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Ready Robotics has already carried out an Automation Readiness Assessment at Southwire’s services to arrange for the undertaking. | Source: Southwire
Southwire yesterday introduced a partnership with Ready Robotics (READY Robotics), a developer of automation methods that overcome the obstacles confronted by producers, to deploy automation at 5 of the corporate’s services.
Through the partnership, Southwire’s Retail East Customer Service Center (CSC) in Villa Rica, Ga.; Utility Products Plant in Carrollton, Ga.; Kentucky Plant in Hawesville, Ky.; Florence Plant in Florence, Ala.; and Bremen Campus in Bremen, Ind., will take part within the automation pilot.
“Partnering with Ready Robotics provides us with an opportunity to leverage their expertise, as we continue to deploy cutting-edge technology within our operations,” Alex Thomas, chief engineer at Southwire, mentioned. “Continuous improvement is critical to assuring that we safely service our customers, and this partnership helps us accelerate those efforts by using smart solutions that fit nicely with our history as an innovation leader in the industry.”
To put together for the undertaking, Ready Robotics mentioned it carried out an Automation Readiness Assessment (ARA). This systematic evaluation, led by automation professionals, recognized potential automation alternatives inside Southwire’s manufacturing services. The ARA course of evaluates each conventional automation alternatives and high-mix low-volume (HMLV) operations. These HMLV operations are sometimes seen as difficult to automate with no versatile answer like Ready’s ForgeOS, their proprietary industrial OS for robotics and automation.
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Allan Gibson, vice chairman of Automation & Manufacturing Technologies at Ready Robotics known as the partnership a “game-changer.” He mentioned, “Our collaboration with Southwire to deploy industrial robotics, mobile robotics like automated guided vehicles (AGVs) or autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) across their corporation using ForgeOS is transformative. It underscores Southwire’s commitment to efficiency, quality and sustainability.”
As part of its dedication to Living Well, Southwire says it really works to reinforce the lives of its crew members every day by constructing a office that’s various, supportive and fascinating. Safety and well being are the corporate’s prime priorities, and this partnership is an extension of these efforts.
“Our partnership with Ready Robotics supports our ongoing assessment and initiative to provide a safe environment for all team members,” Se Oh, Southwire’s vice chairman of Operations Sustainability, mentioned. “Through close collaboration between READY Robotics and our Modernization, Health and Safety and Packaging Engineering teams, we plan to cultivate material handling safety and related automation for our existing assets and future investments.”