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The future of forming Daniel Arredondo* and Mario Gonzalez** highlight what they anticipate the future of forming will be.
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manufacturing processes. Remote support was a key point for continuity; a worthy investment in connectivity and information analysis, without forgetting that machine safety is very important, in the coming years, we will seek to integrate robots into the IS machines in the mould lubrication process, which will help protect the operator and prevent direct contact with the machine when it is in motion. At FAMA we know that health and safety is very important to our customers, so in the near future we will have more robust systems in the industry. The glass container industry has grown in knowledge in recent years, taking it to high levels of productivity, in FAMA we see an area of opportunity in the inclusion of Industry 4.0 concepts to mark the new direction towards prediction and use of artificial intelligence systems, which will turn our customers into a greater benefit by reducing their downtime or increase their daily quantity of containers with
high quality rates. Currently we already have access to information in the cloud, and we expect it to grow exponentially in order to make the tools provided by data analysis more and more robust and, as mentioned above, the customer perceives it as a tool for better preventive maintenance and faster action in the event of deviations in the different glass container manufacturing processes. We have a long-term vision to incorporate technologies that bring measurable benefits to our customers. Finally, the use of Digital Twin has become an important tool to increase the reliability of the mechanisms being designed, or to locate any weaknesses. Today, FAMA uses this tool as part of its daily work. �
*4.0 technology leader, **Electronic Technology Manager, FAMA, Monterrey, Mexico https://fama.com.mx/en/
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t FAMA we combine modern technology and a highly committed workforce that allows us to generate strategic alliances to transform our customers’ productivity to outstanding levels. Our experience in the glass packaging industry allows us to offer transformed solutions in machinery and services, automation and metal mechanics in the glass industry. We have been integrating systems to our IS machines for more than five years with a focus on Industry 4.0, which has helped us to improve processes in container manufacturing. The Covid-19 pandemic took us all by surprise and under the new health protocols and even when restrictions began, our electronics and systems continued to operate, with connectivity between the process and the Cloud. These systems provided us with process connectivity, alarms and event tracking that allowed us to track our customers’
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