2021Hanger fixture for the Hilux and SW4 differential assembly
Zárate plant · Argentina
Design, electrical engineering and automation of a hanger fixture to transfer the Hilux and SW4 differential assembly along the assembly line.
Projects
Projects across the Americas and Europe
Complete production lines, stations, robotic cells and safety systems for top-tier manufacturers.
Automotive industry
2021
2025Commissioning of 6th-generation battery lines
San Luis Potosí and Woodruff · Mexico · USA · 12 months
Together with KUKA
Programming, commissioning and production support of automated battery lines for electrified vehicles, under BMW’s GCC standard.
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GCC standard
Two weeks of intensive training in Germany on the GCC programming standard and CYVARQ technology, to commission the robotic station and the central PLC.
Vision to reposition connectors
A camera measures the millimetric deviation of high-power connectors against the CAD model; the robot applies an automatic path offset.
Automatic tool changer
Tool changer with dynamic I/O mapping: the PLC identifies the model via RFID and the robot picks the right end effector without stopping the line.
2024Commissioning of 6 stacker cranes for the battery warehouse
Debrecen battery plant · Hungary
Programming, commissioning and support of 6 stacker cranes in the automated battery warehouse at BMW’s Debrecen plant, Hungary.
2023Recommissioning of the automatic transmission line
Gray Court plant, South Carolina · USA · 24 months
Together with KUKA and Silberhorn
Programming, commissioning and production support of the automatic transmission and washer lines under the MiCS standard: 4 sub-assembly lines, final assembly and an AGV-fed Test Field.
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Final assembly start-up
Fast-track debugging and integration of the final line PLC: 6 stations (2 robotic cells) with a Kistler press, Atlas Copco nutrunner and Cognex vision, until the line started up successfully.
AGVs in the Test Field
PLC programming from scratch, data interface with the AGV controller and traffic management; RFID pallets linked to the serial number.
Optimization and MiCS standard
Cycle time analysis per station, library fixes and new functions, tested with IT for 15 operational stations.
2024Installation and commissioning of the engine assembly line
São Bernardo do Campo · Brazil · 3 months
Together with Bleichert and KUKA
Installation, programming and commissioning of the automated engine and gantry assembly line, including the line safety certification and an AGV-fed end of line.
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2024Safety systems for the paint shop
Córdoba plant · Argentina · 18 months
Mechanical and electrical design, manufacturing, programming and commissioning of the paint shop safety systems, with production support.
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2024Safety systems for the paint shop lowerators
El Palomar plant · Argentina · 12 months
Design, manufacturing, installation and commissioning of the safety systems for the PEI lowerators in the paint shop.
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2022MQ-281 transmission assembly line
Córdoba transmission plant · Argentina · 24 months
Installation, programming and commissioning of the automated MQ-281 assembly line, plus autonomous mobile robots (AMR) supplying the stations.
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Intralogistics with AMR
- AMRs for component transfer, with autonomous routing and anti-collision safety scanner
- Low-level sensors that trigger automatic orders to the stations
- Mechanical cart extraction with grippers in 6 rail zones
- Programming of the rail PLCs and data interface with the controller
2022MQ-281 transmission disassembly line
Córdoba transmission plant · Argentina · 8 months
Mechanical and electrical design, manufacturing, programming and commissioning of the MQ-281 disassembly line.
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2023Automation of the two-tone body flow
El Palomar plant · Argentina · 6 months
Installation and commissioning of the new paint line flow for two-tone car bodies.
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OP380 station retooling: almost 50% shorter cycle time
Córdoba transmission plant · Argentina
Redesign of oil weighing and dosing on the MQ281 line to fill two transmissions simultaneously, freeing the robot from repetitive moves.
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Flow mechanics
- Relocation of stoppers, scales and indexers to weigh and dose simultaneously
Electrical and safety
- Kracht flow measurement, AS-i and Profibus networks
- Euchner coded safety locks
PLC and robotics
- Dual filling in PLC and HMI
- New KUKA robot paths and PLC handshake
2024Screwdriving fixtures for the new Ranger
General Pacheco plant · Argentina · 8 months
Design, manufacturing, installation, programming and commissioning of screwdriving fixtures for the new Ranger pickup (in 2020 we also built the multiple wheel nutrunner).
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2015MQ200 multi-purpose line
Córdoba Industrial Center · Argentina · 18 months
Together with thyssenkrupp
Modification of the line stations to add the MQ200 model: engineering, calculation, disassembly, installation, PLC and HMI programming, mechanical build, assembly, commissioning and documentation.
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2021Insufflation booth for brake testing
El Palomar plant · Argentina
Design, manufacturing, assembly and automation of a soundproof booth with two high-pressure compressors to test the rear brake circuit.
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Denso Manufacturing
Robotic cell for variable-length aluminum tubes
Auto parts · Argentina
Cell with a Yaskawa Motoman GP35L robot that loads, presses, buffers and grooves aluminum tubes: 380 tubes per hour, 40 s cycle, 3 shifts per day.
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Other industries
Juice palletizing optimization
Juice palletizing · Argentina
Optimization of the end of the palletizing cycle with electrical, mechanical and programming changes: 55 s shorter cycle.
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SCADA control system
Córdoba plant · Argentina
Implementation of a SCADA supervision and control system for the plant.
Conam
Retrofit of an automatic cardboard tube cutter
Córdoba plant · Argentina
Electromechanical retrofit of a multi-cut machine for cardboard tubes.
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Bagley
Optical inspection of cookies with automatic rejection
Totoral plant · Argentina
Camera gantry that inspects every filled cookie and automatically rejects defective ones.
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Industry 4.0 · Traceability
Industry 4.0: end-to-end traceability
>93%efficiency
95/96%audit quality
90%production exported
The challenge
The company’s ERP provided financial information, but no process data: machine performance, process variables or operator performance.
The solution
On top of the existing PLC–RFID platform we added modules that record process data, times and operator ID on every pallet. One server “baptizes” each part at the start of the line and another stores its full history, by serial number, for 2 years.
- Remote, real-time traceability via web
- Less scrap: no value added to defective parts
- Product genealogy for customer claims
- Automatic alarms on deviations
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