Visitors of the ABB booth at Hannover Messe this week were presented an extensive overview of the breadth, power and impact on efficiencies of today’s digital transformation. They were able to experience first-hand how the new ABB is writing the future of industry, energy, mobility, cities and work with its pioneering technology in digital industries.
The factory of the future, the world’s fastest e-vehicle charger and ABB Ability™ digital solutions were among the many displays at the ABB exhibit, while an ABB industrial robot was a dance partner on stage at the opening ceremony of the event.
Delegates including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven experienced electric transportation in action in the fair’s first sustainable Volvo hybrid electric bus shuttle service, which was powered by ABB’s high-power 300PD OppCharge chargers.
At the ABB booth CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer and Hans-Georg Krabbe, country manager of ABB Germany showed dignitaries, including EU-commissioner Günther H. Oettinger, how iconic, collaborative two-armed YuMi® robots together with a single-armed YuMi® put together wristwatches individually with unparalleled precision in the factory of the future. The evolutionary versatile transport system from ABB’s newly formed Robotics & Discrete Automation business was used to orchestrate the timely movement of parts from stations.
“The future of production will be smarter, more flexible and closer to the customer,” said Spiesshofer, visiting the ABB booth. “We bring together electrification, automation, robotics and digitalization to create solutions for tomorrow. Even today, ABB is uniquely combining human and machine with its robotic and automation solutions to open up new opportunities.”
Underscoring its leading role in writing the future of energy, ABB demonstrated the concept of a solid-state circuit breaker that will enhance performance of renewable energy solutions, industrial battery storage solutions and so-called edge grids. With the innovative technology, power losses are 70 percent lower than comparable solutions, enabling savings of up to $200,000 in a ferry and up to $1 million in a cruise liner over a ten-year period.
With the new device, today’s electrical grids will be better able to keep up with the rapid growth of renewable energy solutions and the shift towards the electrification of transport – whether that’s electric cars, buses, trucks or maritime vessels – because they will be able to better and more quickly meet new demanding requirements.
Source: new.abb.com
