Mitsubishi Electric has announced the global launch of its new GOT3000 operator panel (HMI), designed to support the acceleration of digital transformation (DX) in manufacturing with new features that enhance connectivity, usability, and system integration.
As manufacturers pursue greater efficiency, real-time visibility, and smarter automation, the requirements placed on HMI devices have increased significantly. In response to these new needs, Mitsubishi Electric has leveraged its extensive industry experience and designed the GOT3000 to serve not only as a machine interface, but also as a secure gateway between factory equipment and higher-level IT systems. This allows users to maximize the value of their production data, ensuring the ease of use and reliability they expect from Mitsubishi Electric.
Designed for connectivity in the DX era
The role of the GOT3000 goes far beyond screen interaction. Supporting international standards for industrial communication, such as OPC UA Client and OPC UA Server, it enables seamless integration with higher-level information systems and a wide range of industrial automation (FA) devices.
The device also includes a built-in web browser, allowing users to configure and monitor equipment without a PC, and supports advanced communication functions such as NFC contactless tag reading and USB connectivity. It also offers a network camera and built-in HDMI output, further expanding its real-time monitoring and system integration capabilities.
Secure remote access is enabled through communication and data encryption, as well as built-in VPN functionality, facilitating centralized management of multiple devices via the cloud. This ensures the GOT3000 is ready to enable remote maintenance, predictive monitoring, and other key DX initiatives.
Design with Intuition
While the GOT3000 introduces a number of innovative features, it continues to prioritize ease of use with engineering tools and workflows that will be instantly familiar to existing GOT users. The platform retains the intuitive screen design environment that engineers rely on, now enhanced with advanced features to accelerate development and interface customization.
Compatibility with Mitsubishi Electric's new MX Controller, the high-performance all-in-one platform for digital and motion control, enables deeper system integration, simplifying communication between HMIs and controllers and reducing engineering costs. Support for a wide range of connectivity standards, including CC-Link IE TSN industrial networking and legacy systems, ensures the GOT3000 can easily adapt to a wide range of production environments.
Extremely fast and intelligent
At the heart of the GOT3000 is a newly developed high-definition display, capable of reproducing up to 16 million colors in impressive detail. This vivid visual clarity is paired with a multi-touch capacitive (PCAP) touchscreen, enabling precise and responsive control with familiar gestures such as swiping, pinching, and tapping, improving operator comfort and reducing the possibility of input errors.
The interface also supports dynamic frame animations, providing smoother transitions and more immersive navigation, while live video viewing via camera connection enables real-time visual monitoring of processes. Because video can be recorded and viewed live, in the event of a malfunction, users can simultaneously view both recorded footage and the current live feed to investigate the root cause, enabling faster problem recovery.
A milestone release from a trusted leader in automation
Available globally from September 2025, the GOT3000 is poised to become a central component for smart factories of the future. Designed for demanding industries such as automotive, semiconductor, material handling, and pharmaceuticals, it enables manufacturers to confidently take the next step in their digital journey.
"With the GOT3000, we enable customers to advance their digital transformation with confidence, combining advanced performance and reliable engineering to power the next generation of smart manufacturing," said Go Wakamatsu, General Manager of Mitsubishi Electric's HMI Systems Business Unit. "Based on over 12 years of HMI design experience and the feedback of thousands of users, the GOT3000 not only reflects our long tradition of successful HMI development, but also offers what customers need for smarter, more efficient manufacturing."
High-end cnc turning and milling operations with redex linear drives
Backlash-free combined unit for high-quality machiningWith the MC series, NILES-SIMMONS offers CNC machining centers for turning and milling that combine maximum precision with a high degree of flexibility and adaptability. These machine tools are in great demand in the aerospace industry, for which they were originally developed, but demand also comes from other sectors. The Redex combined system consists of two planetary gearboxes with integrated pinion, preloaded and backlash-free, which helps ensure exceptional machining with workpiece accuracy of up to +/- 2 µm.This is CNC turning and milling at the highest level: with With the NILES-SIMMONS N40 MC machining center, users can produce rotationally symmetrical components up to nine meters in length, with a swing diameter of up to 1,100 mm, and weighing up to four tons in a single setup and, if necessary, as a 100% automated machining process. The machining center allows for the integration of various machining operations, such as turning, milling, grinding, and measuring, all performed with high precision. The 60° tilt-bed technology of the welded steel frame, filled with concrete, contributes significantly to machining accuracy.Target applications: High-precision complete machining for the aerospace industryThis machining center is primarily used in the aerospace industry, which also uses the smaller and larger models of the MC series: from the N20 MC to the N60 MC series. Some of the components produced by these machines are subject to high stress over time, such as aircraft landing gear. This type of application is virtually integrated into the machines from the design stage.Carsten Hirche, project manager for the N40/N50/N60 series at NILES-SIMMONS, explains: «The goal was to develop a new generation of lathes in collaboration with a leading international supplier of jet engines. However, the series is also used in the oil and gas pipeline industries, and for general heavy-duty machining; in other words, wherever complex workpieces with extreme requirements in terms of precision and stability need to be produced."Modular options, flexible machiningThe characteristic profile of these machines, in this case the N40 MC model, can be summarized as follows: it can be designed as a single or multiple-slide machine, offers maximum precision, and is also very easy to operate and extremely flexible. The modular system allows for the addition of variable machining units, and with different tool systems, tool magazine sizes, and a wide range of options, users can tackle even the most challenging machining tasks. They can also adapt the dimensions of the N40 MC machine to their needs, as the machining center is available in various nominal lengths.The challenge: designing powerful, high-precision mechanical axis controlOne of the many challenges the design team faced during development was selecting an axis guidance system that could meet the highest positioning and machining accuracy requirements. The choice was between direct drives or geared drives. For the bed carriage, the NILES-SIMMONS designers opted for a rack-and-pinion drive from Redex. This allows for rapid machining processes for large components. Key specifications: the maximum travel speed is 30 m/min with an acceleration of 3 m/s² and a moving mass of up to 4,500 kg. Depending on the model, the machine can achieve a feed force of up to 30,000 N.A rack-and-pinion system with electrical preload was chosen.Although the aforementioned specifications are already impressive, they still say nothing about precision. Carsten Hirche continues: "The precision requirements that are met are very high. The machine must guarantee maximum precision and zero backlash even under high forces and accelerations." Here's another fact: we achieve repeatability accuracies in the µm range, with overall part accuracy of up to +/- 2 µm.Why was the Redex DRP2 series chosen for this application? «The factors that influenced the decision were power transmission, vibration behavior, precision, and optimized integration, in terms of space, into the machine architecture.»DRP: High-precision, backlash-free combined systemThe DRP combined system consists of two high-quality planetary gearheads housed in a torsion-resistant spheroidal cast iron monoblock. The two integrated pinions on the output side engage the rack and, via the master-slave operation of the motors, create the desired preload to enable highly precise, backlash-free movement.This design is well-suited in theory and practice and allows designers to achieve greater travel distances and precision than ball screws, which also have limitations in terms of achievable machining accuracy on the workpiece due to high travel speeds and increased temperatures on the machine frame.The NILES-SIMMONS team is completely satisfied not only with the product used, but also with the collaboration during the design phase. Carsten Hirche sums up: "Redex provided us with excellent support, and we always received competent answers to our questions." And the result speaks for itself: the N40 MC machining center is used worldwide in extremely demanding applications, not just in the aviation industry.
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