Precision Bots and Automation Transformation Journey

Company Corporate Overview

• The PBA Group is an integrated provider of motion control, robotics and automation products.

• Initially founded in 1987 as a bearings distribution company PBA evolved into the largest robotics and automation house in south east Asia. PBA owns and focuses on building itself into a platform to expand its reach into industry 4.0 technologies.

• PBA deconstructs robotic and automation technologies to its core components to allow us with the nimbleness to reconstruct in other shapes and forms

• Robotic components

• Motion control

• Machine algorithm

• Vision systems software

• Precision robots

• Collaborative robotic arms

• Advance Manufacturing systems (MES)

• Autonomous Intelligent Vehicle

• Headquartered in Singapore, with 500 employees across a regional network in ASEAN (Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia), India and North Asia (China, Taiwan, Korea) over 10 countries.

• Group turnover was SGD82m in FY2017.

• PBA’s operations are organized in 2 principal business groups:

1. Robotics (70% of group turnover)

2. Spare parts and MRO (30% of group turnover)

Company Corporate Overview

• Over the years, the Group has won a number of awards including the

• Ernest and Young Entrepreneur of the year 2017

• Enterprise 50 (2007, 2011)

• ASEAN Business Awards (2011)

• Promising SME 500

• Rotary award (Entrepreneur of the year 2010)

PBA Group Milestones

2013 - New PBA Facility @ Singapore- New PBA Facility @ Kuala Lumpur

1987- Incorporated PBA Singapore

1990 - Incorporated PBA Technology

1999- Incorporated PBA Systems- Start of linear motor development

2006- Incorporated PBA Spindles

2012- Incorporated PBA Advantech (M)- Established China Sales Office- Established South Korea Rep Office

2000 - Incorporated PBA Industries (Penang)

2007- Established PBA industries (Johor)- Established India Sales Office

2011- Established Taiwan Sales Office

1988 - Incorporated PBA Malaysia

2002- Established Indonesia Rep Office

2014- Established India Rep office - Established Philippines Rep office

2015- Acquired Ultra Industrial Automation- Acquired Leader Motion- Acquired Techware/Honggguan (Dongguan and Suzhou)- Incorporated Ultraxis- Incorporated Simplexity

2016- Delta Electronics acquired 19% of PBA- Acquired Global Aero (Nevada)- Incorporated Pisces Technology- Incorporated RACE- Incorporated ANTI

2017- ANTI awarded Accredited Mentor Partners status- JV setup with Delta Electronics Thailand- Incorporated Teddy Lloyd- Incorporated PBA Taiwan

2008- Established Thailand Sales Office

2018

- Established joint venture PBA Hanwha Robotics in

Singapore for S.E.A market

- New PBA Facility @ Penang

Global presence, Asia dominance

1. Singapore

(Headquaters)

2. Malaysia

• Kuala Lumpur

• Penang

3. Indonesia

4. Philippines

5. Taiwan

6. Korea

7. China

• Shenzhen

• Dong Guan

• Suzhou

8. Thailand

9. India

10. USA

Manufacturing

Entrusting our 3 in 3 strategy (to only steer the company to any targeted market if we feel we could

be top 3 in within 3 years) has proven successful. PBA will remain nimble even and especially when

we grow in size. Our focus will continue to be to groom our PBA human talent to remain in the

forefront of robotics and industrial 4.0.

In the age of technology, speed trumps bulk. Never in history has there been a time when

companies of varying sizes; of different countries across the world could compete equally because

of technology. PBA continues to anticipate the flow of technology and economy, while continuously

charting new directions forward for the group in this every changing tides. The disruption in

traditional business models creates business opportunities never seen before. PBA embraces

change, like wind stoking wildfire. What starts out as a spark when properly nurtured, could grow in

to an unstoppable force of nature. At PBA, we focus in triggering and nurturing small ideas that

would one day be game changers. PBA will capitalize on this industry 4.0 era to make a mark in the

world and be the usher of the world order.

Advance Manufacturing

Systems

High PrecisionRobots

Robotics TrainingAcademy

Motion Control

AGV CollaborativeRobots

Machine AlgorithmFrom Software

Coding

RoboticComponents

Vision Systems

GoldenRetriver

The PBA Group’s GoldenRetriver is an advanced robotic goods-

to-person technology for automated inventory storage and

replenishment, picking and combining orders in fulfilment and

distribution centres. The system seamlessly adapts to changing

inventory profiles, demand patterns and peaks. Modular system

architecture ensures scalability to increase storage volume or

fulfilment throughput independently, by adding more storage

racks or robots, as needed.

OCTOPUS

OCTOPUS, an autonomous intelligent vehicle (AIV), uses the

patented OMNI-DRIVE Technology that enhances

maneuverability. With a 360-degree panoramic view, OCTOPUS

has the capability to avoid obstruction and move around in all

directions autonomously.

OCTOPUS was built with the safety features that makes it

suitable to work around humans, as well as move about in an

open area.

It is a basic fleet that can be customized to suit various industrial

applications. OCTOPUS is quick, deployable and can adapt to a

factory environment.

The GoldenRetriever System is an integrated Warehouse

Automation System that uses model GR200 advanced good-to-

person mobile robot for automated inventory storage and

replenishment, picking and combining orders in fulfilment and

distribution centres. The system seamlessly adapts to changing

inventory profiles, demand patterns and peaks. Modular

system architecture ensures scalability to increase storage

volume or fulfilment throughput independently, by adding more

storage racks or robots, as needed. The robots lift and

transport racks from storage locations to picking stations and

vice versa on an optimised route. The Fleet Manager or

Warehouse Control System is the control centre software that

schedules the tasks for all the robots in the system, plans their

route path dynamically and facilitates and optimised order

fulfilment process.

A Wi-Fi network is used for communication with the robots. The

robots feature precise positional navigation, integrated lifting

deck to lift the payload up, anti-collision detection mechanism

and an intelligent battery management system. The system is

modular, compact, scalable, and simple and easily integrates

into existing logistics infrastructure. The GoldenRetriever

System promises an enhanced fulfilment process with faster

response time, accurate picking, increased pick rate and

increased productivity

The collaborative robot HCR-5 is easy to control and is flexible

in responding to changes in production layout, effectively cutting

investment and operating expenses. It not only automates

manual work but also provides a safe and convenient work

environment for employees as a substitute for industrial robots

With a maximum payload capacity of 5 kg, HCR-5 is best suited

for light-weight tasks requiring simple control. The robot can

easily automate repetitive jobs, such as pick and place,

palletizing, packing, and screwing

PBA’s high precision robots was designed for high precision and

speed. Adopted in multiple applications in a variety of industries,

pick-and-place, vision inspection, dispensing stations and high-

accuracy placement machines inspection.

PBA’s precision robots are powered by PBA robotic components

and PBA motion control technologies. The robots are able to

achieve accuracy of 0.8 micron.

Machine builders partner with PBA precision robots to achieve

their required performance. This interdependency between our

customers (process automation) and PBA (robotics and

automation) allows us to build a deep rooted and long working

relationship.

The smart factory system employs a smart technology that

uses Internet of Things (IOT) hardware to access all sensors in

production machines through internet and upload all the sensor

status data to a public cloud based server operated by cloud

service providers. The system monitors key processes inside

any production line by collecting operational data from key

process stations in the production line. It then ingests

operational data to the cloud server. The server analyses data

and performs deep analytics. Using performance trending

analysis on data it predicts behaviour of stations and

components, makes proactive analysis and enables preventive

maintenance using data analytics. The system provides a

dashboard display for a near live view of the production line

performance and monitors stations and provide a birds-eye

(summary) view of its performance. The PCs of the machines

used in the production line generates IOT triggers and event

logs for major events that occur in the line. These include start

and stop of machines in the line, start and end of main

processes in each machine, material entry and exit from each

machine, error stops, error stop time and finally for line output

unit. These IOT triggers and event logs from the PCs are

routed to an IOT gateway that is linked to the cloud server

through internet. The cloud server uses these triggers and

event logs to compute total down time, total stoppage time,

total productive time, material wait time, process time, error

stop count, stoppage time and down time for each machine and

total line output units.

PBA motion control is able to control not only PBA’s robotic

components, but also other companies’ products. This allow all

the robotic components to work off a common platform, and

hence synchronize more seamlessly with each another.

PBA motion control and PBA robotic components coupled with

our vision and machine algorithm capabilities allows PBA’s

customers to build solution for their automation needs from one

party. Hence guaranteeing ease of use, and lowest cost of

ownership.

PBA robotic components was the foundation in which we build all

our technologies on. Our patented direct drive motor winding

technology allowed us to build extremely efficient motors in a

small space.

Building on that, PBA combined motor and mechanical knowhow

into building a wide catalog of robotic components that are then

adopted by robotic and automation customers world wide

Robotics Automation Centre of Excellence (RACE), an initiative

to drive industry 4.0 change across Singapore and the S.E.A.

region, is the leading force in robotics and automation training.

Race academy offers a full spectrum of robotic courses,

ranging from apprentice to professional, enabling robotics

engineers and mid-life career-switchers to take on complex

projects.

Its strong partnership with other robotics industry giants and

experts bridges the gap between state-of-the-art research with

real-time industrial products and projects. It also ensures that

its courses equip students with relevant industrial best

practices and trains them to be employment ready.

Race strives to be the leader of choice for revolutionary

robotics training in Asia.

For more information regarding the trainings provided, please

head over to : www.race-academy.com.sg

Industrial vision solution products provides customers with

ready-to-run vision solutions that are cost effective, simple, easy

to setup and maintain, and scalable for a wide range of

applications. The standard products are targeted at low to

medium end applications, while customised solutions are

available for high end and complex applications. The standard

vision solution products use a standard hardware consisting of

PC, one or two USB 3 cameras, lens, lighting and lighting

controller. The application software is factory configured and

setup for a specific product model. These product models offer

targeted solutions for specific application areas like defect

detection, mark and label inspection, and measurement and

quality monitoring.

All complex vision tasks are abstracted into tools indicated by

icons and arranged in drop down menu for easy access. The

general purpose vision systems come with a rich tool set for a

wide range of applications. The system supports different USB3

cameras and can be setup quickly and easily. Standard

solutions need just configuring of tools in pre-loaded job sheet.

Image logging and playback for offline debugging are standard

features that help troubleshoot systems remotely. All systems

have sub-pixel accuracy and provide Ethernet and digital I/O

interface to handlers or other systems.

PBA 2020 @ Cleantech Park

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Sharing the journey…

Getting start

Clear goals, strategies and budget

Continuous Innovation (core technologies and business models)

Agility

People (and culture)

Resilience