ForwardX’s new facility will dedicate areas to constructing several types of robots, which it mentioned will guarantee high quality management. | Supply: ForwardX
ForwardX Expertise Co. this week unveiled its new robotics manufacturing facility, which is able to handle its total manufacturing course of, from meeting to testing. The Beijing, China-based firm mentioned this underscores its dedication to self-sufficient manufacturing.
The ten,000-sq.-m (107,639-sq.-ft.) facility spans two buildings and options a number of manufacturing traces that cowl the complete manufacturing course of. ForwardX Robotics mentioned it constructed the ability in 2022.
The manufacturing facility features a 4,500-sq.-m (48,437.6-sq.-ft.) part that focuses on wire harness processing, together with the meeting and testing of smaller autonomous cell robotic (AMR) fashions. The remainder of the world focuses on the manufacturing of bigger AMRs and autonomous forklifts, along with software program integration and system testing.
“This setup ensures complete capabilities and full high quality management all through every section of manufacturing,” the firm mentioned. “By integrating these various features underneath one roof, the ability permits ForwardX to fulfill the rising demand for automation options whereas sustaining full management over manufacturing processes.”
FowardX expects to fulfill market demand
With an annual manufacturing capability of 5,000 models, ForwardX Robotics mentioned its manufacturing facility is well-positioned to fulfill the growing world demand for superior robots.
Along with an elevated manufacturing capability, the corporate asserted that the ability will empower it to innovate and ship high-quality, dependable merchandise. Its self-sufficient manufacturing may also guarantee distinctive efficiency and robust after-sales help, mentioned ForwardX.
The ability may also play a key function in supporting ongoing analysis and improvement for its subsequent robotics methods, the corporate famous. ForwardX mentioned it has greater than 250 workers from main universities and enterprises world wide, in addition to over 350 patents.
Facility to assist ForwardX broaden portfolio
ForwardX provides a spread of vision-based AMRs, and its lineup is rising. Final yr, it launched smaller, nimbler, middleweight AMRs. The Flex 300-L Mini is a platform AMR that additionally serves because the cell base for the Flex 300-SCB Mini.
Each AMRs supply a 300 kg (661.3 lb.) most payload and are designed to traverse slender, one-way aisles with widths between 800 to 1,000 mm (31.4 to 39.3 in.). The 300-SCB Mini contains a structural shelving unit, human-machine interface (HMI), and barcode scanner.
The SCB model has a peak of 1,400 mm (55.1 in.) for the shelving unit, compared with the Flex 300-L base peak of 295 mm (11.6 in.). The remainder of the specs are the identical for each models.
ForwardX additionally supplies fleet-management software program to assist automate supplies dealing with in manufacturing and warehousing amenities. The corporate mentioned it has deployed greater than 3,000 AMRs in over 150 amenities throughout 4 continents.
ForwardX gained a 2022 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its 5G AMR deployment in TCL’s Huizhou manufacturing facility, which offered elevated flexibility. The corporate, which claimed it’s the largest goods-to-person (G2P) cell robotic supplier in Asia, has set its sights on world enlargement. Final yr, it partnered with VOYATZOGLOU Group as its official distributor in Greece.
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