
Design Engineers in the Automotive Industry demand products that are low maintenance, reliable, and will stand up to 24/7 working without failing.
The conditions can be hostile, especially in the field of component manufacture such as brake pad production where dust ingresses the linear system.
The range of V based linear motion systems available from Hepco have load capacities from a few kg to many tonnes and are all tried and tested under such demanding conditions.
Whether you require an XZ gantry system to handle gearboxes or a manual fixture to assemble car doors, the maintenance manual for the guidance systems will not need to be referred to many times.
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The challenge: high payloads and a harsh production environment.
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Ingemov utilised Hepco's gantry system when designing this solution for the production of automotive brake discs, to be used by... View Video
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Braun uses Hepco's PRT2 track system to reliably guide automotive components through an assembly process.... View Video
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Spie GmbH are responsible for the repair, maintenance and refurbishment of machinery for a leading train manufacturer in Germany. They were faced with a difficult problem: an old DUO welding... Read more
Hepco's GV3 reduced the downtime of this train welding system, which previously failed due to misalignment and ingress issues.... View Video
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L &_P Elekroautomatisations based in Willich, Germany develop and design highly accurate test systems, which often entail the use of linear guide systems. "We have made it our job to... Read more
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The Gear Robot System (GRS) developed and patented by Lucas Robotics France is a revolutionary solution to ensure robots are always in the right place at... Read more
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Positioning 28 individual fixtures for the assembly of automotive temperature sensors requires a consistent level of precision if rejects are to be avoided. Traditional conveyor type... Read more
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This large manufacturer of insulation products had the unenviable task of positioning mould tools from a 50m long conveyor into various filling stations under extremely hostile... Read more
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Manual assembly processes can often involve supplying operators with fixtures holding sub assemblies that need components to be mounted. In this application an automotive component supplier needed... Read more
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When a German manufacturer wanted to improve the performance of their XZ gantry system to achieve a longer service life with little to no maintenance, they... Read more
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Production lines producing brake pads are particularly damaging to linear guidance systems as the amount of dust in the atmosphere forms an aggressive film over all... Read more
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AutoFarm, a division of Novariant, Inc. located in Fremont, California, was developing a new precision GPS implement steering system powered by an electro-mechanical drive. They needed... Read more
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