Automated Workholding, Fixturing, Conveying and Gaging

Machining process designers looking to increase their market advantage will find the answer with Kurt's integrated custom engineered systems. Consisting of automated workholding, fixturing, part conveying and gaging, these systems greatly expand productivity while reducing labor content. A typical Kurt custom engineered system maximizes the productive capacity of today's machining centers.

Kurt systems include high density clamping fixtures with integrated robot arms for automation. This allows for automated part loading, machining on all sides of parts, and unloading and stacking of finished machined parts. The custom engineered system also includes automated part gaging for quality and real time process control with complete part traceability. These systems can be designed to automate a single machining center or an entire cell of dozens of machining centers and support systems.

"The advantages of these custom engineered systems are far-reaching," reports Steve Kane, global sales and marketing manager for Kurt Industrial Products. "These systems are extremely productive, helping manufacturers forego off-shore sourcing options. They enable a company to be price competitive with imported knock-off products while achieving an advantage in product quality and durability."

Undertaking a custom engineered system with Kurt is easy. Kurt will partner on a project from start to finish, drawing on over 25 years experience designing and building these systems for all types of manufacturing applications. In just weeks, Kurt will research design, develop and build fixtures, workholding, automation, gaging and data collection.