Upgrading and enhancing the effectiveness of an entire line of fully built heavy military equipment requires careful planning and execution. The modification process is even more complicated by the hardened heavy armor shell that military vehicles are built around. The production line needs to operate quickly and efficiently to get the vehicles back in service as soon as possible. Midwest Engineered Systems has provided automation solutions to the heavy equipment and defense manufacturing industries.
MWES provided a defense equipment manufacturer with a custom automated solution for performing laser cutting on pre-built in-service military vehicles. The robotic laser cutting operation cuts through the thick armor shell of the vehicle while utilizing a vision system to follow a cut pattern template. The entire process is supervised by a single operator and takes the automation about an hour to complete per vehicle.
A robotic automation cell such as this one can potentially be reconfigured and designed to perform any number of applications to most types of military equipment built new or in active service. Such as welding hardpoints and fixtures to a vehicle’s body or sanding and painting operations to an armor shell. Robotic automation opens the door to almost unlimited options for military manufacturing or upgrading applications.
Along with robotic laser cutting, Midwest Engineered Systems has provided defense manufacturers with AGVs, custom-designed metal additive manufacturing systems, metal 3D printed parts and more. As leaders in manufacturing equipment MWES brings consultation as your first and best step. That’s because MWES has a great depth and breadth of innovative solutions in military equipment manufacturing and beyond. We are… Innovation Through Automation.
MWES’ Experience in the Military & Defense Industries
Midwest Engineered Systems works with some of the biggest names in the defense industry. Our state-of-the-art ITAR-compliant facilities and processes will help ensure the security of our nation. With extremely sophisticated functionalities, robotic manufacturing automation is transforming the military and defense sectors around the world. We meet the challenging demands of the defense and military industries, as well as contain the knowledge in advanced technologies like collaborative robotics, AMRs, and vision inspection systems that can take current processes to even greater performance.
For decades MWES has provided manufacturing automation solutions for heavy equipment and defense manufacturers. If your manufacturing process is looking to expand its capacity or to keep up with throughput, then contact us today to request a quote.
