INNOVATION THROUGH AUTOMATION
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Systems that enhanced our customers' operations
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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Order Handling with a Layer Picking Robot & AS/RS Buffering
MWES integrated an order kitting system for a cold storage facility that utilizes a layer-picking robot and an AS/RS buffer system.
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 with AS/RS Buffer System
MWES provided our customer with an automated layer-picking system that consisted of a conveyor and pallet system, AS/RS buffer system and layer-picking robot.
Aerial Lift Weldments Automation
MWES provided this manufacturer with two robotic welding cells for producing industrial aerial crane components.
Robotic Case Packing Cell
MWES provided a machine to erect the customer’s pre-glued auto-bottom boxes and pack individual pill packs into those boxes.
Robotic Frame Welding Automation
MWES provided this manufacturer with a robot welding cell that manufactures large generator base frames.
Disposable Silverware Napkin Wrapping Automation System
MWES provided this firm an automation system that wraps cutlery and napkins together quickly and efficiently.
Flexibility & 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
MWES provided this industrial equipment manufacturer with a robotic welding and positioning cell as part of a large pressure vessel head assembly.
Automated Assembly Line with AGVs
MWES provided an industrial agriculture equipment manufacturer with an assembly line that utilizes AGVs to manufacture planting row units.
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.
Robotic Laser Cutting of Heavy Military Equipment
MWES provided a defense contractor with a robotic laser cutting automation cell for modifying heavy armored vehicles.
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 & 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.
Robotic Case Packing & Palletizing Automation System
MWES provided a biosolutions firm with a robotic automation cell for case packing and palletizing bags of frozen culture.
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 cuts polyolefin from rolls to produce 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 provided this firm with a robotic automation system for loading and unloading steel pallet racking beams as part of an existing paint line.
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 collaborative robot product packaging and palletizing system.
Spring Assembly Machine
MWES built this firm an automation machine for assembling springs onto a rubber input seal.
Robotic Stack Handling System
MWES provided a packaging manufacturer with an automated bagging system for stacks of thermal form products.
Plasma Cutting Robot Cell Upgrade
MWES provided a structural steel supplier with 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 converted an existing robot cell into one that performs flame-treating operations on automobile parts.
Sanding Line Automation Cell
MWES provided this manufacturer with a robot and a conveyor system that tends an industrial sander as part of a wood door assembly line.
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 provided a cheese producer with a robotically automated positioning and rejection machine that handles blocks of cheese.
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
MWES provided this firm with a new custom-designed machine to improve its plastic blow-molded flower pot manufacturing process.
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.
Engine Cover Assembly Automation Cell
MWES provided this automotive parts supplier with a robot automation cell for assembling plastic automobile engine covers.
Hot Melt Coating Line for Manufacturing Adhesive Labels
MWES provided an adhesive coating manufacturer with a hot melt coating web handling machine for producing labels with pressure-sensitive adhesives to withstand harsh environments.
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.
Custom Robot Palletizing Cell
MWES provided a food products manufacturer with a custom-designed compact robotic palletizing cell that can pick multiple cases at once.
Robotic Press Brake Tending System
MWES provided this manufacturer with a robotic press brake automation system that assembles a variety of parts from large steel sheets.
Robotic Press Brake Tending
MWES provided this firm with a robotic Bystronics press brake tending system for handling large sheets of steel.
Connecting Rod Assembly System
MWES provided this firm with a robotic assembly system for assembling engine piston connecting rods.
Spool Payout Twister with Capstan & 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
MWES added additional web handling and converting capabilities to an existing lamination system.
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 a completely automated robotic weld cell whose purpose is to complete the cover welding on large transformers.
Plate Machining Turn-Key System
MWES designed and built an automated turn-key system that would robotically machine steel plates for industrial gas valves.
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 provided this firm with a robotically automated batch oven cart plate de-stacking process and print labels application.
Robotic Weld Vessel Automation
MWES designed and built an automated robotic weld cell that allows a single operator to run the entire system for manufacturing MRI machines.
Industrial Adhesive Tape Line
MWES provided this firm with a web handling machine to produce industrial rolls of adhesive floor tape.
Automated 3-piece Pipe Weld Cell
MWES provided this firm with an automated 3-piece weld cell that would allow for minimal operator intervention during the manufacturing process.
Bag Making Machine with Gantry Roll Loading
MWES provided a firm with an automated web handling machine with a gantry roll loading fixture that would produce polyethylene bags in various sizes.
Hydraulic Motor Assembly Line
MWES provided a hydraulic motor manufacturer with an automated production line that handles the assembly of over a dozen different varieties of motors.
Cheese Stick Slicing & Stacking Conveyor System
MWES designed and built a cheese bagging system that would convey sheets of cheese sticks through a slitter and stack them before bagging.
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.
Robotically Loaded Baffle Press Automation
MWES provided an HVAC supplier with a robot for tending condenser header tube bin picking, orientation, baffle press machine loading and assembly system.
Roll Handling & Wrapping System
MWES provided this firm with an automated roll handling system that up-ends large rolls of paper on to pallets.
Depalletizing & Unloading System with Vision
MWES provided a cleaning supplies manufacturer with a robotically automated system for depalletizing and unloading cases of materials onto a conveyor.
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 & AGV Palletizing Cell
MWES provided this firm with a robotic palletizing system that utilizes AGVs to transport pallets of materials around a facility.
Large Component Precision Assembly System
MWES provided this firm with an automated robotic system that inserts cylinder sleeves into industrial-size engine blocks.
Robotic Unpacking & Packaging Disposal Automation
MWES provided this consumer products manufacturer with a robotically automated unpacking and handling system for unloading sprayer nozzles and disposing of their packaging.
Robotic Inspection & Packing Automation
MWES provided a manufacturer of automobile parts with a robotic inspection and packing automation cell for automotive water outlets.
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 Light-Gauge Truss Welding Cell
MWES provided this structural steel manufacturer with a robotically automated light-gauge galvanized steel truss 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 lab syringe and cartridge coating machine for a start-up medical supplies manufacturing company.
Robotic Press Brake Automated Metal Bending
MWES provided this firm with a robotic press brake tending automation system that would perform multiple bends into metal sheets.
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 Case 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 & Polishing 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.
Robot Die-Cast Machine Tending Automation
MWES provided a manufacturer with an automated robot die-cast tending system for producing different types of hardware for consumer and industrial doors.
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 Palletizing Cell
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 & Precision
MWES built a robotic medical sample-handling machine for a healthcare equipment supplier for testing vials related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pharmaceutical Component Automation Cell
MWES built a multi-staged automated machine for washing and coating pharmaceutical components.
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
MWES built a web handling and converting machine to handle paper and film silicone coating operations.
Laminating Line with Automated Packaging
MWES built an automated web handling and a robotic palletizing system for producing rolls of adhesives and packaging them.
Robotic Food Product Case Packing Machine
MWES provided this firm with an automatic case-packing machine that would robotically pack cases with consumer-level bags of shredded cheese.
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
MWES retrofitted and upgraded a robotic painting system to replace an existing manual painting operation.
Web Handling Line Drive & Controls Upgrade
MWES provided this firm with a a solution for upgrading the motors and controllers of an old casting line.
Laser Welding System for Rail Car Panels
MWES provided a rail equipment builder with a large-scale robotic automated laser welding system for manufacturing rail cart panels.
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.
Flexibility & 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 provided this firm with a robotic automation system for loading and unloading steel pallet racking beams as part of an existing paint line.
Robotic Stack Handling System
MWES provided a packaging manufacturer with an automated bagging system for stacks of thermal form products.
Robotic Flame Treater System
MWES reprogrammed and converted an existing robot cell into one that performs flame-treating operations on automobile parts.
Robotic Press Brake Tending System
MWES provided this manufacturer with a robotic press brake automation system that assembles a variety of parts from large steel sheets.
Robotic Press Brake Tending
MWES provided this firm with a robotic Bystronics press brake tending system for handling large sheets of steel.
Robotic Press Brake Automated Metal Bending
MWES provided this firm with a robotic press brake tending automation system that would perform multiple bends into metal sheets.
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.
Robot Die-Cast Machine Tending Automation
MWES provided a manufacturer with an automated robot die-cast tending system for producing different types of hardware for consumer and industrial doors.
Robotic Vial Filling for Increased Speed & Precision
MWES built a robotic medical sample-handling machine for a healthcare equipment supplier for testing vials related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Robotic Painting System Retrofit
MWES retrofitted and upgraded a robotic painting system to replace an existing manual painting operation.
Assembly Automation
Automated Assembly Line with AGVs
MWES provided an industrial agriculture equipment manufacturer with an assembly line that utilizes AGVs to manufacture planting row units.
Track Seal Inspection & 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 built this firm an automation machine for assembling springs onto a rubber input seal.
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
MWES provided this firm with a new custom-designed machine to improve its plastic blow-molded flower pot manufacturing process.
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.
Engine Cover Assembly Automation Cell
MWES provided this automotive parts supplier with a robot automation cell for assembling plastic automobile engine covers.
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
MWES provided this firm with a robotic assembly system for assembling engine piston connecting rods.
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
MWES designed and built an automated turn-key system that would robotically machine steel plates for industrial gas valves.
Hydraulic Motor Assembly Line
MWES provided a hydraulic motor manufacturer with an automated production line that handles the assembly of over a dozen different varieties of motors.
Water Outlet Assembly & Inspection
MWES designed, developed and integrated an automated assembly system for an injection molding and prototyping company.
Robotically Loaded Baffle Press Automation
MWES provided an HVAC supplier with a robot for tending condenser header tube bin picking, orientation, baffle press machine loading and assembly system.
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
MWES provided this firm with an automated robotic system that inserts cylinder sleeves into industrial-size engine blocks.
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 lab 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
MWES built a multi-staged automated machine for washing and coating pharmaceutical components.
Material Handling
Order Handling with a Layer Picking Robot & AS/RS Buffering
MWES integrated an order kitting system for a cold storage facility that utilizes a layer-picking robot and an AS/RS buffer system.
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 with AS/RS Buffer System
MWES provided our customer with 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
MWES provided a machine to erect the customer’s pre-glued auto-bottom boxes and pack individual pill packs into those boxes.
Disposable Silverware Napkin Wrapping Automation System
MWES provided this firm an automation system that wraps cutlery and napkins together quickly and efficiently.
Robotic Case Packing & Palletizing Automation System
MWES provided a biosolutions firm with a robotic automation cell for case packing and palletizing bags of frozen culture.
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 collaborative robot product packaging and palletizing system.
Cheese Rotation & Rejection Machine
MWES provided a cheese producer with a robotically automated positioning and rejection machine that handles blocks of cheese.
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.
Custom Robot Palletizing Cell
MWES provided a food products manufacturer with a custom-designed compact robotic palletizing cell that can pick multiple cases at once.
Automated De-Stacking System
MWES provided this firm with a robotically automated batch oven cart plate de-stacking process and print labels application.
Cheese Stick Slicing & Stacking Conveyor System
MWES designed and built a cheese bagging system that would convey sheets of cheese sticks through a slitter and stack them before bagging.
Depalletizing & Unloading System with Vision
MWES provided a cleaning supplies manufacturer with a robotically automated system for depalletizing and unloading cases of materials onto a conveyor.
Floortrack Robot & AGV Palletizing Cell
MWES provided this firm with a robotic palletizing system that utilizes AGVs to transport pallets of materials around a facility.
Robotic Unpacking & Packaging Disposal Automation
MWES provided this consumer products manufacturer with a robotically automated unpacking and handling system for unloading sprayer nozzles and disposing of their packaging.
Robotic Inspection & Packing Automation
MWES provided a manufacturer of automobile parts with a robotic inspection and packing automation cell for automotive water outlets.
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 Case 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 Palletizing Cell
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 provided this firm with an automatic case-packing machine that would robotically pack cases with consumer-level bags of shredded cheese.
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 Laser Cutting of Heavy Military Equipment
MWES provided a defense contractor with a robotic laser cutting automation cell for modifying heavy armored vehicles.
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 a structural steel supplier with an upgrade to a robotic base rail plasma cutting system.
Sanding Line Automation Cell
MWES provided this manufacturer with a robot and a conveyor system that tends an industrial sander as part of a wood door assembly line.
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 & Polishing 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 Automation
MWES provided this manufacturer with two robotic welding cells for producing industrial aerial crane components.
Robotic Frame Welding Automation
MWES provided this manufacturer with a robot welding cell that manufactures large generator base frames.
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
MWES provided this industrial equipment manufacturer with a robotic welding and positioning cell as part of a large pressure vessel head assembly.
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 a completely automated robotic weld cell whose purpose is to complete the cover welding on large transformers.
Robotic Weld Vessel Automation
MWES designed and built an automated robotic weld cell that allows a single operator to run the entire system for manufacturing MRI machines.
Automated 3-piece Pipe Weld Cell
MWES provided this firm with an automated 3-piece weld cell that would allow for minimal operator intervention during the manufacturing process.
Robotic Light-Gauge Truss Welding Cell
MWES provided this structural steel manufacturer with a robotically automated light-gauge galvanized steel truss 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 a rail equipment builder with a large-scale robotic automated laser welding system for manufacturing rail cart panels.
Web Handling
Shrink Tube Assembly Machine
MWES built a machine that cuts polyolefin from rolls to produce 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.
Hot Melt Coating Line for Manufacturing Adhesive Labels
MWES provided an adhesive coating manufacturer with a hot melt coating web handling machine for producing labels with pressure-sensitive adhesives to withstand harsh environments.
Spool Payout Twister with Capstan & 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
MWES added additional web handling and converting capabilities to an existing lamination system.
Industrial Adhesive Tape Line
MWES provided this firm with a web handling machine to produce industrial rolls of adhesive floor tape.
Bag Making Machine with Gantry Roll Loading
MWES provided a firm with an automated web handling machine with a gantry roll loading fixture that would produce polyethylene bags in various sizes.
Roll Handling & Wrapping System
MWES provided this firm with an automated roll handling system that up-ends large rolls of paper on to pallets.
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
MWES built a web handling and converting machine to handle paper and film silicone coating operations.
Laminating Line with Automated Packaging
MWES built an automated web handling and a robotic palletizing system for producing rolls of adhesives and packaging them.
Web Handling Line Drive & Controls Upgrade
MWES provided this firm with a a solution for upgrading the motors and controllers of an old casting line.
Food & Beverage
Order Handling with a Layer Picking Robot & AS/RS Buffering
MWES integrated an order kitting system for a cold storage facility that utilizes a layer-picking robot and an AS/RS buffer system.
Robotic Case Packing Cell
MWES provided a machine to erect the customer’s pre-glued auto-bottom boxes and pack individual pill packs into those boxes.
Robotic Case Packing & Palletizing Automation System
MWES provided a biosolutions firm with a robotic automation cell for case packing and palletizing bags of frozen culture.
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.
Cheese Rotation & Rejection Machine
MWES provided a cheese producer with a robotically automated positioning and rejection machine that handles blocks of cheese.
Cheese Stick Slicing & Stacking Conveyor System
MWES designed and built a cheese bagging system that would convey sheets of cheese sticks through a slitter and stack them before bagging.
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.
Robotic Case 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 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.
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.
Robotic Food Product Case Packing Machine
MWES provided this firm with an automatic case-packing machine that would robotically pack cases with consumer-level bags of shredded cheese.
Warehouse & Logistics
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 with AS/RS Buffer System
MWES provided our customer with an automated layer-picking system that consisted of a conveyor and pallet system, AS/RS buffer system and layer-picking robot.
Automated Assembly Line with AGVs
MWES provided an industrial agriculture equipment manufacturer with an assembly line that utilizes AGVs to manufacture planting row units.
Pallet Queue Conveyance Shelving System
MWES integrated an AS/RS buffer system that would transport, sort, store and deliver pallets of assembled outboard motors.
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.
Robot Depalletizing & Descrambling Cell
MWES provided this firm with a robotically automated depalletizing and descrambling system for three distribution centers.
Robotic Stack Handling System
MWES provided a packaging manufacturer with an automated bagging system for stacks of thermal form products.
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.
Custom Robot Palletizing Cell
MWES provided a food products manufacturer with a custom-designed compact robotic palletizing cell that can pick multiple cases at once.
Automated De-Stacking System
MWES provided this firm with a robotically automated batch oven cart plate de-stacking process and print labels application.
Depalletizing & Unloading System with Vision
MWES provided a cleaning supplies manufacturer with a robotically automated system for depalletizing and unloading cases of materials onto a conveyor.
Floortrack Robot & AGV Palletizing Cell
MWES provided this firm with a robotic palletizing system that utilizes AGVs to transport pallets of materials around a facility.
Robotic Unpacking & Packaging Disposal Automation
MWES provided this consumer products manufacturer with a robotically automated unpacking and handling system for unloading sprayer nozzles and disposing of their packaging.
Standard Robotic Palletizing Cell
MWES helped this manufacturing company to robotically automate their palletizing process, in a fast and efficient way.
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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