esmo automation develops, designs, and installs automated custom machines and solutions in the sector of custom machine engineering, precisely tailored to special and individual customer requests and requirements. Thus, complex tasks, procedures, and work steps can automated in a most efficient manner. As our customer, you receive a full-service package: one and the same person will be your point of contact during all stages of conceptioning, development, installation, and commissioning. And, of course, we provide any subsequent service and maintenance support to you, at your request. As your experts for all questions and aspects relating to custom machine engineering, we are the strong and reliable partner at your side to accompany you on your way towards higher and greater efficiency.
There is indeed a steadily increasing demand for automation – in particular, for automation solutions in the area of custom machine engineering – in order to decrease production costs and, at the same time, increase productivity and quality. For this reason, esmo automation custom machines are employed in most different areas and sectors. Our customer base includes, for instance, companies from the automotive, medical technology, and consumer goods industries.
In our understanding custom machine engineering comprises the manufacture of a compact automation unit, consisting of one single base frame, equipped with individual units.
According to our definition, the significant difference between custom machine engineering or special machine construction and plant engineering primarily lies in the size. In contrast to the more compact custom machine engineering, plant engineering comprises the employment of several, individual base frames – with attachments or extensions (conveyor belts, AGVs etc.), if required – which will be positioned to and aligned with each other, thus resulting in the intended, process-optimized function or operation.
We have designed, developed, and manufactured this custom machine for representational purposes, in order to demonstrate our professional expertise and know-how in the sector of custom machine engineering at trade shows, exhibitions, and other events. Milled plastic components are conveyed from a vibratory bowl feeder, and picked up by an individually automated robotic system. The triplex gripping device of the robot picks the components and linearly places them in front of a 3D measuring unit.
A conveyor system transports all good components to an indicated laser marking system – any faulty components are separated.
After the vision system has conducted an automated, optical quality check of all laser marked components, an axis system places the components on another conveyor system "on-the-fly" – any faulty components are separated here as well.
In order to create a closed cycle for demonstration purposes, all components finally are returned to the singulating system, i.e. the vibratory bowl feeder.
As mentioned before, the esmo automation trade show machine represents only a few of the numerous and most diverse possibilities of esmo automation custom machine engineering.
robotic systems:
Stäubli Tec-Systems GmbH
Robotics
https://www.staubli.com/en-us/robotics/
linear systems/gantry axes:
Festo Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG
https://www.festo.com
control technology:
Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG
https://www.beckhoff.com/
esmo automation designed and realized a custom machine for separating/singulating deep-drawn plastic parts and making them available for subsequent filling. The contracting authority for this project of esmo custom machine engineering was a globally operating, publicly traded company belonging to the customer base of esmo automation.
The challenge here was to deal with the tolerances of the plastic parts as well as to implement the cycle time requested by the customer accordingly. From a storage container, the plastic parts are conveyed to two vibratory bowl feeders. After being singulated, they are transported to a separating unit via parallel linear conveyor lines. There they are picked up by a 6-axis robot and fed to the filling system.
robotic systems:
Stäubli Tec-Systems GmbH
Robotics
https://www.staubli.com/en-us/robotics/
cameras:
Basler AG
https://www.baslerweb.com/en/products/cameras/
control technology:
Allen-Bradley / Rockwell Automation GmbH
https://ab.rockwellautomation.com/Programmable-Controllers
gantry systems:
Bosch Rexroth AG
https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/us/products/product-groups/linear-motion-technology/linear-motion-systems/index
esmo automation designed and realized a custom machine for separating/singulating deep-drawn plastic parts and making them available for subsequent filling. The contracting authority for this project of esmo custom machine engineering was a globally operating, publicly traded company belonging to the customer base of esmo automation.
The challenge here was to deal with the tolerances of the plastic parts as well as to implement the cycle time requested by the customer accordingly. From a storage container, the plastic parts are conveyed to two vibratory bowl feeders. After being singulated, they are transported to a separating unit via parallel linear conveyor lines. There they are picked up by a 6-axis robot and fed to the filling system.
robotic systems:
Universal Robots (Germany ) GmbH
https://www.universal-robots.com/products/ur10-robot/
control technology:
Allen-Bradley / Rockwell Automation GmbH
https://ab.rockwellautomation.com/Programmable-Controllers
