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15 December 2020

An ambitious leading actor in factory automation and advanced robot technologies in Turkey, Mitsubishi Electric participated in 4th Aegean Economic Forum organized in collaboration of Aegean Economic Development Association (EGEV) and with the contribution of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. Mr. Can Tolga Bizel, Senior Manager of Product Management and Marketing Department of Mitsubishi Electric Turkey Factory Automation Systems talked at the panel "Hi-Tech-Based Production Ecosytem" moderated by journalist Mr. Vahap Munyar as part of the event streamed live online. Speaking of the contributions of digitalization in the production, Mr. Bizel gave latest insights on the digital factories highlighting the projects of the brand in the automation and smart production technologies.

4th Aegean Economic Forum took place online between November 30th and December 4th, organized by Aegean Economic Development Association (EGEV) and organization aiming at promotion of Aegean region to foreign investors, with the contribution of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, with the participation of governors, mayors, universities, chambers of industry and commerce, chambers of tradesmen and craftsmen, chambers of agriculture, regional industrialists' and businesspeople associations and companies across 10 cities of the Aegean Region. As part of the event, Mr. Can Tolga Bizel, Senior Manager of Product Management and Marketing Department of Mitsubishi Electric Turkey Factory Automation Systems, met the participants at the panel "Hi-Tech-Based Production Ecosystem" moderated by Mr. Vahap Munyar, General Coordinator of World Newspaper and Author, giving insights on the pioneering technologies they offered for the use of production in digitalization, artificial intelligence and robot technologies.

"Thanks to e-F@ctory, we enable industry to take up a new dimension"

Explaining the e-F@ctory as the answer of Mitsubishi Electric to Industry 4.0, Mr. Tolga Bizel said "By creating a virtual factory before deciding an investment, we offer the opportunity to run a simulation of the planned line and production, evaluate the productivity, shaping the investment in line with the outputs. Therefore, it becomes possible to have a flexible and efficient production. At the same time, we adopt an approach where humans and robots work in a collaborated environment; accordingly, we are developing next-gen products and solutions in the advanced robot technologies."

Maisart Technology increases the productivity at factories

Noting that Mitsubishi Electric has been carrying out innovative works relating to Artificial Intelligence in robot technologies, and using its proprietary AI trademark "Maisart" technology in order to enable companies derive the most out of the Artificial Intelligence, Mr. Bizel continues: "Being an abbreviation of Mitsubishi Electric’s AI creates the State-of-the-ART in technology, Maisart significantly lowers the downtime in Artificial Intelligence-based factories and plants while boosting the productivity. Employing machine learning algorithm, this technology analyses sensor data, followed by a model creation to switch among different operational conditions. Thus, it is ensured to detect faster and accurately the machinery abnormalities indicating the unexpected situations in the machines to boost the productivity in factories and facilities."

Digitalization needs to become a part of a company's culture

Point out that it has always been challenging to leave the comfort zone and embrace transformation, Mr. Tolga Bizel concluded: "As a country, it is safe to say that we enjoy the most important production base in the region when it comes to production and responding to Industry 4.0. Industrialists have a keen awareness on the digitalization and ambitious to invest in, however, cost saving becomes vital in production lines just like any other area. As we have seen during our experiences, it can be said that it is acceptable for industrialists to enjoy return on digitalization investment in three to five years. On the other than, more important than costs, digitalization needs to become a part of company culture and to be managed sustainably. At the same time, the fact that whether the digital transformation will improve the quality of production and the product becomes a subject that is more important than cost itself."

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