Manomatic is synonymous with innovation

Nicholaisen supplies project-planning services and sells industrial mechanical solutions. “When it comes to robot automation, we rely on Manomatic,” says fibreboard consultant, Bo Bruun Holm.

Consultant Bo Bruun Holm, Nicholaisen:

“Manomatic delivers robot technology to us. Manomatic’s strength lies in their innovative skills. They are capable of planning and designing a complex system and they see every project to the door. They are extremely innovative. As a provider of services, we rely on our suppliers to have the same approach as our own. We walk the extra mile and expect them to do the same.”

Robots that polish composite worktops
A specific example: Nicholaisen and Manomatic worked together on a project, which involved planning and delivering robot cells to a kitchen manufacturer, who produces work surfaces in a composite material called Corian®. In a conventional set-up, Corian® worktops are polished manually. It is an onerous and time-consuming process. Now robots are doing all the hard work.

“Working with Manomatic, we delivered a solution in which a robot is programmed to polish worktops. The polishing process is now better and uniform. The investment was extremely profitable for the client. In this particular case, we helped our client to calculate what would be economically feasible while Claus from Manomatic could knew precisely what it was technically possible to get the robot to do.”

The polishing process is now better and uniform. The investment was extremely profitable for the client.

 

“This company had many manual processes and found it difficult to manage order-based logistics. We tackled the issues with one robot cell that takes care of logistics, warehousing and several manufacturing processes.“

Robots that bring order into chaos
Another project that Nicholaisen and Manomatic worked on together, involved developing a complex robot cell that optimises processes, logistics and warehouse management at a subsupplier to the kitchen manufacturing industry.

“This company had many manual processes and found it difficult to manage order-based logistics. We devised a robot cell that takes care of the logistics, warehousing and several manufacturing processes. The robot knows where to find the elements. The robot cell locates component parts, glues them, and lays them up on shelving until they are needed in connection with a new process or assembly – and the robot knows when. The chaos associated with having several combinations of elements is now under control. It is a highly efficient, complex solution. Manomatic worked innovatively once again. They walked the extra mile. To our and our client’s complete satisfaction.

We are a service provider so it means a lot to us that we can offer complex, individual automation solutions. Working with Manomatic’s staff saves us money. They are incredibly clever. They develop with their customers and they are good at resolving tasks all the way from the ideas phase through implementation to after-sales.” 

Customer: Nicholaisen
Branch: kitchen manufacturing, board industry
Projects: Robot cell to polish Corian® worktops, robot cell to take care of warehousing and logistics.

Manomatic gave us a new string to our bow

KVM supplies turnkey plant for manufacturing concrete products. When a major client in Florida requested an automated solution to place special products on pallets, Sales Manager Knud Jensen called Manomatic.

Sales Manager Knud Jensen, KVM:
“Our client in Florida had to produce special products and pack them automatically. Our conventional machinery could not lift these elements. I contacted Manomatic because they offer FANUC robots and customer-specific solutions. The project ran over a period of six months. We worked well together from start to finish. It turns out we are a very good match. Above all: Our client in the US is very satisfied with the results.”

For this project, Manomatic designed three special grabs so that the robot can grab and lift many different concrete elements from position A and deposit them at positions B, C, D – or move them around – and find them again.

“It is true to say that we have exploited the robot technology to the full. We made use of Manomatic’s robot programming expertise and their innovative grab designs.”

Escalating demand for automation
Knud Jensen explains that the demand for automation among his customers is growing. One reason for their growing interest in automation is that it ensures uniformity. Another is that companies cannot find people willing to perform repetitive manual work.

Today, KVM and Manomatic’s robot palletising system operates on the line in Florida, moving tiles and paving stones of all shapes and sizes for twenty hours each day. This project effectively gave KVM a new string to its bow, a new solution that helps to future-proof the company’s portfolio of services.

“Our working with Manomatic means that we have a new solution to offer our customers. This means a lot to us because we see an increasing demand for automation. Things are definitely moving in that direction.”

Customer: KVM in Kjellerup, Denmark, 125 employees
Branch: asphalt and concrete

Project: Machinery for a production line in Florida, robot-assisted palletising of concrete elements weighing from 200 g to 40 kg.

Today, KVM and Manomatic’s robot palletising system operates on the line in Florida, moving tiles and paving stones of all shapes and sizes for twenty hours each day.