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Lights out Manufacturing

EdEarl
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To me this is news, but it isn't new. Don't know where to post this thread.

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FANUC, the Japanese robotics company, has been operating a "lights out" factory for robots since 2001.[5] Robots are building other robots at a rate of about 50 per 24-hour shift and can run unsupervised for as long as 30 days at a time. "Not only is it lights-out," says Fanuc vice president Gary Zywiol, "we turn off the air conditioning and heat too."

This factory is, I think, one of the first; more are being made.

 

50 units/day*365 days/yr=18,250 units/yr

 

2001 to 2016 is 15 years

 

18,250 units/yr * 15 yr = 273,750 units

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