Pirelli Tire North America received the 2003 Robots & Vision User Recognition Award.Pirelli Tire North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. received the 2003 Robots & Vision User Recognition Award from the Robotic ro·bot·ic adj. Relating to, characteristic of, or employing robots. Industries Association for its innovative robotic tire assembly process. Known as MIRS MIRS Modular Integrated Robotized System MIRS Mid-Infrared Spectrometer MIRS Management Information & Retrieval System MIRS Multimedia Information Retrieval Services MIRS Microwave Integrated Retrieval System MIRS MEPCOM Integrated Resource System , the system allows Pirelli to reduce the lead time from raw materials to finished product to 72 minutes, as opposed to six days with its traditional process. MillS is currently used in four Pirelli factories with a planned output of 600,000 tires in 2003, more than 150,000 of which will be produced in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The main innovation allows the robots to move, not the rubber, which is said to improve the process. |
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