Industrial project

Industrial project

Would you like to delegate the management of your project? Our team will be delighted to oversee it from A to Z. From design to development to manufacturing, we offer you complete support.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF AUTOMATION, EQUIPMENT OR SPECIAL MACHINERY

Specifications, risk analysis (economic, ROI, feasibility and technical performance, security)
Design, review and validation
Mechanical, electro-pneumatic, hardware development of equipment or machine
Software development, automation, HMI, vision
Review and verification
Documentation and training
Certification

MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY

3D manufacturing (3D pinter, resin)
Machining, structural subcontracting
Mechanical assembly of sub-assemblies, equipment, machines or lines
Electrical, pneumatic and wiring assembly
Software development and control
Testing, trials, simulation and quality control

INDUSTRIALISATION

Industrialisation, small series production (equipment, machines)
Architecture and component optimisation
Bills of material, ranges, cost reduction
Test and validation plan
Documentation (technical, maintenance, user)

TECHNICAL DETAILS

MECHANICAL DEVELOPMENT

We develop our machine projects using SolidEdge 3D Foundation, SolidWorks 2020 and AutoCAD 2D software, and can offer you the following integrations.

Pneumatic and mechanical actuators
Motorised actuators (DC, brushless, stepper, synchronous, asynchronous)
Coupling and reduction systems
Conveyors (mechanical or linear motor)
2/4/5 position motorised or indexed rotary tables
2/3/4-axis pick & place
Various handling heads/grippers/grippers
Adjustment and levelling systems for mechanical assemblies/functions
Various standardised housing/chassis/fixing accessories
Standardised screws and components
Choice of solutions depending on sector requirements (food, media, pharmaceuticals, micromechanics/electronics)

PNEUMATIC DEVELOPMENT
Using ELCAD, EPlan and AutoCAD 2D software, we design and manufacture the air and pneumatic control circuits for our equipment.

Standardised introduction of different configurations according to requirements
Standard introduction, 0 - 480 L/min or 0 - 960 L/min
Architecture of separate pneumatic networks according to FMECA: simple or normal/secure
Scalable, Plug&Play pneumatic distribution for modular machines
Control circuits with TCPIP communication with ‘Machine’ network
Vacuum circuit solutions with Venturi or Vacuum Pump technology
Pneumatic control and measurement: Actuator/Regulation - Flow/ Pressure/ Vacuum/ Threshold
Integration of special circuits: Pressurised environment / Blowing / Suction
Open bus interface for solenoid valves/battery

ELECTRONIC DEVELOPMENT

We design and manufacture the enclosures and control cabinets for our equipment. Our preferred software is ELCAD, EPlan and AutoCAD 2D.

Introduction with mains filter limiting EMI/leakage current/CEM
Standardised electrical distribution 3x13A / 3x16A / 3X 25A
Scalable, Plug&Play power distribution for modular machines
Secure PLC/PC architecture with Raid/Inverter
Communication solution with separate TCPIP networks (Client, Ethernet, Machine network)
Standardised solutions for integration of Beckhoff / Mitsubishi / Maxon motors
Bus connection interface for sensors
Specific control circuits with RS485/USB interface in particular, for applications such as control/measurement/regulation/signal processing
Safety circuits according to requirements level, ‘o Access’, designed using the FMECA method
Light curtain safety circuits in compliance with IEC/EN 61496

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

PLC / API

Our team uses several environments (including Beckhoff, Schneider Electric and Siemens) and can, if required, add and integrate NEXERA-Fonctions function modules to offer you the most advanced solutions in industrial automation.

Visual Studio environment
C++ programming
TwinCAt II
TwinCAt III
TwinSafe
EtherCat
XTS linear motor integrator
Simultaneous axis control
Remote maintenance solutions
ERP/MDE interfaces
IEC61131

SUPERVISION

We use and adapt an open HMI supervision system based on PC technology developed in C++ and running under the Windows PRO environment. Our solution is integrated on all our installed machines and if necessary, we can integrate and adapt the new HMI software from Beckhoff Automation GmbH or carry out specific developments (PackML, Industrie 4.0 oriented).

The NEXERA-HMI software has the following specifications:
Development environment With Visual Studio
C++ programming
HMI under OS WIN 7 --> WIN 10 PRO - 2019
TwinCat II & TwinCat III application interface
16/9 Full HD interface
Touch Screen, multi-screen, tablets
3-level user management
User modes :
- INITIALISATION
- PRODUCTION
- STEP BY STEP
- MANUAL (optional)
- ADMIN (configuration, parameter setting)
Alarm management, event log
History management (actuators, functions)
Multi-language configuration (available in FR, DE, EN, IT)
Production order management (manual, C-B, QR codes)
Remote maintenance solutions
Interfaces with ERP/MDE

VISION

Our team develops vision applications for its machines using Visual Studio in C++. We carry out the image processing and manage the acquisition tools in HDevelop, an integrated development environment (IDE) for machine vision. HDevelop is a highly interactive environment that enables us to create image processing solutions quickly and efficiently.

Visual Studio development environment
OS WIN 7 --> WIN 10 PRO - 2019
Application programming with C++
VISION HALCON image processing development
VISION programming with HDevelop & HdevEngine

Vision application profiles mastered :

Counting/ detection/ inspection/ sorting/ comparison
Character/serial number recognition and identification
Shape recognition and generation of positioning coordinates to within 0.01mm
Locating shapes and generating angular positions with an accuracy of 0° 0.1 min
Measurement and control of positioning and generation of deviations
Defect detection/surface analysis (based on feasibility analysis)

For greater flexibility, we use a library that acts as an HdevEngine interpreter, enabling our HDevelop programs and procedures to be loaded and run directly from C++ or Visual Basic applications. This allows us to modify the vision part of your application without needing to compile it. We also have a number of support utilities and graphical user interfaces to help you build your Vision applications.

In addition, HDevelop contains wizards for common sub-tasks, such as image acquisition, camera calibration or matching. The graphical user interface of these HDevelop wizards can be used to interactively set up and configure the requirements of your application and insert the corresponding code sequence at the request of the HDevelop program.

Our team has also developed NEXERA-ConfigVision learning software, which gives users the autonomy and flexibility to create models without the assistance of a specialist. This software has been specially designed to meet the flexibility needs of our customers whose production strategies are geared towards customised products.