Mastering complex tasks together
The system developed by AS Automation assembles more than 100 variants of safety plug connectors and couplings from 21 different individual parts. This high degree of variety poses special challenges: many small parts must be fed, positioned, and assembled with precision in a confined space.
AS Automation combines its experience in rotary and linear transfer systems to combine multiple assembly processes – from the assembly of the base body and the molding of the housing to the final “marriage” of the components – in a compact system design.
Festo as a Seamless Automation Partner
A central component of this solution is the integrated MCS system (Modular Conveyor System) from Festo. The handling can be seamlessly synchronized with the assembly processes thanks to the path-controlled movements of the workpiece carriers.
The result: more precise processes, higher cycle rates, and significantly increased processing performance. Festo also supplies a comprehensive automation kit – from pneumatic drives to electric axes and innovative handling concepts such as the T-Portal – which can be used to design modular and scalable machines.
Seamless automation
By combining pneumatic and electrical automation, we offer the broadest portfolio of hardware, software, and AI to meet any industrial motion requirement. Our open system architecture guarantees that individual components will interact in systems from Festo and third-party providers. Our Digital Experience provides support from design and operation to maintenance, throughout the entire length of the project. We complement our technology with a comprehensive learning offering that supports you every step of the way.
That’s the best fit in automation. That’s Seamless Automation from Festo.
Partnership and early integration as factors for success
The close collaboration between AS Automation, ABL, and Festo began as early as the concept phase. Through efficient and rapid coordination processes, joint simulations, and the integration of expert knowledge, suitable components were selected and the plant structure was designed to be economical and easy to maintain. ABL emphasizes that the solution was not only impressive from a technical standpoint, but also met the high requirements in terms of flexibility, service life, and standardization.
For ABL, the implemented solution means greater versatility with consistent quality, simplified commissioning, lower operating costs, and easier spare parts supply. The modular structure allows quick adjustments to new product variants, thus ensuring long-term competitiveness.
“Festo constantly offers us new opportunities to make our systems faster, more precise, and more efficient.”
Julius Albrecht Project Manager Special Machine Construction AS Automation GmbH
AS Automation did not simply purchase a product from Festo, but rather a solution tailored to its requirements. This reduces costs, simplifies commissioning, and makes maintenance and spare parts supply easier for the end customer.
Torsten Liesaus, Sales Engineer Modern Tech, Festo Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG
Conclusion
Seamless automation is more than the sum of its individual components. Only the well-thought-out integration of handling, control, and modular drive solutions – supported by cooperation in a spirit of partnership and early involvement of experts – creates sustainable, efficient, and flexible production systems. Festo acts as a key technology and integration partner, transferring innovative automation solutions into industrial practice.
AS Automation
AS Automation, based in Bamberg, develops customized special-purpose machines – from feeding systems and high-performance assembly lines to end-of-line packaging solutions – and supports customers from the concept phase through to the delivery of turnkey machines. Together with Festo, AS Automation implemented a system that enables ABL to achieve an impressive variety of variants and high process density.