Automation Overview

The precise and safe handling of the products in and out of the production machine plays a significant role in controlling the product quality, yield and efficiency of the production equipment. For this reason Hesse & Knipps is offering automation concepts individually adapted for every application. The portfolio of automation components for Hesse & Knipps machines consists of the following groups:

• Manual workholders and heat blocks
• Indexer
• Magazine lifts

All our machines are suitable for integration into production lines. This also applies to indexers and magazine lifts, which generally communicate to neighboring systems by SMEMA interface. The customer specific special solutions which differ from the standard, have lead to some extraordinary optional features, such as:

• Indexer with automatic rail width adjustment
• Indexer with tilt function for bonding 3-dimensional MID's
• Integrated barcode scanner for automatic program selection
• Indexer with 2 or 3 rails for parallel AUER boat processing
• Manual heated workholder with adjustable height for maximum flexibility
• Magazine lifts with capacity for multiple magazines