As the industry 4.0 revolution continues, global manufacturers are increasingly focused on intelligent factories and smart manufacturing, while the key machine tools on production lines are constantly evolving to achieve greater automation, efficiency and precision.
As the threat from climate change grows, “net zero” has become a hot topic around the world. For machine tools, this means that the industry’s focus on efficiency and price has expanded to take environmental impacts into account, as well as smart, automated features that drive product values faster and higher. Many countries have created legislation to achieve net zero by 2050, while the EU will start collecting a new carbon border tax from 2023. As the world’s fifth largest machine tool exporter, Taiwan also plays an important role in international supply chains and has been involved in the market since the early days.
Since 2019, COVID-19 erupted in many countries. The epidemic prevention measures of many cities caused their factories to stop production. Digitalization of business operations was suddenly on the verge, with smart factories becoming the focus of investment in the manufacturing industry. Coupled with the international commitment for carbon reduction worldwide and Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) demand for sustainable operation, corporations are vying to expand their capital in smart manufacturing. The global smart manufacturing market reached USD$305 billion in 2021, and is expected to reach USD$450 billion by 2025. Taiwan's Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) for laptop computers, mobile phones & consumer electronics has no rival in terms of manufacturing technology, cost control, and supply chain management. After decades of research, it has integrated many smart factory solutions. Among the latest batch of 21 new manufacturing sites to join the Global Lighthouse Network announced by the World Economic Forum 2021, Taiwan's Innolux Kaohsiung factory, AUO Taichung factory (Fab3), and Foxconn Zhengzhou and Wuhan factories were selected. Taiwan’s world-famous chip manufacturer TSMC has moved further towards 3nm and smaller sizes, taking a revolutionary approach to create a smart integrated factory. It’s expected to be more effective and comprehensive in improving productivity, flexibility, efficiency and product quality. There are more companies in Taiwan that have already used smart factories to upgrade their value and regard smart factories as the key to staying ahead of the competition. In the future, it’s expected that the manufacturing industry will frequent more challenges stemming from manufacturing instability due to climate change, infectious diseases, and labor shortages. It is our goal and desire that through this book we may help the international community take stock of Taiwan’s smart manufacturing solution providers and that we embark together in the transformation and upgrade of manufacturing industries.
Hydrostatic spindles are ideal machines for high precision - within 2μm - and stable working of WBG materials.
A high-precision and low-runout tool holder increases the carbide tool’s service life and efficiency.
At the headquarters of world-renowned German conglomerate Siemens AG is a display room for pioneering industrial controllers the company has manufactured over the years. In this historical showcase, one piece of hardware stands out as the only non-German product: a computer numerical control (CNC) machining center made by Taiwan’s Macro Micro Tech Inc. Of all the available options to pair with its most important controllers, Siemens chose Macro Micro’s product due to its high quality.
Flash Butt Welding is a resistance welding process which involves joining two materials without gas or filler material. Two welding materials are clamped on the machine platen, one on the movable platen and the other on the fixed platen. The flashing stage of the flash butt welding process is to apply voltage while the movable platen advances towards the fixed platen. The melting and expulsion of the material on the faying surface of the two materials is the flash welding process. The flash welding terminates at the start of the butt-welding process.
MYLAS Machinery is the ONE STOP solution provider for complex machining parts, with its multi-axes Mill-Turn CNC Automatic Lathe, MYTURN DY 60. It features supreme machining power, dual Y-axis, double spindle, and equipped with 38 tools. The compact size saves floor space and its functions can simply replace two standard turning machines and one machining center. It saves 20% of space while at the same time decreasing 50% transition time of the turning and milling process.
The Chevalier FVL-8P & FVL-15P are vertical lathe for non-circular piston contouring that offers high-precision, versatility and productivity.
YLM designs and builds the "Smart Automation Cell" which is equipped for remote monitoring of unmanned production systems. YLM leads the industry in a number of applications, specializing on high-precision robotics and the array of capabilities within the central control system. Its Central Control System can operate in single machine mode, multi-machine mode, or work cell mode. This provides solutions for increased productivity and improved part-quality while reducing capital investment spending. YLM's "Smart Automation Cell" is constructed with high-quality components to ensure low maintenance and easy operational control to maximize your productivity. YLM is an intelligent device leading manufacturer that can drive your productivity gains and transform your production flows to reach Industry 4.0.
