Vol.1 CC-Link and CC-Link IE The Most Widely-Used Networks in Asia
Special Report
Review of FPD International China 2012/Beijing Summit
Overview
CC-Link and CC-Link IE were the Hot Topics at the FPD International Event
Attendees Saw Technology and Application Examples from the Latest Factories
FPD International China 2012/Beijing Summit, for the flat panel display industry, was held at the China National Convention Center, in Beijing, China on September 18 and 19, 2012. The "Intelligent Fab" technical session saw participation by the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA), which promotes the CC-Link and CC-Link IE open network, Mitsubishi Electric, key Japanese machine manufacturers and Chinese major FPD panel manufacturers who actually use CC-Link.
FPD International China 2012/Beijing Summit is an event which has been held three times since 2010, with the aim of international exchange between companies and research institutes in the FPD industry. This event is organized by the China Optics and Optoelectronics Manufacturers Association LCD Branch, which is a business organization for FPD industry development, and Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. The event is one of a few FPD-related events held in China and many key persons in the FPD industry participate in it from Japan and other countries. A large number of visitors attend every year and the number has been steadily increasing.
The event is composed of speeches and exhibitions. Many key persons from the companies who play an active role in the FPD industry and from the Chinese government made speeches about industry trends and the latest technology related to the FPD industry. The adjacent exhibition featured vendors of FPD manufacturing machines and of related materials and companies providing FA-related devices which are necessary for FPD factories.
Various speeches featuring the latest technology
In the keynote speeches on the first day, executives from many organizations, including the Chinese government, industry groups, panel manufacturers, and global equipment and material manufacturers, made speeches. The technical sessions were held on the second day in two meeting rooms, divided into three tracks. One of the tracks was "Intelligent Fab". The main topic of the track was automation technology, for FPD factories. The other tracks were "FPD Manufacturing" with the theme of process technology for manufacturing FPDs and "Touch Panel/OLED", with the theme of the latest technologies for FPDs intended for mobile devices.
Since automation technology plays an important role in FPD industry development, automation technology for factories featured in the technical sessions of FPD International China 2012/Beijing Summit. In recent years, manufacturing facilities for FPDs are growing larger and larger because of the increasing size of the glass substrates and their effect on improving production efficiency. On the other hand, the manufacturing process is getting more complicated in order to purse high functionality and high FPD performance. Progress in automation technology is necessary in order to keep high productivity and achieving the targets of both "larger facilities" and "complex processes".
In this track, speeches were made by the Instrumentation Technology and Economy Institute (ITEI), a research institute related to industrial automation, Mitsubishi Electric, CLPA, Beijing BOE Display Technology, a major FPD manufacturer in China, Canon Tokki, a major FPD machine manufacturer, and S.Y. Technology, Engineering and Construction, a major engineering company in China. Mitsubishi Electric described solutions based on CC-Link for factory efficiency. CLPA explained its recent activities and benefits that the CC-Link technology provides for the FPD industry. Finally, Beijing BOE Display Technology and Canon Tokki described actual CC-Link applications.
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