Automatic Production Line

The Automatic Production Line is a connected manufacturing system that links workpiece transport, assembly, inspection and machine loading into a coordinated sequence. It is used for repeat-production projects involving multiple workstations, pallet circulation and centralized line operation.

Conveyor Selection by Product Weight

Belt conveyors are rated for loads up to 30 kg per station; accumulation-chain designs handle 50–200 kg, and roller conveyors handle 100–500 kg. A light small-part assembly and a heavy palletized product therefore travel on different carrier designs, each matched to the load on its working stations.

Double-Layer Pallet Return Layout

The standard line concept uses an upper working run and a lower return path. Once a pallet leaves the last processing station, it circulates beneath the active line back toward the infeed. This keeps empty carriers moving without occupying the same transport route as components waiting for assembly.

PLC Control with MES Data Connection

Each line is managed through its own PLC panel and supports an MES interface. When a pallet passes a processing or inspection point, the station status can be linked to the production record; line personnel can follow the process sequence without collecting data manually from every individual machine.

Expandable Station Interfaces

Four to ten station interfaces can be reserved in the design. When a product revision adds a dispensing, screwdriving or inspection operation, an expansion position accommodates the additional process in the existing control structure instead of requiring an entirely separate line.

Balanced Process Timing Across Workstations

The published line cycle range is 10–60 seconds per piece. Where a pressing operation takes longer than feeding and inspection, buffer capacity and the work split are set against the slowest station, keeping upstream carriers from accumulating in the wrong part of the line.

We develop the line from the product route sheet, station cycle times, carrier weight, factory layout and required data interface. Conveyor sections, transfer points, pallet returns and controls are engineered as one layout, then the individual machines are integrated into the agreed sequence.

Customizable Items

• Conveyor construction

• Conveyor width

• Station pitch and spacing

• Pallet size and load

• Number of process stations

• Upper / lower return route

• Buffer quantity

• PLC and operator interface

• MES communication

• Inspection / reject interfaces

• Emergency-stop zone layout

Individual conveyor modules are examined for frame alignment, drive installation and pallet guidance before integration. Each assembly team records its process checks, and adjacent module interfaces are cross-inspected before the line is connected.

Line testing runs a defined sequence of carriers through transfer, processing and return positions. The checks examine station handshakes, pallet accumulation, status reporting and recovery after a planned pause, using the agreed work sequence as the acceptance reference.

A final 100% inspection covers every supplied module, its electrical terminations and shipping separation points. Sections are marked at their connection points for reassembly, with independent inspection supported before dispatch.