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Regions - Southern California, Northern California Focus / World Wide  Installations

Regional focus includes factory automation in Southern California / CA (Irvine, Tustin, Santa Ana / Orange, Los Angeles (LA), San Diego, Riverside counties).  We provide custom equipment to Northern California / CA, Oregon / OR, Washington / WA, Arizona / AZ, Texas / TX, Colorado / CO, Mexico /MX and the entire Southwestern United States.  Machinery has also been installed throughout North America, Europe and Asia.  A more comprehensive list of regions we work with includes:  California [Northern California, Central California and Southern California; San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Riverside, Fresno, San Jose (Silicon Valley), Ventura, Sacramento, Compton, La Palma, Anaheim, Burbank, San Fernando, Santa Monica, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Oxnard, Ventura, Camarillo, Pasadena, Laguna Hills, Aliso Viejo, Carlsbad, Vista, La Jolla, Escondido, La Mesa, El Cajon, Mission Viejo, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Yorba Linda, Fullerton, San Clemente, Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Temecula, Ontario, Corona, San Bernardino, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Rose, Irvine, Santa Ana, Tustin and other City / County regions], Nevada (Las Vegas), Oregon (Portland), Washington (Seattle), entire Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast regions, Arizona (Phoenix), New Mexico / NM, Utah / UT, Colorado, Idaho / ID, Wyoming, Montana / MO and Texas (Dallas, Houston, Austin, etc).  More distant regions include Louisiana / LA, Mississippi / MI, Alabama / AL, Oklahoma / OK, Arkansas / AR, Tennessee / TN, Kansas / KA, Missouri / MS, Illinois / IL (Chicago), Kentucky / KY, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio (Cincinnati, Cleveland, etc), Pennsylvania, Michigan, Great Lakes area, New York, Vermont, Main, Massachusetts, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, Mexico, South America, Italy, England /  UK, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Singapore, Taiwan, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong), Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Korea, Philippines, South America and Central America, Brazil and Argentina.  

SUPPLIERS FOR SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS, VISION INTEGRATORS, ROBOT INTEGRATORS / FACTORY AUTOMATION, CUSTOM MACHINE BUILDERS AND PRODUCTION MANUFACTURING SYSTEM INTEGRATORS

Vendors - Adept, Epson, Motoman, Yamaha, Bosch Rexroth, GE Fanuc, Cognex, DVT, EFD, Loctite And Other Suppliers

Integration of 1^st  (first) Vision, 3M, ABB, Adept (Adept Robotics / Adept Integrators /  Adept Technologies, Adept Technology, Adept 6-axis & Adept Scara controller), Aerotech, Asymtek, Beckman Coulter, Best Label, Bosch Rexroth (Bosche Rexroth, Bosch), Brady (Brady Labels and Brady Label Applicators), Branson (Branson Ultrasound), California Vibratory Feeders (Cal Vib, California Vibratory Feeder Bowls & Centrifugal Feeders), Camco (CAMCO Indexer), CMTC (California Manufacturing Technology Center), Cognex (Cognex Machine Vision),  Coreco, CRS / CRS Robotics (Robots Dot Com), Denso (Denso Robotics and Denso Robots), Domino (Domino Inkjet) Dorner Conveyors, DVT (DVT Vision), Dymax, EFD, Ellsworth (Ellsworth Adhesives), Epson ( Seiko Epson Robots), Fanuc (GE Fanuc and Fanuc Robotics), Fluid Research Corporation, Fluid Research, Fluidic Systems, Hudson Control Group (Hudson plate crane),  Imaje, J & J Electronics, J. A. Crawford  (JA Crawford),  Kawasaki (Kawasaki Robotics), Keyence (Keyence Vision), KR Anderson (K.R. Anderson),  Kuka, Lesco, (Lesco UV Cure Lamp), Loctite (Loctite Adhesive Dispenser), Melles Griot, Mitsubishi, Motoman, (Motoman Robotics), Nachi, National Instruments, Newport Corporation,  Nordson, Numatic Engineering, OMRON, Pacific 2000, Pacific Conveyor, PPT, Parker (Parker Daedal), Polytec PI, Rixan, Seiko (Sieko), Sick, Simplimatic, SMAC, SMC, Sonitek, Spirol West (Spirol), Staubli (Staubli Robots, Staubli Robotics), Techcon (Techon, Techcon Systems), Toshiba, Tyco, Weber, Willard Engineering, Western Switches, Yamaha (Yamaha Robotics / Yamaha Robots), Yaskawa (Yaskawa Motoman), Zebra (Zibra thermal transfer Printers) (corp, corporation, inc. technologies, technology, tech, engineering, international, sales, equipment, controls, distributer, representative) and others.  Related trade shows & publications include ALA, Apex, ATE West, IPC, MD&M West (Medical Design & Manufacturing, MDM West), OFC, Photonics West and Semicon West 2003 and 2004, Assembly Magazine (assemblymag.com), Robots & Vision Show, Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego County Business Journal, Robotics World, Test & Measurement World (TMM, Test and Measurement World) and Evaluation Engineering (EE Magazine, Evaluation Engineering).

Robot Suppliers - Fanuc, Adept, Bosch Rexroth, Staubli, Seiko Epson, IAI, Motoman And Others

Robotic systems involve ABB, Adept (Adept Technology / Adept robots), Bosch Rexroth, CRS Robotics, Epson, Fanuc (GE FANUC and Fanuc Robotics), Kawasaki, Melles Griot, Mitsubishi, Motoman (Motoman USA), Newport Corporation, Rixan (Rixan - Mitsubishi and Samsung Robots), Samsung, Sankyo, Seiko, Smac, Sony, Staubli, Toshiba, Yaskawa.  Machine vision and sensors may include Cognex, DVT, Keyence, National Instruments (NI, Labview), Omron and RVSI (Robotic Vision Systems).

Vision Suppliers - Cognex, DVT, Omron, National Instruments, Coreco, Keyence And Others

Vision systems may involve Adept (Hexsight), Advanced Illumination, Automated Imaging Association (AIA), AVT, Basler, Cognex (Cognex In-Sight / Cognex Insight, Cognex Checkpoint, Cognex MVS 8000, Cognex PatMax), Coreco, CRS Robotics, DVT, DVT Sensors (DVT 500, DVT 600, DVT Smartreader, DVT Smartlink, DVT Smartimage), Edmund Scientific, Epson (RC+), Keyence (Keyence CV 110, Keyence 301, 500, 700), Labview (LABVIEW Programming & Integration), Matrox, Melles Griot, National Instruments (IMAQ, 1400, RS-170 or CCIR, LabVIEW, NI OCR), Newport, PPT (PPT Vision systems), RVSI (Robotic Vision Systems), Seiko, Sony and Toshiba among others.

Adhesive And Dispenser Suppliers - Adhesive Dispensing Robots and Adhesive Dispensers

Loctite (two part Loctite adhesives, epoxy, cyanoacrylate / super glue and Loctite automated dispense valves), Nordson (Adhesives, epoxies, hotmelt, etc), G.E., Dymax (UV cured adhesives), Lesco (Adhesives and U V cure lamps), J A Crawford (automated dispensing valves), EFD (E.F.D. dispense and spray systems), Techcon (XY Gantry Adhesive Dispense Robot) & other brands.  Subsystems may include Adept, Asymtek, Dymax, EFD (E F D),GE Silicones (G E Silicone), Loctite, Nordson and Techcon.  We perform Integration of valves, pumps, dispensers (dispensors) and dispensing robots creating turnkey dispensing systems.

MACHINE COMPONENTS, SUSBSYSTEMS & MATERIALS

Robots - Scara Robots, XYZ Cartesian Gantries & Stages, Multiple-Axis Robots & Other Motion Systems

We integrate a wide range or products resulting in turnkey, fully automated robotic work cells.  Subsystems may include high speed, precision robots with interchangeable tooling, flexible and fixed or hard automation equipment, pneumatics, hydraulics, servos, stepper motors, servo motors, conveyors, grippers and end of arm tooling with suction cups for pick and place operations / heavy and light-payload part transfer systems and flexible controllers.  PLC and PC based controllers, custom GUI and HMI interfaces, visual basic (VB) and C++ Programming.  90, 180 and 360 degree tool rotation, linear modules, fast, accurate, high throughput and low cycle time custom systems / Adept scara robots, cobra 600, flexible feeding, robotic pick and place (robotic pick-up and placement), small footprint systems using AC and DC motors, belts, pulleys and lead screws for positioning / robot guidance and machine vision inspection. Active x controls, devicenet (device net) and devicelink (device link),  small carriage for small work envelopes with minimum footprint saving factory floor space / windows  98, 2000, nt and xp, micro & nano positioners (micropositioning stages, micropositioners, micropositioning, nanopositioning, piezo crystals, linear motor, moving coil actuators, voice coil actuators and micro pick & place) / robot controllers, embedded single and multi-axis motion controls / fast precision motion (micron, mil, microinch, nanometer accuracy) and low-cost applications / Force sensing, ac servo motor robots with auto homing, ethernet I/O, high repeatability 600 x 400 x 200 mm xyz work envelope, robotic workcells (work cells) / high-speed, reliable, light-payload assembly for testing, handling, packaging, material handling, dispensing, general assembly, production automation, robotic pick and place, automated test and factory automation / direct-drive robots, flexible feeding, databases, applications software, integrated vision and conveyor tracking, digital servo control networks for the flexible automation industry / high torque gearing, quick acceleration and deceleration for motions and quick cycle times / manual and production methods, articulated robots, intelligent conveyance feeding of small parts in random orientation, size, shape, bulk / flexible part feeding, integrated vision, pallets and palletizing (palletizing robots, palletizing and packaging robots) operations for clean room class 1 (one), 10 (ten), 100 (one hundred) thousand / robotic arm systems, network ready, automation controllers that integrate robotics and machine vision / table-top robots,  multiple mechanisms, scalable and modular systems, advanced manufacturing logic, control platforms and compatible motion control, machine vision and high payload capability.

Subsystems - Robots, Conveyors, Feeders, Dispensers, Labelers, Vision & Various Subsystems  System integration involves labelers, print and apply labelers, label applicators, carousels, indexing tables, rotary dial machines, pallet type conveyors, indexing or flat belt or flexible conveyors and transfer equipment / inline or rotary, asynchronous or continuous motion systems / dedicated custom tooling and fixtures, intermittent or continuous motion mechanisms / cam driven, stepper motor or servo motor drives / liquid dispensing, adhesive dispensing, lubricant dispensing valves and robots / palletizing robots / pneumatic or hydraulic systems / web handling and material handling / inkjet marking and pad printing / converting / machine vision, vision inspection and lighting / walking beams, centrifugal and vibratory bowl feeders, flex feeders, vibratory inline tracks, belted in-lines and storage hoppers / metering mechanisms / test and measurement equipment / electronic testers and test handlers / pick and place robots / sound, environmental, thermal, temperature enclosures and chambers for hot and cold / 4-axis scara robots, 6-axis articulated arms, XYZ (x y z, x-y-z gantries), micro-positioning or nano-positioning stages and other multi-axis robotic solutions as well as ergonomic and flexible robotic work cells.

Vision - Machine Vision, Cameras, Lighting, Image Processors, Frame Grabbers And Related Equipment

Machine vision systems integration components involve cameras, lighting, data acquisition boards, image processors, lenses, frame grabbers, software libraries, gray scale imaging modules, one-megapixel pixel count high resolution cameras,  illumination sources including strobe lights, LEDs, backlights, light arrays, ring lights and other software and hardware.

Dispensing В– Automated Dispensing And Automated Spraying Equipment 

We develop custom, robotic dispensing and spraying systems.  Integrated equipment may include, air activated dispense valves, multi-station dispensing, turnkey dispensing work cells, two part meter mix material mixing and metering pumps, curing ovens, material conditioning equipment, needle valves, syringe valves, pinch valves and rotary positive displacement pumps for dispensing epoxies, urethanes, silicones, CA cyanoacrylate adhesives, lubricants, grease, paste and othe viscous fluids.  We integrate automatic fluid-dispensing equipment, microprocessor-controlled dispensers, clear and UV blocked barrel syringes, dispensing tips, UV conveyors, custom fixtures, turntables, indexing tables, high accuracy blending systems for inks / filled cans, canisters, buckets, 5 gallon and up to 55 gallon drums and pots with vacuum (vaccum) bubble removal and nitrogen purge.  Light cure and bonding systems include anaerobic adhesives, dispense guns, dispense tips, fluid reservoirs, dispense valves, spray coating systems, diaphragm valves, gear pumps, proportional flow, screw pumps, piston valves and mechanical dispense.  Automated assembly is followed by ultraviolet, infrared (IR) and visible light curing.  Dispensing robots operate on clean or painted surfaces with integrated dispensing systems / high speed tool and applicator tip speed / bead paths for robotic arms, disposable mixer and applicator nozzle for two-component structural adhesives with constant flow rate dispense systems.  Loading and unloading of dispensing machines.  Dispense positive-displacement volumetric-metering pumps, seal cartridge / automated dispensing systems.  Integration of  Fluid Research, Liquid Control Corporation, LCC, FRC, EFD and Fluidic Systems.

Adhesives - UV Cured Adhesives, Sealants, Cyanoacylates, Epoxy, Urethane, Silicone, Oils, Hot Melt Glue & other Fluids  

Fluids include resin and hardener, impregnation solvents, lubricants, sealants, potting compounds, mold release agents, GE silicones, UV cureable adhesives, cyanoacrylates, anaerobics, hot melt, UV light-cure adhesives, 1 2 or 3 (one two or three) part high-viscosity adhesives with various mix-ratios, rapid cure time materials, acrylic adhesives, accelerators, catalysts, primers, coatings, cleaners, gasketing and sealing materials, liquids, powders, glues and vinyl.

AUTOMATION FOR PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURING - SYSTEM INTEGRATOR FOR  INDUSTRIAL FACTORY AUTOMATION / ROBOTS AND ROBOTIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

General Automation - Southern California Robotics, Machine Vision, System Integrator, Factory Automation, Custom Machine Design and Engineering Firm

We are a robot and machine vision systems integrator, custom machine designer / builder and industrial factory automation firm focused on production / manufacturing automated machinery.  Our factory automation and robot system integrator skills include machine vision, vision integration, robotics, articulated robot integration, gantry robot integration, industrial automation, machine building / machine development, mechanical and electrical engineering, motion control, customized factory automation, software development / programming, machine control, retrofitting, custom fixtures, general factory automation / high throughput factory automation, packaging, print and apply labeling, inkjet, pad and laser marking, robot development and robot arm tooling, vision guided robot systems integration, automatic dispensing and additional skills in the areas of factory automation, integration, production,  manufacturing and prototype development.

Factory Automation - Factory Automation for Automated Assembly, Packaging, Testing, Dispensing and Pick and Place

We are a factory automation firm focused on general factory automation, robotics and unique / custom factory automation.  We perform factory automation and systems integration of SCARA robots and (6) six-axis articulated robotic arms, machine vision inspection and vision guidance systems.  We develop advanced factory automation systems for production, manufacturing, industrial automation and other environments.

Custom - Custom Machines and Special Machinery

We are a California-based custom machine designer and builder for factory automation and special machinery used in production, manufacturing and research environments.  Our custom automated assembly equipment and special machines include pick and place robotics, assembly and test of consumer,  medical and electronic devices, dispense and cure of adhesives, system integration, automated inspection with machine vision, robotic arm test handlers and automated test,  factory automation, manufacturing and production process automation.  We design, develop, build, install and support specialized, semiautomated (semi-automated) and fully automated, high-speed turnkey machines, custom equipment and high volume production machinery to achieve high throughput and reliability.  As a custom machine designer and custom machine builder В– our speciality is new machine and new equipment development, one-of-a-kind (one-off) machine design, nich products, unique applications and highly customized equipment for special applications.    

System Integrator В– Systems Integration and Equipment Integration

We perform systems integration for many different products.  As a robotics systems and general systems integrator, we integrate dispensing systems, robotics, marking subsystems (inkjet, labeling, pad), feeding systems, transport equipment (conveyors, indexers and indexing equipment), pick and place equipment and various other equipment.  Skills include systems engineering, motion control, general automation, control systems for process equipment (process control), factory automation, industrial automation, material handling and mechanical / electrical systems engineering.

Applications - Robot Integration, Automated Assembly, Test and Flexible Factory Automation Applications

Applications include material handling and automation with robotics and OEM conveyors for automated plant manufacturing, automated painting, finishing, welding, stripping, cleaving, splicing, bonding, epoxy and UV cure adhesives, laser welding of fibers, grinding, polishing, palletizing, dispensing, machine loading / machine unloading and machine tending, CNC motion control, quality assurance and process control, cleaning and deburring, automated test and inspection.  Skills include C++ and Visual Basic (VB) programming, mechanical and electrical engineering and design in Autocad and Solidworks (Solid Works).

Automatic Dispensing - Automated Adhesive dispensing, UV Cure, assembly and dispense automation

Automated dispensing of UV cured adhesives, 2 part epoxy meter mix dispensing, hot melt application, silicone dispensing, sealants, RTV and lubricant dispensing through syringe valves, positive displacement dispensers, meter / mix and pressure / time mechanical pumps integrated with robot arms and XYZ gantry stages .   Adhesive / Lubricant Automated Robotic Dispensing / 2-part epoxy / silicone adhesive dispensing, sealants and viscous fluid materials, curing, bead inspection, pulse spraying, bonding with silver-filled epoxy, sealing and potting with UV cure and other materials, masking and forming gaskets.   We can dispense liquids such as ink, two part epoxy, polyurethane or acrylic chemicals, thick, high viscosity pastes, viscous grease, dye and paints (robotic painting, paint spraying).  One-part cartridge pushers, 5 (five), 10 (ten) and 50(fifety) gallon bulk dispensers for hotmelt (hot melt) adhesives.  Gravimetric dispensing, curable, mixed material uniform bead over a contoured robotics path with proportional flow software.  Timed-pulse fluid dispensers for bench top (bench top) bonding operations and low-maintenance precision systems for automated assembly lines.  Application control of assembly fluids, non-viscous glues. clean cutoff (cutt-off), deposits without drip, suck back valves to prevent drip, ultraviolet and IR (infrared) curing and belt driven conveyor drying systems for all coating and printing applications.  Silk screen, screened pattern with a squeegee, anaerobic adhesives, irregular surfaces, structural bonding applications.  Dispense rate, solvent flushing, robotically or manually dispense a high-quality, mixed, uniform bead of two-component structural adhesive.  Substrates may include stainless steel or aluminum sheet metal, plastic (polycorbonate, Delrin, etc), (fiber glass) fiberglass-reinforced plastic, composite materials, carbon fiber, molded compound parts, glass, wood cardboard, paper, etc. Two-component epoxies or acrylics, custom formulation adhesives.  Meter, measure and mix two-component adhesives or sealants, impregnate seal porosity. Constant bead profile throughout contours.  Eliminate volatile organic compounds.  No bubbles through vacuum and nitrogen purge. New dispensing technologies.

Subsystems - Labeling, Robotics, Testing, Assembly, Packaging, Fixtures, UV Cure, Dispensing

Further systems integration capabilities include accumulation, collation and stacking / automated assembly / custom machine build / packaging, labeling and inkjet marking or laser printing / parts handling / automated test / Single-source capability / value-added engineering services / manufacturing solutions / process verification / process validation / engineering and equipment specification writing / automation simulation / mathematical and solid modeling / equipment design and build / design to specification / retrofit of existing automation / build to print / small and large scale factory automation / machining / custom fixtures / precision mechanism design / contract manufacturing / machine shop / RF, UV, ultrasonic, laser and adhesive bonding / heat staking / bundling /die cutting / dispensing and filling / palletizing / packaging / clean-room and clean environment automation / testing / high-speed automated assembly systems resulting in repeatability, rapid, high-speed automation / high throughput cycle times and high reliability / total automation solutions / standard work cells / high-speed manipulators and state-of-the-art robots / conveyors, indexers, part transport systems and conveyance systems / special, custom machine, turnkey total automation solutions / single-station and multi-station dispensing / lean automation / turnkey manufacturing systems and integrating third-party equipment from multiple vendors / custom engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and software programming / leak detection and leak rate measurement / gauging / washing, soaking, cleaning and flushing / mechanical and electrical design / custom machine controls and GUI interfaces, C++ and Visual Basic, Unigraphics, Catia, IGES, AutoCad and SolidWorks programming and PLC ladder logic / electrical panels / custom hard tooling and flexible tooling.

Machine Vision - Inspection, Automatic Gauging, Robotics and Other Production / Manufacturing Applications

Applications and subsystems include barcode imaging, advanced optics, Ethernet TCP/IP, USB, label inspection, defect detection, gauging, vision processors, frame grabbers, interactive design, borescopes, presence and absence of parts, 2D and 3D vision, digital machine vision inspection systems, part location and orientation calculations, surface defect detection (scratches, pits, discoloration), optical character recognition and verification, grey / gray scale and blob analysis and color machine vision systems, barcode reading, CCD cameras, flatness, CMOS.  Machine vision integration for quality assurance, quality control, process control, test and inspection.  

Standards В– UL, CSA, CE marking standards. Semi and smema standards. GMP, FDA standards.

We have delivered systems with UL, CSA and CE markings.  Projects may include GMP, Semi, Smema and FDA standards.

Industries - Medical Devices, Dental, Biotechnology, Electronics Manufacturing, Automotive Assembly, Food / Beverage and Other Industries 

Industries of focus include life sciences, medical devices, medical disposables, pharmaceuticals, dental, orthodontics, biotechnology and biodiagnostics / appliances and consumer goods / automotive assembly and heavy industry / golf / electronics, circuit boards, wafers, semiconductor, photonics, fiber optics and telecommunications / automated test handlers / food and beverage / candy / bakery (frosting dispense, cake decorating robots) / plastics / hardware / sporting goods / aerospace and military, fuel cell (fuelcell) and disposable safety syringes, plastics, plastic injection molding and packaging (bottles, cups, cans, labels, packages, trays, boxes, etc) drying for automotive, bookbinding, Photonic, fiberoptic (fiber optic), medical, semiconductor (wafer, die, packaged device), electronics manufacturing, circuit boards, construction, container, converting, electronic assembly, food and beverage, furniture, medical, metal finishing, nonwovens, packaging, pharmaceutical, printing, biotechnology (biotech, biotechnology, high throughput screening, pipetting), biomedical industries.