Flexible automation and simultaneous engineering are critical to the success of three different manufacturers.
In the mobile telephone market, the ability to introduce a new product in the shortest possible time and in large numbers is critical. Philips needed to bring the loudspeaker from prototype to high-volume production within 6 months. The huge rotary assembly machines Philips previously used to assemble loudspeakers were not appropriate for the new model. Even in the commissioning phase, it?s only possible to operate the machines sequentially, station by station.