The first machine built by Ward Automation in 1995 was a mechanical cam machine. We have leveraged our years of experience of cam design and combined the latest technology of a high-speed Delta robot (120 picks/min), vision guidance & inspection and servo control on a recently completed medical device assembly machine.
With the increasing need to automate difficult manufacturing processes to achieve efficiencies, the PoP (Proof of Principle) approach is becoming a smart stepping-stone for automation projects while also minimising risk. This is especially so with manufacturing processes for which there is not an obvious automation solution. A manually intensive operation of folding medical bags is […]
A leading global med-device company approached Ward Automation with a project to automate the assembly process for some of their products. One key part of this project was the assembly of a barrier coated O-ring onto a plastic component at a rate of 35ppm. However any over stretching of the o-ring during assembly would damage […]
Our team are experienced integrating robots from the leading robot manufacturers. The video shows some examples of Epson applications at Ward Automation.
We developed and built a collaborative robot cell for a customer who is committed to keeping at the forefront of new technology. The machine can process different bottle sizes, it separates the bottles on a conveyor, picks the bottles at 50ppm and loads them into empty trays which are circulated on separate conveyors all while […]
When use in a suitable application Cobots can be integrated to work safely alongside operators in a factory environment. They are typically suited to low speed, low load operations and a thorough risk assessment of the application is critical before design commences and again on completion to test that the system is safe and operates […]