Tyson Foods unveiled its Manufacturing Automation Center in downtown Springdale last week. The state-of-the-art facility is designed to help the company develop more automation and robotics for its food processing plants.
Tyson Unveils Manufacturing Automation Center in Downtown Springdale
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TMAC is Tyson's third investment in facilities in downtown Springdale.
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The robotic arms are used to move boxes from a conveyor belt to pallets.
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TMAC includes a training room for employees.
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The facility also include an innovation lab to develop new technology.
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Some of the robots use machine vision, which allows them to sort products by size, shape and color.
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