Automated Assembly Design for Manufacturing

Our process starts with the part or the specification — essentially, a general description of the desired end result. We begin to develop the automated assembly system solution by reviewing the product specification and tolerances. Next, Edgewater engineers conduct a full site review and discover, define, and quantify the facility, process, and environmental conditions that could affect the automated assembly solution. 

With a firm grasp on the production goal and the environmental conditions, Edgewater proceeds with an initial automated assembly solution design, leveraging our decades of expertise and extensive ecosystem of automation equipment and component suppliers to find the best, most cost-effective automated assembly solution for our client’s needs. We then work with the client to refine the assembly solution design before moving into feasibility testing and system development at one of our production facilities. Finally, once the system is fully constructed and performance is confirmed at our site, we bring the solution to the customer’s facility. After installation and equipment testing, we make sure client engineers, operators, technicians, and maintenance personnel have the training, documentation, and knowledge they need to keep the system in tip-top operational condition.

Assembly Automation Specialists

Edgewater Automation offers engineering, design, development, testing, and installation of all common assembly technologies and processes, including assembly classification, torquing, welding, and pressing.

Assembly Classification

Select Fit Assembly. While Edgewater Automation staffers are experts in the precision manufacturing of equipment and joining systems, many automotive and other parts are put together with “select fit assembly,” which involves measuring and gauging individual mass-produced components to find the best mate as part of an automated assembly process. We at Edgewater Automation are experts in high-precision test equipment, such as coordinate measuring machines (CMM) for batch off-line testing, as well as 3D laser scanning, automated optical inspection (AOI), machine vision systems, and other measurement techniques for both off-line and in-line testing as part of a select fit assembly process.

Torquing

DC Drives and Pneumatic Torquing. Edgewater engineers are experts in dialing in torque actuation forces for your assembly equipment. We start with the nominal calibration factor through dynamic torquing and torque analysis by comparing internal and external torque measurements for verification of your assembly and material handling equipment operation. Whether it is developing the right torque force application method for your assembly operation or designing a cam shaft test system, let Edgewater engineers guide your rotary force torque application

Welding

Ultrasonic, Laser, Resistance. Edgewater Automation has extensive expertise in robotic welding and robotic assembly applications. From qualifying robotic arms against specific MIG, TIG, and other weld gun end-of-arm tooling to detailing the required function pack for the robot to handle all accessory operations, Edgewater engineers can help design, build, and install your next welding application for work cell assembly.

Pressing

Including Servo, Hydraulic, and Pneumatic. Whether your automated assembly operation requires stamped or pressed parts, crimping, swaging, or clinching, Edgewater Automation has the expertise to guide your industrial press equipment selection, press installation, and assembly process. Whether you need the speed and control of a servo-based press or the power of a hydraulic or pneumatic press, Edgewater will help you meet your assembly requirements with knowledge and innovation.

Quality Assurance, Machine Vision, Kitting, and Verification

Verifying the quality of an assembly or subassembly with accuracy, reliability, and repeatability at high speed, while capturing defect data that can be used with statistical process control (SPC) to optimize upstream manufacturing equipment, is critical to any modern assembly production line. Whether you require machine vision to guide robotic assembly, use 2D or 3D laser scanning systems to verify assembly shape and quality, or use automated identification barcodes or Data Matrix readers to track products through the plant, Edgewater Automation has the quality assurance, machine vision, kitting, and verification abilities you need to stay competitive.

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