ABB to show how the ingredients of an advanced factory come together to achieve customized, yet rapid production for demanding consumers

ABB will bring together the elements of a ‘factory of the future’ at PPMA 2019, at the Birmingham NEC, 1st – 3rd October 2019, demonstrating how its latest automation and robotics technologies can transform performance in food, beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.

Stand F80 will feature examples from ABB’s extensive automation and digital portfolio, showing how tomorrow’s factory will be able to respond rapidly to changing customer demands, while maintaining profitability, safety and quality.

Among the demonstrations will be ABB’s SCARA demo cell, showing how the precision, repeatability and rapid cycle time of ABB’s IRB 910SC (SCARA) robot can bring flexibility to pick and place and packaging applications. Another robot cell will show how humans and automated production lines can work together efficiently and safely.

Companies looking to build flexible automation solutions can view the PLC range.

Stand F80 will also feature ABB’s WiMon Conditioning Monitoring System and the new NiTemp, a non-invasive temperature sensor.

Maximising uptime of motors, pumps and bearings is made easier with ABB Ability Digital Powertrain, which reads data to enable effective and timely maintenance. Also on show will be ABB’s range of emergency lighting, cable ties and details of ABB’s service offerings.

 “Today’s consumers want products that are tailored to their needs faster than ever before. The factory of the future must therefore respond much more dynamically to ever-changing consumer requirements,” says Nigel Platt, LBL Manager, UK and Ireland – ABB Robotics. 

“For factories, this means flexible production using autonomous robotic systems that can learn and adapt. At PPMA, ABB will demonstrate how the ‘Factory of the Future’ is characterized by flexibility and enabled by collaboration and digitalization. With its wide range of solutions and services specifically tailored to the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, ABB offers a simple route to meeting the demands of today’s continually shifting marketplace.”

To find out more about ABB’s offering for food, beverage and pharmaceutical applications, visit www.bit.ly/ABB_Food.