Smart Factory Lab enhances production efficiency
27 AUGUST 2020
Established in 2019, Scania’s Smart Factory Lab is an in-house incubator that tests and trials new technologies that can enhance production efficiency.
The Lab has recruited young engineers from several countries who together explore the latest technologies with the potential to be introduced into Scania’s production. Following limited trials managed by the Lab, successful new devices and methods can gainfully be implemented throughout Scania’s global production system.
Here are six examples:
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24 Apr 2019
Scania’s Smart Factory Lab explores emerging technologies
Can robots work alongside production line operators to carry some of the burden? Can virtual reality simplify training operators when the production environment is digitally mirrored? And can components for production be picked by robots rather than humans?