Mitsubishi Electric’s New Integrated-automation Factory to Produce Vacuum Interrupters and Vacuum Circuit Breakers

Built for innovative, efficient IoT-based production based on
“e-F@ctory” concept

TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has
completed construction of an integrated-automation factory for the
production of vacuum interrupters and circuit breakers at its Power
Distribution Systems Center in Marugame, Japan. The new factory will
deploy Mitsubishi Electric’s e-F@ctory concept of integrated automation
based on IoT technologies to achieve high efficiency, high productivity
and minimized cost. Combined sales of vacuum interrupters and vacuum
circuit breakers are expected to rise to 12 billion yen by 2025.

The company’s e-F@ctory concept makes use of cutting-edge technologies
to visualize information and integrate with high-level
manufacturing-execution systems for advanced production. The new factory
leverages this know-how to unify production information, from orders to
assembly to shipments, for enhanced productivity and product quality.
The e-F@ctory concept will also be used to improve cycle speeds and
shorten lead times.

The integrated-automation production line’s uptime will be maximized
through the partial introduction of automatic assembly and testing
devices for vacuum interrupters and vacuum circuit breakers, which
previously had been decentralized within the Power Distribution Systems
Center.

The factory is the first to deploy Mitsubishi Electric’s D-SMiree System*
for medium- and low-voltage direct-current distribution systems of
voltages up to 1,500V DC. In addition, the new factory will deploy
advanced energy-saving equipment and energy-loss visualization
technologies to minimize its environmental footprint and energy
consumption.

The global demand for vacuum interrupters and vacuum circuit breakers is
foreseen expanding over the mid to long term due to the increasing
introduction of renewable-energy facilities and the upgrading of
existing electrical distribution equipment at power utilities, railways
and factories. The new factory gives Mitsubishi Electric the necessary
production capacity to meet current demand and over the longer term will
provide the necessary competitiveness to expand sales share and enter
new markets for vacuum interrupters and vacuum circuit breakers.

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* D-SMiree ─ Diamond-Smart
Medium Voltage Direct Current Distribution
Network System for Innovative Reliable
Economical Ecology

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