YHH

MHI and Mitsubishi Logisnext Receive First Order from Kirin Group for an Automated Picking Solution

Retrieved on: 
Friday, December 8, 2023
Kirin Holdings, Mitsubishi Logisnext, YHH, MHI, Intelligence, Automation, Warehouse

The system will be implemented at the Ebina Logistics Center in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, managed by Kirin Group Logistics (East Japan Regional Office, Shonan Branch Office).

Key Points: 
  • The system will be implemented at the Ebina Logistics Center in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, managed by Kirin Group Logistics (East Japan Regional Office, Shonan Branch Office).
  • The automated picking system is the first automated system in Japan to utilize automated guided forklifts (AGFs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and palletizers(3) for the picking process.
  • In November 2022, MHI Group and Kirin Group began a joint demonstration project with the aim of introducing MHI Group's automated picking solutions for beverage warehouses, which require heavy load handling operations by logistics operators(4).
  • (4) For more information on the start of the joint demonstration of an automated picking solution with Kirin Group, please refer to the following press release.

MHI Introduces New Container-Type Data Center with Immersion/Air-Cooled Hybrid Cooling System

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
KDDI, Commercialization, Culture, Kilowatt-hour, PUE, MHI, Water, Immersion, Environment, NEC, YHH, Transformer, Information technology, Renewable energy

- Commercialization planned by the end of FY2023 utilizing technologies related to micro-edge data centers and server cooling.

Key Points: 
  • - Commercialization planned by the end of FY2023 utilizing technologies related to micro-edge data centers and server cooling.
  • TOKYO, Oct 4, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has developed a new 40kVA-class 12ft container-type data center with an immersion/air-cooled hybrid cooling system capable of simultaneously housing servers utilizing three types of cooling methods: immersion cooling (25kVA), air cooling (8kVA), and water cooling (8kVA).
  • The newly developed data center is the successor to the container-type immersion cooling data center(1) that has been under development since 2021.
  • Going forward, MHI Group will apply various cooling technologies and zero emission power products at data centers that utilize high-performance servers.

MHI: Joint Demonstration of Automated Picking Solution Launched in Collaboration with Kirin Group

Retrieved on: 
Monday, November 21, 2022
Kirin Holdings, Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, USS Coronado (AGF-11), YHH, Carbon, Automation, AGV (train), The, Quality of life, Intelligence, MHI, Warehouse

TOKYO, Nov 21, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd., a global player within MHI Group, engaged in logistic machinery and solution business, will launch joint demonstration of an automated picking solution for beverage warehouses in collaboration with Kirin Beverage Co., Ltd. and Kirin Group Logistics Co., Ltd. from the end of this month.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Nov 21, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd., a global player within MHI Group, engaged in logistic machinery and solution business, will launch joint demonstration of an automated picking solution for beverage warehouses in collaboration with Kirin Beverage Co., Ltd. and Kirin Group Logistics Co., Ltd. from the end of this month.
  • The demonstration includes establishment and verification of MHI's automated picking system's operating processes at "LogiQ X Lab".
  • The ultimate aim is to install automated picking solutions(Note1) developed by MHI Group in beverage warehouses, which typically rely heavily on manual labor, placing a burden on logistics operators.
  • Going forward, with MHI Group's automated picking solutions, automation and intelligence can be introduced into the picking process through application of the "∑SynX" (Sigma Synx) solution concept(2) currently under development by MHI.

MHI and Mitsubishi Logisnext to Commence Provision of Automated Picking Solutions for Warehouses Based on "∑SynX"

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, September 1, 2022
MHI, AGF, Carbon, Solution, AGV, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, UBC Biomass Research and Demonstration Facility, USS Coronado (AGF-11), Labo, Intelligence, Quality of life, Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks, Tokyo Big Sight, YHH, Automation, Adoption, Efficiency, Warehouse

This system integrates automated guided forklifts (AGFs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and palletizers(1).

Key Points: 
  • This system integrates automated guided forklifts (AGFs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and palletizers(1).
  • Until now, picking operations in warehouses have depended on workers pursuing efficiency through intense concentration.
  • The newly developed picking system introduces automation and intelligence into the picking process through application of MHI's "∑SynX" (Sigma Synx) solution(2) concept currently under development.
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group is one of the world's leading industrial groups, spanning energy, smart infrastructure, industrial machinery, aerospace and defense.