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Taiwanese company Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, better known under the trade name Foxconn, is going to be used to build robots devices.
Chapter Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Terry Guo during its annual meeting with shareholders reported that Foxconn subsidiary is now conducting final testing of automated production lines. And the first partner to be able to use this service will be the American company Apple, Foxconn cooperates with the first year. In particular, the robots will be used in the assembly of a new smartphone iPhone 6, the output of which, we recall, is scheduled for the coming autumn.
According to Terry Guo, a robot named Foxbots. At the factory Foxconn, which assembles products contract will be established, at least 10,000 robots Foxbots, each of which on average can produce up to 30,000 devices. The cost of each of these machines range from $ 20 to 25 thousand, therefore, re-production lines Taiwanese manufacturer will cost at least $ 200-250 million.
The General Director said that Foxconn has no plans to sell robots Foxbots to other manufacturers and will use them for its own needs. With their help, Foxconn will significantly speed up the assembly of products, reduce scrap rate and reduce costs. Most likely, the automation of the assembly process would entail a jobs reduction in factories of contract manufacturer.
Meanwhile, a famous Australian industrial spy Sonny Dickson published on his Twitter page a picture in which sealed layouts iPhone 6 in three colors - silver, dark gray and golden. Related Products :
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