Topics and Preliminary programme:
The key topic: metal processing automation - standard solutions, potential development projects and global trends in the industry.
14:00 - 14:10 introduction & welcome by Thomas Ronlev, CEO of Factobotics
14:10 – 14:20 Reinhard Lafrenz, Secretary General of euRobotics association: Global tendencies for robotics in metal industry
14:20 – 14:30 Natalia Cardona, Better Factory project: Technology transfer experiments for supporting new robotic solutions development
14:30 – 14:40 Tommy Madsen, Sales Manager at FANUC Nordic - Global robotic tendencies that metal companies should follow already now & in the future
14:40 – 14:55 Torsten D. Christensen (20 years of experience in strategic transformational initiatives across large international companies, incl. 15 years at Danfoss), former Global head of Danfoss Production System, now Partner & Co-founder at ChangeForce: Improve efficiency and to do the right investments into robotics
14:55 – 15:10 Thomas Ronlev, CEO of Factobotics: Leveraging robotic partnership model to develop new solutions for the market
15:10 – 15:35 Standard solutions for the metal industry developed through a robotic partnership model - technology providers working together with industry partners:
1. RoboBend - world’s first standardised sheet metal bending robot cell (Michael Hye Nielsen, RoboBend ApS);
2. Flexy Weld: flexible welding cell that replaces jigs and makes robotic welding easy and agile (Laurent Marquis (CEO at FlexHex, Denmark), project leader of Flexy Weld project
and Giedrius Nomeika (CEO at LT Technologies, Lithuania), first end-user company of flexible welding cell at Flexy Weld project;
15:35 – 15:50 Q&A and closing remarks