HIWIN is the global leader for motion control and system technology. HIWIN’s headquarters is located in Taichung, Taiwan. HIWIN is the No.2 global manufacturer for ballscrews and linear guideways. HIWIN offers precision module products- Datorker Robot Gear Reducers, Torque Motor Rotary Tables, industrial robots and medical robots. HIWIN has 14 subsidiaries and more than 200 distributors globally, serving our customers in the 5G, semiconductor, medical, machine tool, automation, Electrical vehicles, and precision equipment industries. Through assisting our customers with various automation processes, HIWIN understood that it was painful for a factory to have unexpected shutdowns. To avoid unexpected shutdowns, a manufacturer needs to maintain many spare parts in the warehouse, requiring a lot of labor and time for maintenance and inspection. These were painful points that manufacturers really wanted to resolve. Therefore, we studied customer’s concerns and demands regarding machine characteristics, user operation methods, industrial know how, environment requirements, user’s experience, and specific material selection. HIWIN is the first in the world to introduce the intelligent ballscrew: i4.0 BS. The ballscrew is the key critical component of a machining tool, and the i4.0 BS is targeted for high-end machine tool applications. It helps machine tool customers and end users obtain predictive diagnoses and maintain high productivity through intelligent manufacturing. By installing HIWN i4.0 BS, customer’s machines can self-monitor their status and send important data to engineers or managers for efficient diagnosis and scheduling of maintenance, thus improving manufacturing quality and productivity. HIWIN i4.0BS is the first intelligent ballscrew in the world with a sensor for predictive maintenance. The Hiwin intelligent ballscrew has 5 major functions which solve customer’s problems. 1. Life prediction.Detects ballscrew’s physical condition, preventing unexpected shutdown. 2. Smart lubrication.Detects ballscrew’s operating condition to optimize lubrication frequency and quantity, reducing oil consumption by 40% to 70%. 3. Vibration diagnosis.Allows traceability of the machine’s dynamic performance. 4. Thermal diagnosis.Detects thermal stability of the machine. 5. Remote monitoring.HIWIN intelligent ballscrews send information to the cloud. Users can access information and monitor machine status from a remote location through their mobile devices. By monitoring the ballscrews’ operating condition, customers can plan predictive maintenance scheduling, maintain high productivity, and achieve intelligent and smart manufacturing. HIWIN i4.0 BS is the best partner for industry 4.0.

In order to move towards a low-carbon economy and achieve the goal of sustainable development, green machinery has become the trend in machine tool industry. Yida continues to reduce carbon emissions during production and providing environmentally friendly accessories for our customers.Intelligent Ball ScrewWe worked with a top ball screw manufacturer in Taiwan. Through months and months of testing, we imported the research data collected by the intelligent ball screw and developed it a customized data model for our machine. No only does it benefit our future development of smart machinery, but also brings many substantial advantages for our users.The Intelligent Ball Screw has four impressive features: Life Prediction: It reminds the customer of machine maintenance through indicators to reduce machine downtime and maintain production capacity.Thermal Diagnosis: A thermal alarm monitors the ball screw working temperature and record abnormal temperatures relative to historical data.Vibration Diagnosis: An abnormal vibration alarm monitors the ball screw health status and records abnormal data generated in operation.Smart Lubrication: It features variable frequency lubrication to optimize consumption of lubricant and create eco-friendly, and energy saving working environment. Users can save up to 140 liters of lubricant and reduce about 80 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions.Fanuc controller: Energy Saving Level Selecting FunctionThis function not only collects diagnosis data of accumulated power consumption in servo axes, spindle axes, and peripheral devices but also the accumulated reduction of power consumption. Moreover, suppressing spindle torque at acceleration/deceleration, where there is large power consumption, can reduce whole power consumption of a machine though machining time gets longer as a trade off.Oil/Energy Saving SystemBy adopting the accumulator, the motor does not need to run at all time. When the accumulating pressure is reduced to a certain value, the motor drives the accumulating pressure again.Advantage:By adopting intermittent periodic operation (S3) and accumulator, the pump operation time is 20% less of the usual cycle time.Hydraulic tank volume is reduced from 60 liters to 15 liters. Energy saving is about 30% with relatively low oil temperature and stable oil pressure.