Machine Automation is the largest sector where V based linear components are used extensively.
Complete production lines performing multi assembly tasks to single special purpose machines, our products have been developed to provide designers with a multitude of solutions.
Solutions include a wide range of V bearing products, belt and ball screw actuator systems, gantry systems together with complete machine frames. Our systems division can provide motors and controllers together with the mechanical elements assembled ready to use.
Some of our relevant application examples, case studies and videos
HepcoAutomation were commissioned to design and build the world's first fully automated oxygen gas handling and sorting system for Linde's... View Video
Manufacturers across a variety of industries are integrating HGS gantry systems to move heavy loads in large work areas. Take... View Video
Bedfordshire-based Mechelec Automation has recently developed a revolutionary trolley collation and packing system for the dairy industry. The TP1002 Trolley Packer is designed to provide fully automated, cost-effective trolley loading,... Read more
With a need to meet the growing demand for its products and to shorten lead times, HepcoMotion utilised a KUKA... View Video
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Industrial Automation & Controls Ltd (IAC) is a large electrical integration and automation company based in South Wales; they provide solutions to the manufacturing industry. Their customer has a requirement... Read more
Industrial Automation & Controls Ltd (a large electrical integration and automation company); had a requirement to install a handling solution... View Video
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Specialising in providing large integrated security solutions, Tate Security Technology Ltd had a project to retro fit a new sliding door arrangement into existing staff and visitor doors for prison... Read more
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This customer has a machine that is used to make pallets. They have previously used a competitors product but due to the dirty harsh environment there... Read more
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Being involved in the Olympic games is surely the highlight of any athletes career but when British designer Thomas Heatherwick was chosen to create the cauldron... Read more
This is a high speed application using HepcoMotion's Driven Linear Slide to move a 25Kg load at speeds up to... View Video
The Application
The trend to produce PCB’s with higher hole densities has put additional accuracy demands on machine manufacturers; a typical 500mm x 600mm board can have... Read more
The Application
Medical sample testing machines are available in many designs from complete automated laboratories to medium volume XYZ equipment and small desktop systems. The common requirement... Read more
The Application
Conventional tool changer designs using a chain drive with guidance rollers running on angled steel sections have been a standard solution for many years. Designers... Read more
The Application
The manufacture and assembly of electric car batteries provides a number of different assembly challenges not all of them automated.
A typical battery can have 48... Read more
The Application
The use of robots in the aerospace industry for high volume repetitive tasks has been gathering pace in recent years as the installed costs reduce.
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The Application
Applications for linear and rotary products in the aerospace industry are often confined to tooling or positional fixtures, however the industry is embracing more automation... Read more
The Application
Linear systems are used extensively on printing machines but the most common motion requirement is rotary. The two mandrels fitted to the turret will need... Read more
In this video, a size one UtiliTrak linear guide gantry design is being used to reduce operator efforts by providing... View Video
The Application
Overhead XZ gantries need to perform many movements in the course of a day, reacting to any machine that requires parts to be placed or... Read more
The Application
Moving boxes packed with products can be a demanding requirement especially if the size and weight makes the process difficult to control with conventional conveying... Read more
When Walter Maschinenbau wanted to develop a new CNC controlled Helitronic tool grinder they needed a product that could link... View Video
Positioning 28 individual fixtures for the assembly of automotive temperature sensors requires a consistent level of precision if rejects are... View Video
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Tool changing devices for CNC machines enable rapid transfer of tools in and out of the machine and are available in standard format with either a... Read more
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Producing high quantities of aluminium profile cut to length requires an automated stop that would need to be accurately positioned at speed in order to ensure conformity of... Read more
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Cutting large marble slabs while ensuring a precision smooth cut is a difficult task on its own, without the ongoing problem of airborne grinding dust that mixes with... Read more
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Silk screen printing machines require a high product throughput and utmost reliability, qualities becoming increasingly difficult to achieve with this manufacturers old standard machines. Component wear leading to... Read more
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This Spanish producer of cosmetics was facing a life problem with an existing wheel based system that uses shaft fitted into aluminium rails. After 3000km, travel... Read more
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This French manufacturer of high speed precision printing equipment was faced with a potentially difficult application to laser engrave chip cards at high speed. Given that the transport... Read more
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