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Industrial automation and robotics – Enjoy all the benefits of industrial automation

Whatever your field of activity, efficiency and quality are always fundamental issues. Also, it is possible to reach these objectives by using industrial automation processes and robotics: specialties that have no secret for Groupe Hyperforme and its partners.

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What is industrial automation?

Industrial automation is the control of machines and processes through autonomous systems, using sensors, actuators and technologies such as robotics.

This industrial process is currently used by companies in various sectors, such as the food industry or the manufacturing of consumer goods. Industrial automation can be divided into three main categories: simple, complex and highly interactive.

Our industrial automation and robotics services.

Groupe Hyperforme allows you to work with a team of professionals who are always able to meet all your needs. You can thus benefit from a solid expertise ranging from automation to robotics in order to materialize your projects.

Here is an overview of our industrial automation services:

Process improvement
Ergonomics of a workstation
Design study

Operator interface modification
Custom control systems
Factory testing

Here is an overview of our services:

Cells for CNC machining and peripheral tooling
Systems for tool change / compensation
Cutting cells
BEAMCUT plasma cutting robots
Handling cells
Gluing cells
Case packing and palletizing cells
Metal transformation
Welding and mechanically welded assembly cells
Parts loading / unloading systems
CMM dimensional control
Cutting of injection points
Demoulding / handling / mould release
Deburring
Marking
Polishing

Pre-assembly / assembly
Machine vision integration
Safety management
Engineering services
Equipment modernization
Control Panels
Spiral Conveyors

Customized automated equipment

Pre-assembly / assembly, parts insertion; Surface treatment; Packaging, handling, crating, palletizing; Identification, marking, printing on products; Quality control; CNC machining equipment, drilling, boring, tapping; Disentangling, alignment, positioning of products; Volumetric depositors; Brine tanks; Mixers/agitators; Dough fragmenters and elevators; Continuous industrial fryers; Turners; Tanks; Dish dispensers (unstackers); Piston pumps (soups, cretons, sauces, etc.); Deep freezing tanks; Frozen food tanks. ); Freezing tanks; Meat cutters; Packaging, bagging and crating equipment; Complete production lines; Machining and drilling equipment – doors and windows sector, etc.

Handling equipment

Handling flow management and optimization; Lifting equipment; Transport clamps; Plating lines; Stackers; Packaging equipment; Lifting, pivoting, tilting tables, etc. Lifting tables, pivoting, tilting, etc.; Customized shelving; Assembly lines; Transport carts; Customized motorized drawer shelving; Swivel manipulators; Elevators; Assembly lines with integrated workstations; Handling lines with integrated automated operations; Spiral conveyors, ascending, descending, curved, multi-speed separators, elevators, buckets, cleats, aerial, screw, magnetic, vibrating, integrated scales, gravity, etc.

Specialized tools/jigs

Automated drilling centers; Assisted tools (drilling, machining, etc.); Insertion equipment; Screwing, assisted nailing equipment; Custom cutting; Automated machining; Assembly; Embossing; Part inspection; Positioning, welding, machining, go no-go jigs.

Jet washing equipment

Continuous washing tunnels; Batch washing equipment; Drying equipment; Trolley washing equipment; Debacterization equipment; Filtration systems; CIP washing equipment.

Ultrasonic cleaning equipment

Continuous hanging hook washing equipment; Batch ultrasonic parts washing cabinets; Drying equipment; Filtration systems; UV treatments.

The benefits of industrial automation

With the right tools at your disposal, it becomes very easy, but also very interesting to automate your industrial operations. It is still important to understand what these advantages are, as well as the obstacles to overcome, in order to develop the support of an automation project. The benefits of industrial automation of operations most often cited by industry professionals are

cost reduction;

productivity;

safety;

reliability;

access and admission control and management.

1. cost reduction.

The vast majority of today’s businesses are facing global pressure to become more profitable. One approach is to reduce costs.

The advantage of industrial automation is that you can save on operating costs as well as labor costs. Among other things, it allows you to keep costs related to hiring, paid vacations, but also to holidays and staff training reduced. This saving improves your competitiveness and allows you, in the medium and long term, to perpetuate the jobs of your current employees as well as to recruit specialized professionals. Industrial plants that benefit from industrial automation are generally less prone to breakdowns, which allows companies to save a lot of money on costs related to frequent maintenance.

2. Increased productivity.

Industrial automation leads to a significant improvement in a company’s productivity by acting on 2 main factors:

Limitation of periods of inactivity: even if industrial companies organize the working hours of their workers in such a way that teams replace each other to do the work, there are still periods of partial or total reduction of the activity in progress, such as periods of maintenance, holidays, etc., Industrial automation therefore meets the company’s objective by enabling it to reduce periods of inactivity.
Optimal use of human skills: by using automated systems for certain industrial processes, you have more effective working hours. This frees up employees who can then be assigned to other industrial processes to focus on higher value-added tasks (e.g. quality management). In fact, by spending less time on ancillary and repetitive tasks, workers are more engaged and therefore happier at work. You benefit from a more productive workforce to reap more profits.

3. Safety.

Worker safety is another important reason to automate an industrial operation such as a manufacturing industry. It is interesting to entrust machines but also robots with dangerous tasks that present a high risk for the personnel in place. Furthermore, comprehensive and advanced automated safety controls can be implemented via applications for equipment, components, personnel and systems involved in the production process and the production line.

4. Reliability.

Reliability is one of the most vital elements in today’s competitive climate. Thus, human errors can lead a company to potentially catastrophic situations (e.g. quality problems, loss of production, dissatisfied customers, …). In order to reduce the risk of human error that can be caused, for example, by fatigue or lack of motivation, companies can trust automated processes.

The addition of a new task, application or product to a production process requires human intervention for training and basic instructions. Automated devices can therefore be reconfigured or reprogrammed to perform any task, accurately without delay. So you also gain flexibility.

5. access control and admission management.

Access control is important to manage the admission of people, an action that has a direct effect on the well-being of employees, but also of customers and partners. Moreover, it will have an effect on the confidentiality of information, as well as on the integrity of your company’s assets and infrastructure.

The different types of industrial automation.

Business automation and factory automation are important in today’s competitive climate. Whether it is complex automation with advanced instructions for industrial devices or simple and flexible automation with digital technologies for Quebec’s manufacturing management industries, it is imperative for companies to use it.

Simple automation.

As its name suggests, this type of industrial automation is the least flexible. It is often used for repetitive tasks with dedicated equipment, which improves productivity and throughput. Once a simple automation system has been implemented, it is difficult to change the process or configure the equipment. Automated manufacturing systems are characterized by high initial cost and are suitable for mass production.

Programmable automation.

It is generally used for batch production where the instructions of the automated system are changed over time and according to the product being manufactured through programming. The program can be reprogrammed for each batch with specific characteristics and required processing and sequencing tasks. Reconfiguring equipment from one production run to the next typically takes some time, resulting in downtime during those periods. Programmable automation tends to be less productive than fixed automation because the equipment was not built to specialize in one type of production. Medium-volume programs are usually automated with programmable logic controllers.

Soft automation.

It is used for small quantities of products. It allows for flexibility when making changes to the product. Flexible automation has several advantages over rigid automation. For example, it allows the production processes to be adapted quickly and automatically when necessary.

Subcontracting and industrial automation: why contact a group of manufacturing companies?

In view of the new market requirements and the strong competition in the manufacturing sector, more and more manufacturing companies are resorting to subcontracting in order to reduce their production costs, to increase their performance or to meet a higher demand. In this context, the first challenge is generally related to the choice of new partners. Surrounding oneself with subcontractors that really meet all one’s specific expectations is not easy. The ideal solution is to contact a group of companies specialized in industrial subcontracting.

Whatever your requirements, we do what is necessary to guarantee your satisfaction.

These methods are in line with our values:

Consistent quality
Knowledge sharing
Innovation
Competitiveness
Respect of deadlines

We apply these values when choosing the partners who join the Groupe Hyperforme.

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