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In over three decades, Midwest Engineered Systems has designed, built and integrated over 4,000 automation systems. Below is a sampling of those systems and how they impacted our customers.
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Robotic Adhesive Dispensing System
MWES built an automation system that would robotically apply a small amount of 3M Scotch-Weld Epoxy Adhesive to metal ventilator components for the healthcare industry.
Robotic Layer Picking System
We provided this customer with an automated layer picking system, equipped with a robot and EOAT, conveyors and pallet system.
Refrigerated Storage Tending
Midwest Engineered Systems provided to our customer an automated layer picking system that consisted of a conveyor and pallet system, AS/RS buffer system and layer picking robot.
Aerial Lift Weldments
Robotic welding cells were provided to our customer, to accommodate a variety of weldments used in aerial lift platforms.
Robotic Case Packing Cell
The customer was utilizing multiple employees in order to manually pack their product. An automated packing station was needed to increase throughput.
Robotic Frame Welding
MWES provided a Robotic Frame Welding Cell to our customer, for the final welding of generator base frames. This system included a robot and a 2-sided, interchanging, welding positioner.
Disposable Silverware Napkin Wrapping Automation System
MWES provided this firm an automation system that wraps cutlery and napkins together quickly and efficiently.
Flexibility and Production Speed with Robotic Vision
A leading manufacturer of picture frames was in need of more flexible manufacturing capability than their current high volume systems could provide.
Skid Steer Welding Automation
The robotic weld cell that MWES provided to our customer is capable of processing both Wacker chassis and load arm sub-assemblies.
Pressure Vessel Head Welding Cell
This system is designed to install, tack and weld ring sections into the shell section of the Super Jumbo product line.
Automated Assembly Line with AGVs
MWES built a complete row unit assembly system for a large agriculture equipment company.
Concrete Mixer Drum Welding Line
MWES provided this manufacturer with a robotic automation system to weld booster cone sub-assemblies as part of a concrete mixer storage vessel assembly line.
Skylift 3-Axis Welding Positioner
This project consists of a MWES standard Robotic Welding Positioner and End Effector for our customer’s product.
Track Seal Inspection and Assembly Automation
MWES provided this firm with a robotic automation assembly system for inspecting, assembling and packing polycarbonate track seal cans and lips.
Robotic Roll Former Tending Cell
MWES integrated a fully automated robot roll former tending cell for the assembly of steel cones in a production line.
Automated Spot Welding Assembly
MWES built a resistance spot welding automation cell as part of the assembly of automotive oil pan baffles.
Bottle & Trigger Assembly Line
MWES provided a trigger and bottle assembly system that automatically filled bottles, sorted and oriented triggers for assembly, and torque triggers to bottles.
Cutlery Automated Packaging System
MWES integrated an automated robotic handling and packaging system for plastic cutlery.
Robotic Connecting Rod Deburring Line
MWES provided a robot deburring and torque automation cell that would process large industrial engine connecting rods.
Robotic Case Packing Machine
MWES provided this firm with a robotic case-packing machine that would pack various sizes of bags of pet food into cases.
Engine Block Liner Insert Automation
MWES integrated a robotic oven tending and engine assembly cell as part of an outboard engine production line.
Ventilator Duplicate Calibration Station
MWES provided a firm with calibration stations as part of a manufacturing line for ventilator valve assemblies for a healthcare application.
Automated Assembly & Testing Production Line
MWES provided this firm with a robotically automated assembly and testing line for producing one and two-stage electro-hydraulic servo valves.
Pallet Queue Conveyance Shelving System
MWES integrated an AS/RS buffer system that would transport, sort, store and deliver pallets of assembled outboard motors.
Modernizing a Manual Assembly Line
MWES integrated a modernized manual manufacturing process with a suspended conveyance system for the assembly of outboard motors.
Industrial Cylinder Heads Assembly Automation
MWES provided a fully automated robot cell that would process four different models of diesel cylinder heads as part of a larger assembly line.
Robotic Furnace Tending Cell
This steel foundry came to MWES looking to robotically automate an industrial furnace tending operation that was very dangerous for human workers to tend to.
Automatic Stock Coat Robotic Cell
MWES provided this firm with a robotic system that automatically applies Boron Nitride coating to stock billets and preforms before they are forged.
Part Heating Conveyor System
MWES provided a firm with an automated system that would warm appliance doors/mullions on a conveyor system as part of a larger assembly line.
Shrink Tube Assembly Machine
MWES built a machine that produces rolls of cut polyolefin heat shrink electrical tubing to replace an existing system the customer was operating.
Consumer Electronics Robotic Assembly System
MWES designed and integrated a robot assembly system for mass assembling electronic consumer-level hair trimmers.
Extra Large Bag Making Machine
MWES provided this firm with an automated web handling machine that would produce polyethylene packaging bags in a wide range of sizes.
Robotic Paint Line Tending Cell
MWES designed and built this firm six robot machine tending cells that are fully automated and require minimal human intervention and labor to operate…
Robot Depalletizing & Descrambling Cell
MWES provided this firm with a robotically automated depalletizing and descrambling system for three distribution centers.
Robot Packaging & Palletizing Cell
MWES provided this firm with a robot packaging cell that consists of two robots, a carrier disassembly station, a part bagging station, a flat box infeed fixture…
Spring Assembly Machine
MWES provided this firm a machine that uses a 15in cast aluminum vibratory bowl feeder system for the input seal loading and a Camco six-station dial…
Robotic Stack Handling System
MWES designed and built a stack handling system that would robotically retrieve the product stacks from a receiving conveyor, and then transfer the stacks to a bagging conveyor…
Plasma Cutting Robot Cell Upgrade
MWES provided an upgrade to a robotic base rail plasma cutting system.
Surface Flame Treatment Machine
MWES provided this firm with a conveyor system that would move large garage door panels through a flame treatment machine.
Robotic Flame Treater System
MWES reprogrammed and switched out a number of components from the old robot rivet cell, and converted it into a flame treating system for the base frame and glove box…
Sanding Line Automation Cell
MWES designed and built a robot automation cell that would take a stack of doors from an infeed conveyor.
Cut & Punch Automation Machine
MWES provided this firm with a high-volume, next-generation medical infusion sleeve cut and punch automation machine.
Tube Cover Automated Welding System
MWES provided this firm with an automated welding machine for manufacturing tube covers for a motorcycle front wheel fork assembly.
Engine Cooler Assembly & Leak Test Automation
MWES provided this firm with a robotic automation system that assembles and tests diesel engine EGR coolers for a large automaker.
Cheese Rotation & Rejection Machine
MWES designed and build an automation system that utilizes both infeed and outfeed conveyors to convey the blocks of cheese, and two FANUC robots to move the cheese between the conveyors.
Automated Tailstock Boring Machine
MWES provided a construction equipment manufacturer with an automated steel crane strap milling, boring and finishing machine.
Robotic Basket Load & Unload System
MWES provided a robotic tending system that would load and unload baskets of parts onto and off racks that move through an assembly line.
Flower Pot Edge Rolling Machine
A firm came to MWES looking to improve its plastic blow-molded flower pot manufacturing process with a new custom-designed machine.
Engine Component Robotic Assembly System
MWES provided this firm with a robot work cell that assembles cam support plates and oil pump housings for motorcycle engines.
Clutch Ball & Ramp Assembly Machine
MWES provided this firm with a semi-automated assembly machine for building clutch ball and ramps as part of a motorcycle manufacturing line.
Robotic Press Brake Tending System
A firm came to MWES looking to robotically automate the process of fabricating a wide range of parts from steel sheets with a brake press machine…
Robotic Press Brake Tending
MWES designed a system that replaces manual labor with an ABB IRB 7600-500 with a 7th axis drive module running on a floor track that tends a Bystronic brake press…
Connecting Rod Assembly System
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Home Recent Projects Connecting Rod Assembly System
Project summary
MWES provided this firm with a robotic assembly system for…
Spool Payout Twister with Capstan and Accumulator
MWES provided this firm with a planetary payout twister that consists of three rotary dials that hold ten spools each that feed into a Broomfield 400C coil winding.
Coating-Laminating Line Additions
A firm came to MWES looking to add onto and enhance an existing web handling coating-laminating line with an SSI 90 Slitter…
Outboard Motor Assembly System
MWES provided a firm with AGVs that would navigate a lengthy preexisting motor assembly process, and would have to lift, carry and orientate outboard motors.
3-Phase Transformer Cover Weld Cell
MWES designed and built completely automated robotic weld cell whose purpose is to complete the cover welding on large transformers…
Plate Machining Turn-Key System
Machining steel plates can be a challenging task, but with robotic automation this task can be done quickly and efficiently…
CNC Lathe Automation System
By going with robotic machine tending, this firm eliminated the need for hiring skilled workers and enhancing a process that requires only minimal human interaction to perform.
Automated De-Stacking System
MWES designed and built an automated system that would use a robot with an EOAT gripper to move the plates and slabs off a stack of plates…
Robotic Weld Vessel Automation
A medical equipment manufacturing firm came to MWES looking to automate a precise and complicated weld process on large-scale medical equipment.
Adhesive Tape Line
This tape manufacturing firm came to MWES to design and build a web handling system that could produce industrial rolls of adhesive floor tape.
Automated 3-piece Pipe Weld Cell
Robotically automating a welding process has a great ROI eliminating the need to staff skilled labor to accomplish complicated welding tasks…
Hydraulic Motor Assembly Line
Building a single hydraulic motor production line that can handle the assembly of over a dozen different variations…
Automated Casting Finishing Production Line
MWES designed and built a system that would allow a single operator to control the entire finishing production line.
Water Outlet Assembly & Inspection
MWES designed, developed and integrated an automated assembly system for an injection molding and prototyping company.
Roll Handling and Wrapping System
Utilizing a conveyor system and two automated stretch wrapping stations, this challenging process can be done quickly and easily.
Depalletizing & Unloading System with Vision
MWES provided a fully automated robotic depalletizing cell for boxed spray heads that was required to supply part to two lines, convey full or partial pallet loads…
Robotic Rotor Bonder Assembly System
MWES provided this firm with a fully automated robotic multi-station motorcycle rotor stator magnet bonding assembly system.
Roll Storage & Cutting System of Laminate Rolls
MWES designed a system that stores large rolls of laminate material on storage racking and retrieves them with robotic automation.
Floortrack Robot Palletizing Cell
This customer needed a robot palletizing system that utilized AGVs to transport pallets around the facility.
Large Component Precision Assembly System
When there needs to be heavy things accurately positioned inside of even larger, heavier things, robotics becomes the best answer…
Solid Fiber Line Upgrades
MWES upgraded and expanded this firm’s solid fiber structural sheathing manufacturing thermal insulation line.
Automated Knurling Machine
MWES integrated a turn-key fully robotic automation machine that performs a knurling process on automotive valve plates.
Robotic Truss Welding Cell
MWES provided this firm with a fully automated steel truss robotic welding system.
Trigger & Bottle Assembly System
MWES designed and integrated a fully automated system that assembles plastic sprayer bottles with triggers.
Robotic Case & Tray Palletizer
With quality manual labor getting increasingly hard to come by and product demand increasing, the customer was looking to move its case and tray palletizing operations.
Flywheel Single-Station Press
A motorcycle manufacturer came to MWES looking for a semi-automated assembly press machine for individual flywheels.
Robotic Welding & Positioner System
MWES provided this firm with a fully automated robotic welding and positioner system for the manufacturing of large transformer housings.
Medical Cartridge Coating Custom Machine
MWES provided a custom medical syringe and cartridge coating machine for a start-up medical supplies manufacturing company.
Robotic Press Brake Automated Metal Bending
MWES provided a Robotic Brake Press Tending System to automate the metal part bending process of a Bystronics Brake Press for a metal fabricator….
Vacuum Metalizer System Upgrade
MWES provided an upgrade to an aging Vacuum Web Coating Machine that came from an OEM in Latvia.
Random Bin & Dynamic Conveyor Picking System
MWES provided an industrial equipment manufacturer with an automated robotic picking conveyor line to handle the parts in a heat-treating process.
Robotic Bottle Depalletizing System
MWES provided a robotic depalletizing system for Widmer Brothers Brewing. The initial bottle depalletizer was a semi-automatic system and hand moving cases created a safety problem.
Robotic Deburring System
MWES built two large automated deburring systems for an engine manufacturer. This system uses two robots to deburr and polish specific features of a large engine block.
Automated Cheese Cubing Machine
A leading national cheese supplier had existing machines for cutting slabs of cheese into cubes and required additional machines to handle an increase in demand.
Die Cast Robot Tending Automation
MWES provided a die-cast robot tending automation machine for a hardware manufacturer.
Automated Case Packing Machine
MWES was contracted to build an automated system to case pack bags of produce into boxes, at 160 bags per hour.
Standard Robotic Palletizer
MWES helped this manufacturing company to robotically automate their palletizing process, in a fast and efficient way.
Flywheel Multi-Station Custom Press
MWES provided a firm with a fully automated turn-key multi-station press machine for the assembly of motorcycle flywheels.
Robotic Vial Filling for Increased Speed and Precision
Operations needed to be performed within a clean room environment, as the vials contained medical test..
Pharmaceutical Component Automation Cell
Multi-stage operation automated in a clean room environment offers greater efficiency and safety…
Robotic Chamfer Grind System
MWES engineered an automation system that took advantage of innovative technology that addressed all of the current production issues.
Engine Block Wash Automation
With their current system down to only 60% effectiveness, the customer’s automated engine block wash stage was quickly becoming a hindrance rather than a help.
Silicone Coating Line System
This customer turned to MWES to explore a more sophisticated version of their existing process.
Laminating Line with Automated Packaging
This firm was faced with manufacturing a high volume product from basic raw materials for shipment and point of sale in retail stores…
Robotic Palletizing & Automated Guided Vehicle
MWES built an automated manufacturing process for material handling of 20 cardboard boxes per minute…
Robotic Food Product Case Packing Machine
MWES engineered the case packer machine to use machine vision for locating products as they enter the machine…
Robotic Welding & Milling for High-Speed Handling of Bus Bars
MWES provided this firm with a robotic automation system that would perform both welding and milling in one seamless automated work cell.
Robotic Painting System Retrofit
A consistent manual painting operation can be a strain on a manual workforce. Not only is the work potentially hazardous to the workers but acquiring enough workers to perform the operation.
Web Handling Line Drive & Controls Upgrade
MWES proposed a major upgrade of the drive system, motors, the PLC, safety devices, HMI displays and pushbutton controls…
Laser Welding System for Rail Car Panels
MWES provided this firm with a Gudel 6-axis overhead gantry system with a laser welding head, controlled by a KUKA robot controller…
Residential / Commercial Appliance Material Handling
MWES provided this firm with a new comprehensive material handling system and assembly testing line for producing high-end consumer refrigerators.
Robotic Automation
Robotic Adhesive Dispensing System
MWES built an automation system that would robotically apply a small amount of 3M Scotch-Weld Epoxy Adhesive to metal ventilator components for the healthcare industry.
Robotic Layer Picking System
We provided this customer with an automated layer picking system, equipped with a robot and EOAT, conveyors and pallet system.
Flexibility and Production Speed with Robotic Vision
A leading manufacturer of picture frames was in need of more flexible manufacturing capability than their current high volume systems could provide.
Robotic Roll Former Tending Cell
MWES integrated a fully automated robot roll former tending cell for the assembly of steel cones in a production line.
Robotic Furnace Tending Cell
This steel foundry came to MWES looking to robotically automate an industrial furnace tending operation that was very dangerous for human workers to tend to.
Automatic Stock Coat Robotic Cell
MWES provided this firm with a robotic system that automatically applies Boron Nitride coating to stock billets and preforms before they are forged.
Robotic Paint Line Tending Cell
MWES designed and built this firm six robot machine tending cells that are fully automated and require minimal human intervention and labor to operate…
Robotic Stack Handling System
MWES designed and built a stack handling system that would robotically retrieve the product stacks from a receiving conveyor, and then transfer the stacks to a bagging conveyor…
Robotic Flame Treater System
MWES reprogrammed and switched out a number of components from the old robot rivet cell, and converted it into a flame treating system for the base frame and glove box…
Robotic Press Brake Tending System
A firm came to MWES looking to robotically automate the process of fabricating a wide range of parts from steel sheets with a brake press machine…
Robotic Press Brake Tending
MWES designed a system that replaces manual labor with an ABB IRB 7600-500 with a 7th axis drive module running on a floor track that tends a Bystronic brake press…
Robotic Press Brake Automated Metal Bending
MWES provided a Robotic Brake Press Tending System to automate the metal part bending process of a Bystronics Brake Press for a metal fabricator….
Random Bin & Dynamic Conveyor Picking System
MWES provided an industrial equipment manufacturer with an automated robotic picking conveyor line to handle the parts in a heat-treating process.
Die Cast Robot Tending Automation
MWES provided a die-cast robot tending automation machine for a hardware manufacturer.
Robotic Vial Filling for Increased Speed and Precision
Operations needed to be performed within a clean room environment, as the vials contained medical test..
Robotic Palletizing & Automated Guided Vehicle
MWES built an automated manufacturing process for material handling of 20 cardboard boxes per minute…
Robotic Painting System Retrofit
A consistent manual painting operation can be a strain on a manual workforce. Not only is the work potentially hazardous to the workers but acquiring enough workers to perform the operation.
Assembly & Automation
Automated Assembly Line with AGVs
MWES built a complete row unit assembly system for a large agriculture equipment company.
Track Seal Inspection and Assembly Automation
MWES provided this firm with a robotic automation assembly system for inspecting, assembling and packing polycarbonate track seal cans and lips.
Bottle & Trigger Assembly Line
MWES provided a trigger and bottle assembly system that automatically filled bottles, sorted and oriented triggers for assembly, and torque triggers to bottles.
Engine Block Liner Insert Automation
MWES integrated a robotic oven tending and engine assembly cell as part of an outboard engine production line.
Ventilator Duplicate Calibration Station
MWES provided a firm with calibration stations as part of a manufacturing line for ventilator valve assemblies for a healthcare application.
Automated Assembly & Testing Production Line
MWES provided this firm with a robotically automated assembly and testing line for producing one and two-stage electro-hydraulic servo valves.
Modernizing a Manual Assembly Line
MWES integrated a modernized manual manufacturing process with a suspended conveyance system for the assembly of outboard motors.
Part Heating Conveyor System
MWES provided a firm with an automated system that would warm appliance doors/mullions on a conveyor system as part of a larger assembly line.
Consumer Electronics Robotic Assembly System
MWES designed and integrated a robot assembly system for mass assembling electronic consumer-level hair trimmers.
Spring Assembly Machine
MWES provided this firm a machine that uses a 15in cast aluminum vibratory bowl feeder system for the input seal loading and a Camco six-station dial…
Surface Flame Treatment Machine
MWES provided this firm with a conveyor system that would move large garage door panels through a flame treatment machine.
Cut & Punch Automation Machine
MWES provided this firm with a high-volume, next-generation medical infusion sleeve cut and punch automation machine.
Engine Cooler Assembly & Leak Test Automation
MWES provided this firm with a robotic automation system that assembles and tests diesel engine EGR coolers for a large automaker.
Flower Pot Edge Rolling Machine
A firm came to MWES looking to improve its plastic blow-molded flower pot manufacturing process with a new custom-designed machine.
Engine Component Robotic Assembly System
MWES provided this firm with a robot work cell that assembles cam support plates and oil pump housings for motorcycle engines.
Clutch Ball & Ramp Assembly Machine
MWES provided this firm with a semi-automated assembly machine for building clutch ball and ramps as part of a motorcycle manufacturing line.
Connecting Rod Assembly System
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Home Recent Projects Connecting Rod Assembly System
Project summary
MWES provided this firm with a robotic assembly system for…
Outboard Motor Assembly System
MWES provided a firm with AGVs that would navigate a lengthy preexisting motor assembly process, and would have to lift, carry and orientate outboard motors.
Plate Machining Turn-Key System
Machining steel plates can be a challenging task, but with robotic automation this task can be done quickly and efficiently…
Hydraulic Motor Assembly Line
Building a single hydraulic motor production line that can handle the assembly of over a dozen different variations…
Water Outlet Assembly & Inspection
MWES designed, developed and integrated an automated assembly system for an injection molding and prototyping company.
Robotic Rotor Bonder Assembly System
MWES provided this firm with a fully automated robotic multi-station motorcycle rotor stator magnet bonding assembly system.
Large Component Precision Assembly System
When there needs to be heavy things accurately positioned inside of even larger, heavier things, robotics becomes the best answer…
Automated Knurling Machine
MWES integrated a turn-key fully robotic automation machine that performs a knurling process on automotive valve plates.
Trigger & Bottle Assembly System
MWES designed and integrated a fully automated system that assembles plastic sprayer bottles with triggers.
Medical Cartridge Coating Custom Machine
MWES provided a custom medical syringe and cartridge coating machine for a start-up medical supplies manufacturing company.
Vacuum Metalizer System Upgrade
MWES provided an upgrade to an aging Vacuum Web Coating Machine that came from an OEM in Latvia.
Automated Cheese Cubing Machine
A leading national cheese supplier had existing machines for cutting slabs of cheese into cubes and required additional machines to handle an increase in demand.
Pharmaceutical Component Automation Cell
Multi-stage operation automated in a clean room environment offers greater efficiency and safety…
Material Handling
Refrigerated Storage Tending
Midwest Engineered Systems provided to our customer an automated layer picking system that consisted of a conveyor and pallet system, AS/RS buffer system and layer picking robot.
Robotic Case Packing Cell
The customer was utilizing multiple employees in order to manually pack their product. An automated packing station was needed to increase throughput.
Disposable Silverware Napkin Wrapping Automation System
MWES provided this firm an automation system that wraps cutlery and napkins together quickly and efficiently.
Cutlery Automated Packaging System
MWES integrated an automated robotic handling and packaging system for plastic cutlery.
Robotic Case Packing Machine
MWES provided this firm with a robotic case-packing machine that would pack various sizes of bags of pet food into cases.
Pallet Queue Conveyance Shelving System
MWES integrated an AS/RS buffer system that would transport, sort, store and deliver pallets of assembled outboard motors.
Robot Depalletizing & Descrambling Cell
MWES provided this firm with a robotically automated depalletizing and descrambling system for three distribution centers.
Robot Packaging & Palletizing Cell
MWES provided this firm with a robot packaging cell that consists of two robots, a carrier disassembly station, a part bagging station, a flat box infeed fixture…
Cheese Rotation & Rejection Machine
MWES designed and build an automation system that utilizes both infeed and outfeed conveyors to convey the blocks of cheese, and two FANUC robots to move the cheese between the conveyors.
Robotic Basket Load & Unload System
MWES provided a robotic tending system that would load and unload baskets of parts onto and off racks that move through an assembly line.
Automated De-Stacking System
MWES designed and built an automated system that would use a robot with an EOAT gripper to move the plates and slabs off a stack of plates…
Depalletizing & Unloading System with Vision
MWES provided a fully automated robotic depalletizing cell for boxed spray heads that was required to supply part to two lines, convey full or partial pallet loads…
Floortrack Robot Palletizing Cell
This customer needed a robot palletizing system that utilized AGVs to transport pallets around the facility.
Robotic Case & Tray Palletizer
With quality manual labor getting increasingly hard to come by and product demand increasing, the customer was looking to move its case and tray palletizing operations.
Flywheel Single-Station Press
A motorcycle manufacturer came to MWES looking for a semi-automated assembly press machine for individual flywheels.
Robotic Bottle Depalletizing System
MWES provided a robotic depalletizing system for Widmer Brothers Brewing. The initial bottle depalletizer was a semi-automatic system and hand moving cases created a safety problem.
Automated Case Packing Machine
MWES was contracted to build an automated system to case pack bags of produce into boxes, at 160 bags per hour.
Standard Robotic Palletizer
MWES helped this manufacturing company to robotically automate their palletizing process, in a fast and efficient way.
Flywheel Multi-Station Custom Press
MWES provided a firm with a fully automated turn-key multi-station press machine for the assembly of motorcycle flywheels.
Robotic Food Product Case Packing Machine
MWES engineered the case packer machine to use machine vision for locating products as they enter the machine…
Residential / Commercial Appliance Material Handling
MWES provided this firm with a new comprehensive material handling system and assembly testing line for producing high-end consumer refrigerators.
Material Removal
Robotic Connecting Rod Deburring Line
MWES provided a robot deburring and torque automation cell that would process large industrial engine connecting rods.
Industrial Cylinder Heads Assembly Automation
MWES provided a fully automated robot cell that would process four different models of diesel cylinder heads as part of a larger assembly line.
Plasma Cutting Robot Cell Upgrade
MWES provided an upgrade to a robotic base rail plasma cutting system.
Sanding Line Automation Cell
MWES designed and built a robot automation cell that would take a stack of doors from an infeed conveyor.
Automated Tailstock Boring Machine
MWES provided a construction equipment manufacturer with an automated steel crane strap milling, boring and finishing machine.
CNC Lathe Automation System
By going with robotic machine tending, this firm eliminated the need for hiring skilled workers and enhancing a process that requires only minimal human interaction to perform.
Automated Casting Finishing Production Line
MWES designed and built a system that would allow a single operator to control the entire finishing production line.
Robotic Deburring System
MWES built two large automated deburring systems for an engine manufacturer. This system uses two robots to deburr and polish specific features of a large engine block.
Robotic Chamfer Grind System
MWES engineered an automation system that took advantage of innovative technology that addressed all of the current production issues.
Engine Block Wash Automation
With their current system down to only 60% effectiveness, the customer’s automated engine block wash stage was quickly becoming a hindrance rather than a help.
Robotic Welding
Aerial Lift Weldments
Robotic welding cells were provided to our customer, to accommodate a variety of weldments used in aerial lift platforms.
Robotic Frame Welding
MWES provided a Robotic Frame Welding Cell to our customer, for the final welding of generator base frames. This system included a robot and a 2-sided, interchanging, welding positioner.
Skid Steer Welding Automation
The robotic weld cell that MWES provided to our customer is capable of processing both Wacker chassis and load arm sub-assemblies.
Pressure Vessel Head Welding Cell
This system is designed to install, tack and weld ring sections into the shell section of the Super Jumbo product line.
Concrete Mixer Drum Welding Line
MWES provided this manufacturer with a robotic automation system to weld booster cone sub-assemblies as part of a concrete mixer storage vessel assembly line.
Skylift 3-Axis Welding Positioner
This project consists of a MWES standard Robotic Welding Positioner and End Effector for our customer’s product.
Automated Spot Welding Assembly
MWES built a resistance spot welding automation cell as part of the assembly of automotive oil pan baffles.
Tube Cover Automated Welding System
MWES provided this firm with an automated welding machine for manufacturing tube covers for a motorcycle front wheel fork assembly.
3-Phase Transformer Cover Weld Cell
MWES designed and built completely automated robotic weld cell whose purpose is to complete the cover welding on large transformers…
Robotic Weld Vessel Automation
A medical equipment manufacturing firm came to MWES looking to automate a precise and complicated weld process on large-scale medical equipment.
Automated 3-piece Pipe Weld Cell
Robotically automating a welding process has a great ROI eliminating the need to staff skilled labor to accomplish complicated welding tasks…
Robotic Truss Welding Cell
MWES provided this firm with a fully automated steel truss robotic welding system.
Robotic Welding & Positioner System
MWES provided this firm with a fully automated robotic welding and positioner system for the manufacturing of large transformer housings.
Robotic Welding & Milling for High-Speed Handling of Bus Bars
MWES provided this firm with a robotic automation system that would perform both welding and milling in one seamless automated work cell.
Laser Welding System for Rail Car Panels
MWES provided this firm with a Gudel 6-axis overhead gantry system with a laser welding head, controlled by a KUKA robot controller…
Web Handling
Shrink Tube Assembly Machine
MWES built a machine that produces rolls of cut polyolefin heat shrink electrical tubing to replace an existing system the customer was operating.
Extra Large Bag Making Machine
MWES provided this firm with an automated web handling machine that would produce polyethylene packaging bags in a wide range of sizes.
Spool Payout Twister with Capstan and Accumulator
MWES provided this firm with a planetary payout twister that consists of three rotary dials that hold ten spools each that feed into a Broomfield 400C coil winding.
Coating-Laminating Line Additions
A firm came to MWES looking to add onto and enhance an existing web handling coating-laminating line with an SSI 90 Slitter…
Adhesive Tape Line
This tape manufacturing firm came to MWES to design and build a web handling system that could produce industrial rolls of adhesive floor tape.
Roll Handling and Wrapping System
Utilizing a conveyor system and two automated stretch wrapping stations, this challenging process can be done quickly and easily.
Roll Storage & Cutting System of Laminate Rolls
MWES designed a system that stores large rolls of laminate material on storage racking and retrieves them with robotic automation.
Solid Fiber Line Upgrades
MWES upgraded and expanded this firm’s solid fiber structural sheathing manufacturing thermal insulation line.
Silicone Coating Line System
This customer turned to MWES to explore a more sophisticated version of their existing process.
Laminating Line with Automated Packaging
This firm was faced with manufacturing a high volume product from basic raw materials for shipment and point of sale in retail stores…
Web Handling Line Drive & Controls Upgrade
MWES proposed a major upgrade of the drive system, motors, the PLC, safety devices, HMI displays and pushbutton controls…
If you are interested in the industrial automation capabilities that MWES provides, please contact us today. Our application engineers can help guide you through the process and answer any questions you may have.
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