Assembly and Automation Technology (A&AT) offers free initial consultation and equipment quotation, help selecting the proper level of automation, product design (or redesign) for automatic assembly, system design review, specifications, acceptance criteria, system fabrication and assembly, test run installation, production initiation and support.
A conversation about your part, your production rates and your quality specifications
We start by understanding what you assemble, your part volumes and where your current process is costing time, quality or resources. We look at drawings, photos, sample parts and any existing equipment, then talk through the options with you and put together a quotation that describes the proposed equipment, what it will do and the budget needed.
Proposals built around your needs, your specifications and your return on investment
Automation runs from a single operator-loaded station up to a fully automatic line with robots and vision, and many of our systems are built so a manual station can grow into an automatic one. The right level depends on your volume, your part, your labor situation and your budget. We help weigh these so the equipment matches the production you have, with room to add capacity later.
Product design (or redesign) for automatic assembly, system design review, specifications, acceptance criteria.
We have a proven track record of solving difficult problems with innovative design concepts. Our engineers are highly experienced in a variety of projects from manual assembly stations to complex robotic systems. We hold a series of design reviews or work independently depending on our customers' preference.
System fabrication and assembly.
Our machines are built and assembled to strict specifications by us in our facility. We perform our machining, controls assembly and programming in-house. We use high quality, readily available and easily serviced purchased components whenever possible.
We have experience with a variety of sensor based, laser and vision inspection applications. We utilize simple proximity and optical sensors for part presence and laser micrometers and 3D laser scanners for precise physical measurements.
Our vision programmers have designed, built and programmed a variety of color and monochrome vision systems to verify proper assembly of parts, to inspect the presence and curing of adhesive and to determine the quality of photorealistic printed images.
Test run at our shop, installation at your facility and support for the life of the machine
Before a machine ships, we run it with your parts to the acceptance criteria agreed at the design stage (Factory Acceptance Test). Our service engineers install and commission it on your floor, train your operators and maintenance staff and stay through the first production runs (Site Acceptance Test).
We are readily available for support with technical assistance and spare parts. If your parts change or your application requires increased capacity, we can retrofit existing equipment for additional processes and capacities.
Our 40 years of knowledge means the requirement for technical support is low, but we're here if you need us.
The processes we build into assembly machines every day, from feeding and orienting parts to joining, dispensing, marking and inspecting them.
Robots, vision and specialized processes for parts that are too varied, too delicate or too complex for fixed tooling alone.
The controls, motion and user interface behind every system we build are programmed in-house so the machine is simple to run and easy to service.