How to Start
Start small. Scale when it works.
You should not have to bet a full production line on a supplier you haven't worked with. There is a deliberate order to how these engagements grow — and it starts well below a capital approval.
Engineering Study
A paid engineering assessment of the process you want to automate — sized so an engineering manager can approve it without a capital request.
- Process assessment on site or from your data — cycle times, variants, quality gates, operator steps
- Automation concept: what to automate, what to leave manual, and why
- Line layout and takt design sized to your volume
- Equipment list and budgetary investment estimate
- Risk register — the things that typically break this kind of project
If the numbers don’t support automating it, we’ll say so — that is a valid outcome of the study, and you keep the analysis either way. Take it to your board, your corporate engineering group, or another supplier; it stands on its own.
Tooling Package or Retrofit
A contained piece of production hardware — the full experience of working with us, on a scope that fits one capital approval cycle.
- A single robotic cell, assembly station or end-of-line test station
- Tooling and fixture packages for an existing line
- Retrofit and modernization of a machine you already own
- Full process: design reviews, factory acceptance testing, installation, operator training
For scope like this, see the coupling assembly and test workstation and the 12-station rotary test machine retrofit in our case studies.
Line Section
A multi-station segment of a production line — sub-assembly, test, or a complete process block feeding your existing line.
- Multiple linked stations with transfer and buffering
- Integrated in-process testing and traceability
- Interfaces to your existing line control and MES
Full Production Line
A complete turnkey assembly and test line — the scale of the EV compressor line on our homepage.
- 30+ automated stations from first operation to line-off
- Full traceability written back against every serial number
- Line layout, takt balancing and ramp-up support
- Smart factory software integration (MES / WMS / MDC / DNC)
Why This Order
Why we don't lead with the full line
A first project with a new supplier carries risk that has nothing to do with the machine: how they handle a change request, whether the schedule holds, what happens when something fails at 2 a.m. in your plant. A $15,000 study and a contained first build let you find that out cheaply.
It works in our favor too. By the time we quote a full line we have your real cycle data, your quality gates and your plant constraints — instead of designing against assumptions.
What the study gets you, even if you stop there
- A defensible investment number for your capital request
- A concept your corporate engineering group can review
- The risks named before anyone spends money on hardware
- A specification precise enough to quote against — with us or anyone else
Not sure which step you're on?
Step 0 exists for exactly this. A study is how the scope gets defined — not something you need to have defined before you call.