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 Register and attend for your chance to win UP BOX+ 3D Printer. RRP NZ$3,650.00 100+ 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 SPONSORED BY SUPPORTED BY Register and attend for your chance to win a Ford Robots | Turn-key Solution | Design Services www.engineeringnews.co.nz 33 ● Machine Tending ● Welding ● Product Life Testing ● Palletising/Packing ● Machining ● Assembly ● Labelling and Marking ● Custom Processes ● Labour Replacement Design Energy www.designenergy.co.nz Specialists in Industrial Automation Giving local manufacturers a globally competitive edge 0508 ROBOTS (0508 763 687) info@designenergy.co.nz High Performance Industry Robots Production Solutions for SMEs World Leading Collaborative Robots We at Design Energy are New Zealand's leading robotic automation specialists and we cover a number of key areas, to ensure that we can deliver the automation solution you need. From discovery and analysis of your business, to delivery of a custom automation system and ongoing support. 24 - 25 May 2017 Horncastle Arena Christchurch Booth 98 EN163 Turnkey systems or Robots and training Design Energy worked with a range of manufacturers and producers to custom design industrial automation systems. Attaining an in-depth understanding of your process and products enables it to deliver the most effective automation solution. The company isn't shy about asking questions, and may even require a visit to your production site to gain a full overview of your operation. A discovery phase looks at feasibility and potential paybacks as well as the concept for the system offered. Fixed price, time and materials or stage by stage covers all situations. This depends on the complexity of the machine, the likelihood it can reproduce the machine for another customer - some of its clients wish to retain individual design rights - and a number of other factors. Where Design Energy's clients wish to build or already have sufficient in-house capability, the company can sell stand-alone robots and provide robotics training, process engineering and servicing as required. Offering support well beyond the delivery stage After the designed and built customised robotics solution, Design Energy conducts its own testing of the automation system before delivery. This dentifies any potential issues in the product and minimises any disruption to your operation. Once the robotics solution has been delivered and commissioned, you can use it straight away - and see the difference that a Design Energy system makes. Despite putting your commissioned system through vigorous in-house testing at Design Energy headquarters, staff will spend the first couple of months closely monitoring the performance of your new automation system. This ensures that the product is delivering the levels of reliability and the production improvements that clients expect. Extensive experience allows Design Energy to train both operators and programmers within your production line, offering you the highest level of efficiency in your processes. Factory-trained engineers are available all year round to provide maintenance when needed. With the inclusion of an annual maintenance service, you’ll be enjoying the benefits offer by world-class robotics automation service for well over a decade. not justify the cost of the automation required. Through experience, however, Design Energy can show that direct labour costs can be only a small factor in a complete ROI calculation and consideration of all the benefits can yield surprising results. For example, calculations - using customer’s figures - have shown that where manual processes are a controlling factor on throughput, efficiency of the production system can be as low as 50% due to the bottlenecks and irregular pace that manual processes impart. This means is that for an eight-hour period there is only four hours of actual production completed. Automation may remove some of the labour cost but far more importantly can regularise production pace and bring efficiency into the 90+% range. An increase in efficiency at this scale could remove a second shift, increase the ROI on the entire plant, and allow a producer to reliably meet its supply demands; all economically far more significant than labour savings. And all that makes choosing Design Energy the easiest choice you’ve made today. If you want to find out for yourself why Design Energy is considered one of New Zealand’s leading robotic automation specialists, get in touch with the team today. Pick up the phone or drop them a line, they'd be happy to discuss your needs and give you some advice, no strings attached.
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