automatica 2023
Kurtz Ersa: Automation is the future!
automatica 2023, the world´s leading trade fair for intelligent automation and robotics, took place in Munich from June 27 to 30. Kurtz Ersa participated for the second time and was able to convince with a successful trade fair appearance – as it did at the premiere.
There was once again a lot to discover in the exhibition halls of automatica this year: a wide variety of offerings related to digitization and artificial intelligence, sustainable production processes, as well as new applications for automation specialists and on the topic of “Future of Work”. The motto of Kurtz Ersa´s automation division was “AUTOMATE YOUR PRODUCTION WITH US.”, which illustrated our Group´s focus on the automation of production processes. In this context, the two divisions Kurtz Ersa Automation and SCHILLER AUTOMATION once again demonstrated how well they have grown together in the meantime and jointly develop innovative solutions for industry.
Automation solutions for
most diverse industries
As special plant manufacturers with in-depth process know-how, Kurtz Ersa and SCHILLER AUTOMATION offer automation solutions for a wide range of industries, e.g. electronics production or medical technology, from image processing to large-scale projects as system suppliers. The claim for this year´s trade fair appearance was to further expand the awareness of our still young group division and to be more successful than last year – this goal was achieved brilliantly. Significantly more customer contacts were counted than in 2022, which was certainly also due to the variety of exhibits on show.
The two machine exhibits were particularly impressive. The highly flexible dispensing system developed by SCHILLER AUTOMATION demonstrated how contours can be dispensed with high precision using a wide variety of adhesive or sealing materials. Dispensing heads from several suppliers are used in the dispensing system. SCHILLER AUTOMATION handles the handling of the components and the integration of the dispensing equipment in a compact automatic station. By including the dispensing axis in the path control, it is possible to run contours at optimum speed and to regulate the dispensing quantity to the appropriate volume depending on the contour shape. The second highlight – and even more eye-catching due to its size – was a cobot-supported goods carrier circulation system. The industrial robotics assembly solution with integrated component control for electronics production impressively demonstrated how fast and precise automated processes can be. The icing on the cake was the affiliated Vision Quality Check (VQC): The artificial intelligence-based VQC workstation monitors the quality of produced parts. A special eye-catcher at the booth was the waiter cobot that handed out smoothies to order – a welcome refreshing change that practically demonstrated how versatile and flexible collaborative robots can be used.
Managing Director Dr. Michael Wenzel looks back on automatica 2023 with satisfaction: “Our booth staff had a lot to do during the trade show, and the booth was well attended on all four days of the show. There were lots of promising discussions and inquiries, which are now being processed promptly. The trade show appearance was a complete success and we are very pleased to have gained insight into so many exciting customer projects. The quality of the discussions proves that our company will play an important role in the automation of productions in the future. With the most professional project management, customers receive tailor-made solutions from us that raise their productions to a new level of efficiency. Customers benefit from our comprehensive process knowledge, especially for electronics production.”
