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Proof of Principle Testing Takes the ROI guesswork out of automation
Looking into automation for a particular production process? Determining if automation is the correct way to go may be a rather murky prospect, especially if there’s no off-the-shelf system to do it. There’s a way to prove out whether automating that process would have the ROI that the firm needs without having to build the entire system.
A new edition to one of our build bays
This crane, when installed, will be used by our Web Handling and Converting group to help in the construction of the production systems they build. To guarantee the quality necessary for the high tolerance machines the Web group designs and builds, dimensionally reliable components and structure is a necessity.
Welding Large Assemblies with Robotics
Welding together complex assemblies of numerous components can be done with automation – and without massive investments in systems and workforce to make it go. Many times, with proper weld fixtures, even loading and unloading the process doesn’t require a trained welder.
Streamline kitting operations for production efficiency
Keeping production on track with the right components in high variability, low volume assembly and manufacturing can be a headache that tends to affect throughput. When product variations are small in nature but important to functionality, these issues can not only affect production efficiency, it can also make trouble in keeping quality on track.
Knowing What to Automate First
When you oversee an entire manufacturing system, there’s a forest of opportunities to automate. How do you pick the first process to tackle first?
Solving a challenging palletizing operation with well-designed automation
The project was certainly a palletizing process that needed to be automated, but it required much closer management than standard palletizing.
Manual Production Line Updates for Increased Throughput – No Automation Needed
Whether the human-centric production process revolves around high dexterity operations or large scale, heavy industrial applications, greater efficiency can be found by adopting systems used primarily in automation-first systems. Many times, production volume increases can be had without resulting in replacing workers with automated processes and can even be installed without large disruptions to current production.
Easily upgrade to automated case packing with MWES’ turnkey solutions
Stepping up to automating manual case packing operations doesn’t have to mean spending weeks installing equipment. MWES’s turnkey case packer systems install quickly and easily. In most instances, systems can be up and running in a day, making the MWES case packer as ‘turn-key’ as they come.
Ways to increase automation performance without investing in a new system
Over the course of their lifetime, production line automation systems begin to lose efficiency. Replacing it with a completely new system would certainly improve throughput while bringing production tracking and control technology up to date. However, a new system’s price can be difficult to justify. Upgrade the current system, instead!
A Deeper Dive into Automated De-Palletizer Performance – Case Study
Based on using one of our turnkey de-palletizer cells, we’ve put together a case study discussing how the system helped a manufacturer reduce a large bottleneck at the front end of their production process. Within the document, we talk about its real world performance and the benefits it brings to producers who are looking to automate material intake processes.