Special Purpose Machines
When standard equipment can't handle a specific part, process, or throughput target, we design, build, and commission special purpose machines (SPM) engineered around that exact requirement — mechanical structure, drives, controls, and safety systems delivered as one integrated system.
Our special purpose machine capability covers:
- Bespoke machine design & build: From a blank-sheet brief through concept layouts, detailed design, fabrication support, assembly, and on-site commissioning — engineered for the job at hand rather than adapted from a catalogue.
- Automation & robotics line integration: Robotic work cells, pick-and-place units, conveyor and material-handling systems, multi-station indexing and assembly lines designed to work together as a single production system.
- Retrofit & modernization of existing machines: Upgrading drives, sensors, controls, and guarding on legacy equipment to extend service life, improve throughput, and bring older assets up to current safety expectations.
- Custom test benches & inspection rigs: Functional test stands, leak and pressure test rigs, dimensional and vision-based inspection stations, and life-cycle / endurance test setups built to your acceptance criteria.
- Jigs, fixtures & tooling: Production-ready tooling designed to support the machine through its full operating cycle, from first trial run to volume production.
- Controls integration: PLC, HMI, drives, sensors, and safety interlocks brought together into a single reliable control architecture — see also our Automation and Software engineering work.
- Commissioning & handover: On-site trials, operator training, spares guidance, and full documentation so your team can run and maintain the machine with confidence from day one.