SOUTHMACH IS BACK FOR 2017 The South Island’s premier technology trade show for the Engineering, Manufacturing and Electronics industries. 24-25 MAY 2017 Horncastle Arena, Christchurch UP BOX+ 3D Printer. 100+ exhibiting companies. 2 full days of industry led seminars featuring hot topics such as Industry 4.0, Advanced Manufacturing, Industrial Automation and Collaborative Product Design. World Class Kiwi Design, Technology and special features. Best-practise workshops and VIP networking functions. Free to Attend Register now using promo code: NZENG www.southmach.co.nz Wed 24 May 9am – 6pm, Thurs 25 May 9am – 4pm Register and attend for your chance to win a Ford SPONSORED BY SUPPORTED BY ORGANISED BY Design Energy: HOLISTIC BUSINESS BEYOND ROBOTIC AUTOMATION Design Energy is one of New Zealand’s leading robotic automation specialists, but that’s not all this proactive company offers. 32 May 2017 T&C’s apply, see website for details Register and attend for your chance to win RRP NZ$3,650.00 Doing business with Design Energy is from A to Z, and the process covers a number of key non-technical areas so that Design Energy staff understand your business, your products and production models, where there are opportunities for automation and what these will deliver in terms of economic benefits. Why supply more than just a robot? Historically, robotics as a tool for production automation has not made sense for the majority of New Zealand producers and consequently there is a knowledge gap in robot know-how within businesses; how to operate them, how to maintain them and critically, and where robots should be used to best effect. For example, most New Zealand producers are comfortable using conveyors, pneumatics and electric motors because they are widely used, well supported and understood. Robots, however, have been tarred with the reputation of being extremely complex to program, hard to successfully deploy and very expensive. This was true of last century products but with huge upscaling of worldwide robot use driving down cost, ever increasing performance, collaborative robots and better programming environments this reputation is no longer deserved. Since 2007 - alongside 40-odd years of industrial automation experience – Design Energy has focussed specifically on robots, how and where to use them, where they can offer cost and productivity benefits, their shortcomings, how they can work for SME’s – in fact, all the aspects of their use that allows the company to offer robotic solutions to its customers with confidence - so they in turn can be confident of our advice and solutions. Design Energy knows about manufacturing process The company differentiates itself from competition not only by a pure focus on robotics, but by being experts in manufacturing process. As experienced designers of machines and technology products, Design Energy has years of practical experience of how things are made – machining, molding, welding, casting, gluing - you name it. What this means for customers is that Design Energy’s staff can quickly grasp the key requirements and constraints of the process to be automated and ensure the solution delivers. Often, little gems of manufacturing knowledge are introduced and brought to the table which augment a customers understanding of their own processes – within automation project or in the surrounding production environment. Understanding the economic benefits Customers are often surprised when Design Energy works with their own numbers to demonstrate the real value of automation. Often, the financial case for automation is calculated on labour or wage savings, which alone may
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