YASKAWA: Building on our Global Business Capabilities & Professionalism
Q. Being the key player in the industry, Please brief us company’s journey from inception & share some of the milestones achieved?
YASKAWA journey in India began with the business of PLC in1980 and AC drives in 1990 and steadily expanded to accommodate growing customer needs. Today, our operations span the length and breadth of the country, and India remains a central hub for our future goals, which is headed by dynamic team.
We address innovation primarily through two distinct product and service categories: Drives & Motion Control and Robotics Automation.
Our robotics applications presence in India started in 2005. Core strengths include welding, assembly, coating, dispensing and material cutting. From a stable of over 175 robotic variants, we have been able to successfully integrate over 5000 installations in both general production lines and specific process cells.
Consequently, our installations have been hugely successful across industries—from health care to manufacturing plants, entertainment parks, commercial establishments and core industries such as automotive, light and heavy engineering.
In the Application Robots segment, our expertise addresses needs including Arc welding, Spot welding, Handling Robot, Pick, pack and palletizing from2kg to 800kgs load capacity, Painting Robot. Yaskawa India Sold More than 550 Robots in Financial Year 2017-18. That’s a great Achievement.
Q. Please brief us about company’s infrastructure & what are the technology alliances that has been made in order to out-front the competition?
Yaskawa Electric Corporation is using world’s latest manufacturing technology to keep ahead of competition. Many new machines and new measuring equipments are now available mainly from Global Makers to ensure manufacturing accuracy..
Yaskawa has full-fledged Research and development center with 3D parametric modeling software for design of products, simulation of castings and material testing laboratory, stress relieving facility, general purpose & precision machining, assembly & testing and inspection facilities, all in-house. In Yaskawa facility Robots are made by Robots and that is why Yaskawa is known for quality.
Q. What are the products manufactured by your company?
Yaskawa have over 175 + robotic variants, we have been able to successfully integrate over 5000 plus installations in both general production lines and specific process cells. Yaskawa have range from 0.5 Kg payload To 800 Kg Payload & 300mm reach to 4000 mm Reach Robot with the Environment demand of Explosion Proof, Vacuum, Clean Room & Normal industrial Robot range.
Consequently, our installations have been hugely successful across industries—from health care to manufacturing plants, entertainment parks, commercial establishments and core industries such as automotive, light and heavy engineering.
In the Application Robots segment, our expertise addresses needs including:
- Arc welding
- Spot welding
- Handling Robot
- Pick, pack and palletizing from2kg to 800kgs load capacity
- Painting Robot.
- Arc welding
In our robotics business, we expanded and improved the lineups of our MOTOMAN-GP series (for handling applications), SP series (for spot welding applications), and PH series (for handling between press processes) and responded to the requirements for the wide variety of customer production line configurations. In addition, we launched the MOTOMINI, which is the smallest and lightest robot in the industry and makes it easy to construct flexible production equipment, making it the optimal choice for the automation of the production of small components. We also launched the YRC1000 micro small-sized robot controller and the MOTOMAN-HC10 collaborative robot, which can be installed without a safety barrier and makes teaching easy.
Q. what is your marketing strategy for India?
Innovative Product & Best in Service (24 hour available for customer for online & offline) support is the key strategy. Yaskawa believes in providing the best solution to its customer. Yaskawa provides 24 Hr hot line support to its customer and known for best services which made us to stand out in this fluctuating Indian market.
Indian industry is always ready to accept and acquire new technologies, new business ideas and automation in industrial and allied sectors. The advent of advanced technology is opening newer channels for Major OEM & SME businesses across several sectors. Yaskawa technology and innovation is playing a pivotal role in the growth and development of SMEs in India. The presence of unconventional technological platforms is bringing on board a rising number of small players in the Indian market.
Q. Product innovation through R&D is vital to be a leader in the competition, as per your opinion, how does R&D plays the role of catalyst in the success process?
Yaskawa over 175 + robotic variants shows the Greatest achievement through our R& D Team. Yaskawa product always ahead with respect to their competitor because of our global R & D Division. “Mechatronics”, the concept of merging “Mechanism” and “Electronics” – Yaskawa Electric Corporation led the world in putting forward the term “mechatronics”, now widely used around the world. This concept evolved when we combined our customers’ machinery with Yaskawa’ s electronic products to create superior quality and function. Nowadays, the mechatronics technology which improves performance by applying electronics to machine control is widely used for automation and efficiency improvement in various industries.
Q. Quality standards are benchmarked by the product performance; please brief us how do you maintain the quality norms since from solution development to implementation?
Being a manufacturer and supplier of technology products we very well know how important role our instruments play in different processes, hence we control the quality of our products from their inception to delivery.
Yaskawa Quality Practices Kaizen: Quality through continuous improvement, TQM – Total Quality Management, Certified Vendor Program, Product Certification Process, Also Yaskawa Known for quality standard there are few Yaskawa standards which become international standards based on Yaskawa’ s initiative & product Performance.
Q. According you what are the factors affecting to your business?
Currently Indian Manufacturing Industry are looking for high-tech modern automation solutions, existing customers who are facing sluggish demands are requesting us to provide low cost solutions.
To understand the possibilities and application of robotics in the supply chain, we must consider a few key areas that are helping to drive an increase in robotic installations:
- Technological Advancements
- Cost Elements
- Evolving Market Demands
- Facility Modernization Initiatives
The factors listed above, among others, are helping to drive growth in the acceptance and increased implementations of robotics in the manufacturing supply chain. The technology element should be clear, we continue to generate innovative ways of doing things, which results in a continuous state of change. This effect is creating new applications of robotics and increasing the viability and performance of robotics within existing applications. Robotics technology improvement applies not just to the mechanical (robot) component, but also the underlying software and systems required to operate robotics. Furthermore, the connected nature of robotics lends it to enhancement through big data and analytics. As robotics solutions continue to evolve, the applicability and acceptance of robotics will continue to increase as well.
Even though it is not a reason to worry but it is putting lot of pressure on bottom lines of all competitor and Automation partners.
Q. What are the key technological trends that are driving the industry?
For over 100 years now, our products and solutions have been supporting automation in a wide variety of industrial processes including mining, mechanical engineering and toolmaking, as well as the automotive, packaging, wood processing, lift, textile and semiconductor industries.
Currently IOT (Industry 4.0), Collaborative robot & Ultra Small & Heavy payload robot driving the new industry domain in robotic market, with the understanding of market Yaskawa moved one step ahead from Motoman Cockpit to Yaskawa cockpit where not only robot but all industry product can be connected with the use of IOT on the platform of Yaskawa.
Also world smallest industrial Robot Motomini whose total weight 7 kg with the payload capacity of 0.5kg making the new business segment for assembly & handling application.
Yaskawa’ s sophisticated technologies that had been built up over a long period of history have been embodied in the form of various products and are making great contributions to the society. Those technologies/products were established through steady efforts of our predecessors though the process up to the present day was not an easy one.
Q. How do you perceive the future of the industry?
The industrial robotics market is expected to grow from USD 38.11 billion in 2016 to USD 71.72 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 9.60% during the forecast period. The increase in investments for automation in various industries, such as automotive; electrical and electronics; and metals and machinery, and the growing demand for industrial robots from small and medium-scale enterprises in developing countries are the key factors driving the market. However, high overall installation cost for low-volume production applications is the key factor restraining the growth of the industrial robotics market.
While seeing the future is generally moving towards the bright side only.
Our Product manufacturing segment works in precision and whenever customer need precision solutions, Yaskawa leads the role.
Q. What is your vision for your company for near future?
New Mechanism & Motion Control Technology Our aim is to create high value added products through conjugation and optimization of application based functions, and pursuing ultra-precision control technology.
Energy Saving & Power Conversion Technology to lower environmental impact, there are two approaches we can take. One is to save energy; the other is to convert energy efficiently. We contribute to the environmental protection by making high-efficient mechatronics products for energy-saving effects and using power conversion technology.
We have been making contributions to industrial and social development with our mechatronics technologies and products serving the world with pride.
These days, societies are facing many challenges including labor shortage due to aging population and declining birthrate, livelihood support for the growing elderly population, and environmental concerns such as global warming.
Yaskawa believes that its technologies can contribute in solving those challenges.
Aiming to offer Eco-mechatronics for the People and the Earth, Yaskawa makes efforts in research and development for evolving its long-cultivated mechatronics technologies into the next-generation mechatronics technologies that can widely contribute to social development and mankind’s welfare.
Please keep your eyes on our new technologies and products.
