![]() Because let’s face it, machines don’t need to eat, sleep or have outside work obligations. Since the 1980s manufacturers have been focusing on adopting lights-out approaches during night shift operations that are traditionally harder for humans to adapt to. Humans are not at the factory to assemble products or move parts around the plant. Employees are hardly ever there for issues other than planned routine maintenance or for on-site emergencies. The facility that FANUC builds its automated machines and robots can operate in a lights-out operational setting for up to 25 days. FANUC, a well-known Japanese manufacturing giant has successfully been operating with “lights out” since 2001. So, what is Lights Out Manufacturing exactly? Quite simply, Lights Out Manufacturing is creating automation processes that are so minute and precise to the point where factory shop floors can literally leave their lights out. Have you ever heard the old industry joke that the factories of the future will be automated to the point that they will only have two employees? A dog to guard the factory and a human to feed it. Robot Monitoring and Lights Out Notifications with DataXchange.Scytec DataXchange Secure Cloud on AWS GovCloud. ![]()
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