Intel and Mitsubishi Electric Collaborate to Create Next-Generation Factory Automation Systems
September 29 2014 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Pilot Program Demonstrates the Benefits of
End-to-End Internet of Things Connectivity in Industrial
Settings
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
- Intel and Mitsubishi Electric are
working together to advance factory automation (FA) systems
utilizing end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and big
data analytics.
- The companies collaborated on a pilot
at Intel’s manufacturing facility in Malaysia, demonstrating the
benefits of IoT. The pilot resulted in improved equipment uptime,
increased yield and productivity, the ability to conduct predictive
maintenance and reduced component failures.
- As a result of the pilot, Intel
realized US$9 million in savings through cost avoidance and
improved decision making.
- The companies are targeting product
availability in 2015.
Intel Corporation and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation today
announced a new collaboration to develop next-generation factory
automation (FA) systems with Internet of Things (IoT) technologies
and a pilot program at Intel’s backend manufacturing facility in
Malaysia.
The pilot demonstrates the benefits of IoT in a factory setting
with a focus on delivering productivity enhancement through
innovative functions, such as predictive failure, by combining
Intel’s expertise developing solutions for IoT and Mitsubishi
Electric’s “e-F@ctory” automation capabilities. Intel realized a
savings of US$9 million over the course of the pilot.
IoT and Big Data in Action
As an initial collaboration, Intel and Mitsubishi Electric
implemented the IoT and big data solution at Intel’s backend
manufacturing facility in Malaysia. Using an Intel® Atom™
processor-based IoT gateway called the C Controller from Mitsubishi
Electric’s iQ-Platform, Intel was able to securely gather and
aggregate data for the analytics server. Data was then processed
using Revolution R Enterprise* software from Revolution Analytics*,
an analytics software solution that uses the open source R
statistics language, which was hosted on Cloudera Enterprise*, the
foundation of an enterprise data hub.
The solution has improved equipment component uptime, increased
yield and productivity by minimizing misclassification of good
units as bad, enabled predictive maintenance, and reduced component
failures. Initial results include a savings of US$9 million through
cost avoidance and improved decision making.
“The data mining and analytics pilots done in Malaysia have
demonstrated great value and benefits for Intel manufacturing using
Intel-based IoT products and technology,” said Robin Martin, vice
president and general manager of Intel’s Assembly and Test Group.
“Through this collaboration and pilot with Mitsubishi Electric, we
will bring the know-how, assets and technology of both companies to
develop next-generation factory automation systems with predictive
analytic capabilities. This will allow other companies to reap the
benefits of the Internet of Things for factory operations.”
“The collaboration between Mitsubishi Electric and Intel on this
IoT project has enabled field data from semiconductor manufacturing
lines to be collected and analyzed to improve operational
performance, yet also contribute energy savings for a more
sustainable society,” said Masayuki Yamamoto, group senior vice
president, Factory Automation Systems, Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation. “We believe that other manufacturers can benefit from
this joint Intel-Mitsubishi Electric solution, which combines big
data analysis, optimized data capture and processing to deliver
improved performance and optimized maintenance.”
The commercialization date for the product is 2015, and the
companies will show a live demonstration of the solution in Intel’s
booth at the IoT Japan 2014 tradeshow, which will be held October
15-17 at Tokyo Big Sight in Japan.
About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation.
The company designs and builds the essential technologies that
serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. As
a leader in corporate responsibility and sustainability, Intel also
manufactures the world’s first commercially available
“conflict-free” microprocessors. Additional information about Intel
is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com, and about
Intel’s conflict-free efforts at conflictfree.intel.com.
About Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
With over 90 years of experience in providing reliable,
high-quality products, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:
6503) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing
and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in
information processing and communications, space development and
satellite communications, consumer electronics, industrial
technology, energy, transportation and building equipment.
Embracing the spirit of its corporate statement, Changes for the
Better, and its environmental statement, Eco Changes, Mitsubishi
Electric endeavors to be a global, leading green company, enriching
society with technology. The company recorded consolidated group
sales of 4,054.3 billion yen (US$ 39.3 billion1) in the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2014. For more information visit
http://www.MitsubishiElectric.com.
1At an exchange rate of 103 yen to the U.S. dollar, the rate
given by the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on March 31, 2014
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Corporation in the United States and other countries.
e-F@ctory, iQ-Platform, C Controller, CC-Link, CC-Link IE are
trademarks of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in Japan and other
countries.
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IntelDanielle Mann,
973-997-1154danielle.mann@intel.comorMitsubishi Electric
CorporationKatsunobu Muroi,
+81-3-3218-23322359prd.gnews@nk.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp
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