Mitsubishi Electric established an FA components production facility, Mitsubishi Electric Automation Manufacturing (Changshu) Co., Ltd., in Changshu city in 2011. It then concluded a strategic partnership agreement with Changshu city in 2016 to support the establishment of the e-F@ctory demonstration zone, the largest zone among exhibiting companies at the center. Demonstrations cover a wide variety of topics, including e-F@ctory solutions, devices for energy savings in factories and office buildings, energy-monitoring systems and solutions developed with e-F@ctory Alliance partners.

Mitsubishi Electric looks forward to promoting the increasing use of IoT (Internet of Things) in manufacturing by demonstrating e-F@ctory to Chinese companies that visit the center with the aim of adopting intelligent manufacturing concepts in accordance with the Chinese government’s “Made in China 2025” program.

The showroom is located at Building No.3, No.59 Huangpujiang Road, Changshu New & Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Jiangsu Province, China.

The light sources for projectors, conventionally mercury lamps, are being replaced with solid-state light sources that offer higher energy efficiency, a wider range of color expression and longer life. LDs deliver especially high output power, low power consumption due to efficient power-conversion, an unmatched color range due to narrow spectrum, and superior picture quality with high contrast ratio.

In September 2015, Mitsubishi Electric released its ML562G84 high-power red LD, which achieved 2.5W output under pulse operation as a red light source in three colors for projectors. However, when the model incorporated in projectors, it is necessary to collimate the laser beam by an external lens or the like and efficiently irradiate the imaging device.
The new high power 638-nm red LD with built-in lens allows for the external collimator lens to be eliminated and contributes to simplification of the optical design, miniaturization and cost reduction for projectors.