INDUSTRY FOCUS

Plastics

Over 30 Years Developing

automation that handles all things plastic

With the soaring costs of shipping overseas, manufacturers that work in plastics have been quick to embrace robotic automation as part of the sector’s continued onshoring efforts. Robot automation improves the quality, efficiency and safety of plastic manufacturing, all the while reducing plastic waste and the associated environmental impact. 

Midwest Engineered Systems has designed and developed various plastic component handling and assembly automation systems for a variety of firms. Our automation systems include part forming, spruce tree removal and injection molding. 

Automation Applications

Plastic Parts Automation expertise

Forming Automation

MWES designed and built a turn-key automated machine that would take the blow-molded flower pot and rotate it around on a turntable. As the pot rotates, clamps would press the top edge of the pot forcing it inward to create a rounded lip. An operator would be required to perform part changeovers and to manually swap out the pots once completed.

Assembly Automation

MWES provided a trigger and bottle assembly system that received filled bottles, sorted and located triggers for assembly, and torqued triggers to bottles within customer-defined specifications. It was also required to ultrasonically weld triggers to the bottles.

Machine Tending Automation

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. The entire system can be operated by a single worker with minimal manual intervention.

Treating & Coating

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. The entire flame-treating system can be performed by a single operator with minimal training and physical labor.

Material Removal

MWES has developed systems that use automated degating and flash removal. These systems use sensors, cameras, robots, and cutting tools to detect and remove gates and flashes from the molded parts without human intervention.

Dispensing & Placement

Automated dispensing machines and robotic systems can rapidly and repeatedly dispense many different materials. This can save manufacturing companies valuable time, safety and equipment training costs and reduce overall labor demands.

Plastic Bag Assembly

Manufacturing large volumes of polyethylene bags requires complicated web handling equipment to unwind and cut the roll at the defined proportions.

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120+

Team Members
 

4,000+

Systems Built
 

100k+

Sq. Ft. Facility
 

12+

Years RIA Robot Experts

The Future of Manufacturing

Recent Projects by MWES

Automated Assembly Line with AGVs

Automated Assembly Line with AGVs

MWES provided an industrial agriculture equipment manufacturer with an assembly line that utilizes...
Track Seal Inspection & Assembly Automation

Track Seal Inspection & Assembly Automation

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Bottle & Trigger Assembly Line

Bottle & Trigger Assembly Line

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Engine Block Liner Insert Automation

Engine Block Liner Insert Automation

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Ventilator Duplicate Calibration Station

Ventilator Duplicate Calibration Station

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Automated Assembly & Testing Production Line

Automated Assembly & Testing Production Line

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Modernizing a Manual Assembly Line

Modernizing a Manual Assembly Line

MWES integrated a modernized manual manufacturing process with a suspended conveyance system...
Part Heating Conveyor System

Part Heating Conveyor System

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Consumer Electronics Robotic Assembly System

Consumer Electronics Robotic Assembly System

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