Case studies
Consumer goods
The customers requested a solution to automate the bottle sorting section of their production line. The line involved a number of variations in bottle sizes and shapes. This AIR original design involves…
A major HDD manufacturer needed to improve the reliability and cleanliness of their media scrubber modules without replacing the entire cleanline. Existing automation dropped disks frequently, had low…
Our client had developed a semiconductor wafer process that needed to be adapted for hard disk media. The HDD manufacturing environment demanded much higher throughput, different form factors, and unique…
A major hard disk manufacturer had developed a lab-scale UV processing technology and needed to scale it to high-volume production. The system had to handle media at high speed, integrate seamlessly with…
Candela Instruments had proven their optical surface scanning technology on a manually loaded machine, but expanding to full production required a fully automated, in-line system. The automation had to…
The final drying step in HDD media manufacturing used a patented Marangoni process, which requires passing disks through an IPA-based drying interface. Automating this step demanded precise batch handling…
The client needed to scale up the back end of their thin film PV cell processing line with full automation. The process required flattening the curved cells from the original roll, electrically testing…
The furnace OEM needed to meet a customer demand for higher throughput and lower cost of ownership by automating the quartz boat load/unload process. The project required completion in just 14 weeks. Integration…
Handle delicate, flexible substrates at high speed with precision
A leading thin film solar photovoltaic startup was experiencing machine jams, damaged carriers, and yield loss on multiple carrier transfer systems used across their production line. Transferring 48 tubes…
PV cell efficiency testing is critical for both manufacturing process control and downstream panel assembly. The customer needed to automate flash-based I-V testing without compromising strict industry…
The client needed to meet a line throughput of 7,200 PV cells per hour. Handling fragile cells required careful automation, while fully automated cassette exchange interfacing with factory systems was…