IWATA, April 05, 2018—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will exhibit for the first time at the HANNOVER MESSE 2018, a B to B industrial technology trade show to be held in Hannover, Germany, from Monday, April 23 to Friday, April 27, 2018. Based on the theme of “Fully-Digitalized Production through Robot Transport,” the Yamaha Motor booth will showcase the overall construction of Fully-Digitalized Production lines, including transport processes.

The HANNOVER MESSE is the world’s leading industrial trade fair, at which leading-edge industrial technology and products are gathered in one place. (The 2017 event saw exhibits held by approx. 5,000 companies attracting around 220,000 visitors). The Yamaha Motor booth at the HANNOVER MESSE will feature the Advanced Robotics Automation Platform, as well as an operation demonstration of the Platform and the YK400XR SCARA robot, showcasing the high-speed capability and precision of Yamaha robotics technology to a broad cross-section of the European market.

Overview of HANNOVER MESSE 2018

http://www.hannovermesse.de/home

Event Period : April 23 to 27, 2018  
Venue Hannover Exhibition Grounds, Germany  
No. of Exhibitors Approximately 5,000*  
No. of Attendees Around 220,000 people* *Previous event (2017)

 

Yamaha Motor Exhibit Outline

Exhibit Space Hall17, B06  
Details ◎Exhibition and demonstrations
Advanced Robotics Automation Platform
YK400XR
 

Kontakt

Oumayma Grad
Marketing Communications Manager

Hansemannstraße 12
41468 Neuss
Deutschland

Büro +49 2131 2013 538
Handy: +49 1517 0233 297
Fax: +49 2131 2013 550
E-Mail: oumayma.grad@yamaha-motor.de
Web: www.yamaha-motor-im.eu

Models to be Exhibited by Yamaha Motor
Advanced Robotics Automation Platform

This new robotics system enables automation of complex advanced production facilities rapidly and at low cost. The system enables integrated control in one unit of the multiple robots and peripheral devices necessary for production facilities, reducing wasted time through the full digitalization of facilities.

ARAP Product Website:
https://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/robot/platform/en/

Explanatory video:
https://youtu.be/r_x_WSFj4rc

YK400XR

This SCARA robot features both high quality/functionality and excellent cost-performance. These robots deliver outstanding high rigidity, high-speed capability, and high-accuracy capability. They are utilized across a wide range of production processes, from production facilities for electrical/electronic components and compact precision machinery parts requiring precision assembly, through to transfer and transport in large automotive component assembly.

YK400XR Product Website:
https://global.yamaha-motor.com/business/robot/lineup/ykxg/

Applications:
https://global.yamaha-motor.com/business/robot/lineup/application/ykxg/

Introduction of Features:
https://global.yamaha-motor.com/business/robot/lineup/ykxg/small/yk400xr/

Demonstration video:
https://youtu.be/5b7JbiONZvY

Industrial Robot Market Overview

Driven by rising wages and increased quality requirements in China and emerging markets, as well as the decreasing working-age population in Japan and Europe, the global robot market has followed a growth trend, which is expected to continue. The average annual growth rate for the 2017 to 2024 period is forecast to grow at 4.2% on a monetary basis, and at 10.2% on a unit basis, with market expansion expected to continue in the future.

History of Yamaha Motor Industrial Robots
1974 : Yamaha Motor begins research and development into industrial robots in order to streamline production and increase machining precision in its own motorcycle factories
1976 : SCARA robots introduced to Yamaha Motor motorcycle production lines
1981 : Industrial Robots business established. External sales begin
1984 : IM Business Unit established (Yamaha Motor Hamakita Plant) / SCARA robot sales begin overseas
1991   IM Technology Center completion (Sodecho, Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka Prefecture)
2006   IM Technology Center and factory expansion
2013 : China (Suzhou City) sales office established
Linear conveyor module LCM100 launched
2016 : Advanced Robotics Automation Platform integrated controller (PLC) launched
2017 : New Robotics Business building begins operation

Yamaha Motor’s lineup of industrial robots ranging from industrial robots to controllers, which powerfully support the automation of production sites, is rich in variation. YMC builds on these strengths to pursue greater efficiency and quality in increasingly complex, diverse, and high-speed production sites.

Über Yamaha Motor Robotics FA Section
Yamaha Factory Automation Geschäftsbereich (FA), eine Unterabteilung der Yamaha Motor Robotics Business Unit von Yamaha Motor Corporation, konzentriert sich auf die Lieferung flexibler, hochpräziser Industrieroboter für die Herausforderungen der Präzisionsautomatisierung.

Die Abteilung hat ihre Wurzeln in der Einführung der Robotertechnologie in die Yamaha-Motorradmontage und verfügt über mehr als 40 Jahre Erfahrung bei der Lösung von Automatisierungsaufgaben von der Montage großer Produkte bis zum Mikrometerbereich. Die Industrieroboter von Yamaha Motor werden heute von weltweit führenden Unternehmen in so unterschiedlichen Bereichen wie der Halbleiterfertigung und der Montage von Elektronikprodukten, Haushaltsgeräten, Automobilkomponenten und großen Flüssigkristallanzeigen eingesetzt.

Yamaha FA Section bietet eine weite Palette von Lösungen für die Roboter-Montage, darunter Einachsroboter, SCARA-Roboter, kartesische und Knickarmroboter. Innovationen wie das Linearfördermodul LCM100, ein laufruhiger, platzsparender und vielseitigerer Nachfolger konventioneller Band- und Rollenförderer, bestimmen nach wie vor das Tempo in der Fabrikautomatisierung. Die Kerntechnologien der Robotik sowie Schlüsselkomponenten und komplette Robotersysteme werden im eigenen Haus hergestellt, was eine konstante Qualität und Kontrolle der Lieferzeiten sicherstellt.

Yamaha FA Section mit Hauptsitz in Hamamatsu (Japan) bedient Kunden weltweit über sein globales Vertriebsnetz, das China, Taiwan, Korea, Südasien, Nordamerika, Australien/Neuseeland und Europa umfasst.

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