To meet the challenges of the
low-carbon era, TMTS 2024 encourages the development of energy-saving equipment
or components through the Green Machine Tool Energy Saving Label Assessment,
and many exhibitors have demonstrated their outstanding transformation
achievements in the five major areas of energy saving, environmental
certification, resource reuse, green supply chain and sustainable product
design. Among these, intelligent energy saving is the most prominent,
reflecting the theme of TMTS 2024, "Twin-axis Intelligent Manufacturing
for a Sustainable Future".
Smart
Energy Conservation
Through
intelligent technologies such as energy management and automated monitoring
systems, we can automate and digitize the production process, improve energy
efficiency and reduce energy consumption.
WALRUS PUMP will add IoT smart devices and inverter applications to its
products to enable customers to achieve energy savings in automated production
processes, while HIWIN MIKROSYSTEM will introduce a new torque motor that uses
a high-speed magnetic field to increase the motor's speed by 20% to improve
energy utilization.
KEYENCE
TAIWAN and ACCUTEX TECHNOLOGIES will exhibit related inspection and control
systems that apply big data, cloud computing, AI, and other technologies to analyze
data and optimize the production process and product quality. Precision nuts
and spindle jaws from YINSH PRECISION and BRIGHT JING CHIN MACHINERY are
designed to upgrade production lines towards automation by integrating data
from various equipment.
AIoT
Smart Internet integrates AI artificial intelligence and IoT Internet of Things
technology, and applies blockchain to achieve product traceability, which is
able to grasp the status of equipment, monitor quality, and enhance the
reliability of finished products in real time and effectively. For example,
HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES' smart ball screw and TAIWAN SPINFLO's cooler system app can
track the status of machine repairs and maintenance cycles at any time through
smart internet technology. DA SHIANG AUTOMATION INDUSTRIAL showed a tool
management solution in collaboration with ABB robots, which embodies the
simulation and optimisation of production processes through digital twinning
technology. SHE HONG INDUSTRIAL also introduced the intelligent control system
for robot arms, which has greatly improved production efficiency, quality, and
safety. Through the smart chip technology of tool holders, MONGTEC PRECISION
was able to control the operating status and performance of tool holders using
mobile phones.
Environmental
Certification
VICTOR
TAICHUNG MACHINERY promotes the sustainable transition to net-zero carbon
emissions by obtaining ISO 50001 for energy inventory, ISO 14064 for greenhouse
gas inventory and ISO 14064 for carbon footprint inventory; FONGEI INDUSTRY
plans to obtain ISO 14064-1 2018 and ISO 14067 certifications in Q4 2023 and Q4
2024, respectively, and at the same time initiates the carbon reduction target
of 3%~5% on an annual basis. The goal is to reduce carbon emissions by 3%~5%
per year. By applying vacuum technology to this process, VINCENT VACUUM-TECH is
able to realize an environmentally friendly part of the process, reducing heat
loss and energy consumption; and by reducing metal oxidation in a vacuum
environment, the pickling process can be eliminated, thus realizing an
environmentally friendly process. Through the accreditation of qualified
inspection organizations, the target manufacturers have established an
environmental management system to jointly build a green supply chain.
Resource Recycling and Reuse
IGUS
TAIWAN launched the ECO product line, which uses recycled materials for
bearings and actively recycled old plastic cable drag chains to achieve product
recycling. CHAIN HEADWAY reduces packaging materials, takes stock of the
quality of packaging materials, examines the materials, and uses recyclable
materials for reuse. Tool regrinding not only saves the cost of expensive tools
but is also environmentally friendly. However, the original universal tool
grinder requires high-level technicians to operate and has a high threshold for
use, but TAIWAN MORE-CASH VILLAGE's drilling machine directly solves all the
problems and realizes the environmental protection goals of green
transformation and carbon reduction.
Green Supply Chain
Through
digital ID, YUAN JUN FONG CASTING records all castings from raw material,
casting, processing, and heat treatment, and converts them into a carbon
footprint inventory. Working with green
suppliers to promote green product manufacturing, which in turn promotes the
green transformation of the entire supply chain. SKF TAIWAN's SKF RecondOil
enables the recycling of industrial lubricants by combining SKF's patented Dual
Separation Technology (DST) with high-performance lubricants to extend
lubricant life almost indefinitely. BAUTAI LEE'S oil mist recycling machine has
high efficiency, low power consumption and low consumables know-how, and is
equipped with three major filtration systems that can extend the life of filter
drums and reduce the generation of consumables and waste from filter drums. It
meets the needs of customers in terms of electricity cost and performance,
solves the pollution of oil, mist, smoke, and dust generated from the machining
process of turning, milling, and grinding, and brings a more stable and
efficient production environment for automation factories, pushing the
manufacturing industry towards a smarter and more sustainable future.
Sustainable Product Design
The
copper worm gears adopted by DETRON MACHINE increase the wear rate by 260%,
which significantly reduces the wear of internal components, increases the
service life of products, and achieves product sustainability. HC FENG designed
the cutting fluid purification and regeneration treatment equipment, which can
effectively extend the service life of the cutting fluid. All products are
designed to reduce environmental impact through sustainable product design. One
of FFANTASY GRINDING ENGINEERING's products can reduce the burden on river and
sewage treatment plants, reduce the use of detergents and coolants, and reduce
the physical burden on operators, making it an environmentally and human
friendly product. GUANG DAR MAGNET saves electricity by using GLI, GLII and
GLIW permanent magnetic discs, which are self-magnetizing once energized. These
discs do not require continuous power supply, reduce carbon emissions, do not
generate heat on the disc surface and have high machining accuracy.
