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GE Fanuc increases the production of AC servo motors to 7 million units
17/05/2007
May 17, 2007
FANUC LTD and Fanuc GE have reached a figure of more than 7 million of AC servo production, and provided that the number 8 million engine see the light in just a few months. The Fanuc AC servomotors are used in applications of Robotics and machine tool, providing unmatched reliability, with extraordinary speed and precision.
This year has given start to the production of engines in a new factory robot, equipped with the most advanced technology, which allows Fanuc LTD to produce a total of 150,000 servo motors a month between its units for the manufacture of engines. Since AC servo production began in 1982, Fanuc built 1 million units in 1991, reached 2 million in 1995, 3 million in 1998, 4 million in 2001 and 5 million in 2003. Another 2 million units have been produced in the past three years.
Over the years have been several increases in production to meet the demand of the market. The capacity of initial production of 15,000 units per month rose to 25,000 and, later, the high demand for the Alpha Series and Alpha i made again raise production to almost 60,000 engines a month. The implementation of the new engine production plant will represent another increase, which will increase to more than double the amount of production, providing the capacity to produce 150,000 servomotors per month to Fanuc. The new engine plant is fully automated, using the intelligent robots made by Fanuc.
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