On August 1st, two young colleagues started their apprenticeship at MPA Technology for the first time.

We are delighted and proud to be able to pass on both our values and our expertise to the next generation and wish them lots of fun and success as they start their careers.

At this year’s W3+ Fair in Wetzlar, we presented our smart solution for the automation of intralogistics.

Inspired by the interaction between the digital twin and the real machine, Hessischer Rundfunk asked us to film part of the process and publish it as part of the Hessenschau program.

We are delighted about the interest in our automation solutions and would like to thank the broadcaster for the great report.

Intralogistics 2024 digital vs. real.

After automated unloading from a shelving system, the boxes are stacked in the first cell.

The mobile robot from Omron picks them up and then moves autonomously to the workstation that requested them.

Once the materials have been removed, the empties are placed on a roller conveyor and handed back to the robot, which transports them to the second cell.

Here, the empty crates are separated and fed into the shelving system again.

The modernization of our new production area is in full swing.
For 2024, we are expanding the capacities at our second location – so we can react even more flexibly to the wishes of our customers, along with the expansion of our team.

We look forward to the future with excitement and are thrilled about the years to come.

The installation of our new assembly line for electronic assemblies is progressing and we can already show a part of the assembly process.

The housing cover is mounted directly in the workpiece carrier.
The transfer system from Bosch Rexroth offers the optimal solution for linking the assembly process with the subsequent inspection process.

After assembly of the housing cover, a label is applied, the carrier film of which is removed automatically beforehand.

Nothing less than a revolution…

…is what we plan to bring about with the creation of digital work instructions.

The days when employees had to be trained in complex tasks are just as much history as the days when maintenance plans disappeared into the depths of filing cabinets.

Compatible with both Microsoft’s Hololens and various mobile devices, our digital inspection tool accurately maps your use case, leaving no questions unanswered.

Not everywhere can classic labels be replaced by pad printing, lasers, etc.
On the one hand, it is important to be able to remove the carrier material reliably, but on the other hand, it is also important to be able to discharge it in a defined manner.

The video shows a smart solution that we designed for our last assembly line.
While the Zimmer Group gripper holds the liner, the ABB 6-axis machine removes the label by means of a gentle motion sequence.
Afterwards, the liner is simply sucked off and the label is further processed.

We converted an idea into a clearly defined goal:
We want to transform the advantages of digitization into customer benefits.

To do this, we take paths that no one before us has taken.
We take on challenges that no one has faced before us.
We show solutions that no one has shown before us.

With the Hololens from Microsoft, in combination with a custom-developed digital twin of your machine, we enable a virtual walk-through including condition monitoring.
The Vario-X from Murrelektronik keeps us up to date with current machine data in real time.
Thus, as seen in the video, the transitions between the real plant and its digital twin in virtual space become blurred.

This results in countless advantages:

-Live tracking of process stability
-Predictive Maintenance
-Recognition of optimization potential
-And a lot more

All of this adds up to increased profitability for your business.

 

We have no room for that!

Again and again, we are present when our customers ask whether the new machine can still be accommodated in the hall.

Most of the time, this results in time-consuming measurements having to be taken and an evaluation made as to whether other machines can be moved closer together.

In the future, we will solve this problem.

Using high-end scanning technology, we create a digital point cloud of your production environment, with a level of detail that allows all peripherals to be dimensioned down to a few millimeters.

In the future, this digital image can be used to move machines with just a few mouse clicks and to reschedule the entire layout with minimal effort.

 

Get to work men! 💪
Yesterday, the two new colleagues from Yaskawa had their first day at work.
It will be interesting to see how they develop.