used to carry out joint prove-out sessions with customers. ABB will also integrate an ABB Ability Connected Services team that can remotely monitor an installed base of ABB robots to conduct predictive maintenance and high uptime. A new Customer Experience Center is being set up for customers to learn about the latest in robotics technology and applications, including ABB's dedicated robot simulation and programming software, RobotStudio. Additionally, the facility will host a paint lab where customers can run simulations of a broad range of industrial painting applications. ABB is one the leading suppliers of robot, robot systems and machine & factory automation solutions, having shipped over 400,000 robot solutions across the globe. Designed as a complete digital ecosystem, ABB's factory of the future concept will cater to the growing demand of collaborative automation solutions, by enabling innovation of new robot applications tailormade to the Indian market.
ABB India Limited specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of industrial equipment. Net sales break down by family of products and services as follows:
- automation systems (62.4%): power protection system and fluids measurement instruments and control, control system of the production process (especially for oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical, marine, mining and paper industries) and robotics equipment;
- products and transmission systems and power distribution (37.6%): transformers, power distribution products of medium voltage (circuit breakers, switches, fuses, sensors, etc.) and high voltage (capacitors, cables, switches, etc.). Besides, the group proposes turnkey installation services of transmission systems.
At the end of 2022, the group has 25 plants located in India.