MICRO-AUTOMATION
Micro-Automation Manufacturing Process
Micro-automation bridges the gap between high-speed precision and compact design. At Sure Controls, we define micro-automation as the integration of robotic and flexible feeding technologies to handle small, lightweight components—typically under 6 inches in size and less than 2 pounds in weight—with exceptional accuracy and consistency.
Why Micro-Automation?
Our micro-automation solutions are ideal for applications that require:
- Delicate handling of small parts
- High repeatability and minimal cycle time
- Easy changeovers and reduced operator intervention
Industries We Serve
We serve a wide range of industries where these capabilities matter most, including:
- Medical Devices – precise assembly of small components
- Electronics – handling and placement of sensitive parts
- Life Sciences – automation in lab processes and diagnostics
- Aerospace – high-precision handling of lightweight, mission-critical components
- Precision Plastics – feeding, sorting, and inspection of molded parts
Whether you’re improving throughput, quality, or ergonomics, micro-automation offers a flexible and scalable solution tailored to your production goals.
Benefits of Micro-Automation Solutions
Lower Overall Investment
- Complete cells can be re-purposed with simple cost-effective End Of Arm Tooling (EOAT) changes and recipe changes
- No need to purchase new capital (part feeder) to run different parts
Added Flexibility (one cell can handle multiple parts)
- One of our customers is running 1000+ part numbers on the same cell
Quick Changeover
- Custom trays can be designed for nesting of parts with changeover in minutes vs. hours
Automate Where Not Previously Possible
- Part orientation for assembly with vision guided picking
- Spring detangling
Reduced Manufacturing Real Estate (on average 30-50%)
- Integrate multiple processes (feeding, handling, assmebly) into a single footprint
- Eliminates the need for multiple large machines or manual workstations
Flexible Collaborative Systems
Enhance efficiency with Sure Controls’ flexible collaborative systems. As the need for modularity and adaptability in automation grows with shorter production runs and lower volumes, our team can collaborate with yours to design a solution that meets your current needs while being cost-effective and easily adaptable for future products. Learn more about our flexible collaborative systems today.
What is Micro-Automation?
Micro-Automation is automating a manufacturing process that involves handling small parts. Small part is defined differently for each customer, but for Sure Controls that ranges anywhere from 6 (150mm) inches on the large side down to .2 inches (5mm) and typically less than 2 pounds.
3-Axis Flexible Part Feeding Solution
There are many factors to take into consideration when approaching system automation. These may include: product in-feed, product out-feed, cycle rate, and quality inspection. Perhaps the most important factor is a clear definition of success and a shared vision on how to reach it. Sure Controls values these partnerships. Your success is our success.
Applications that involve handling small parts “micro-parts” introduce an additional level of complexity. This is due to challenges in handling the parts on the in-feed side. Traditionally, the in-feed of parts into an automation cell is done with products like a bowl feeder. Bowl feeders have limitations including: changeover (each bowl feeder is designed for a specific part), high investment that can’t be easily re-purposed, difficulty handling delicate material, jamming and part re-circulation.
Affordable Micro-Automation
At Sure Controls we want to offer our customers the best solution for their application requirements. This is why we offer Aysril, and Mecademic micro-automation robotic solutions. For example, Asyril has a 3-axis vibration “Asycube” flexible part feeding solution that is easily integrated into robotic automation cells.
Not only do we sell these products but we work to create the best possible solutions by integrating these products into your set up. This may mean a product or a solution that includes an Asyril robot and a Mecademic robot working together. Our robotic integration designers can help customers automate in areas where, in the past, it may not have been economically or technically feasible.
Integrating Flexible Part-Feeders
Sure Controls has successfully provided systems in the electronics, medical, automotive, and plastics industries with the integration of flexible part-feeders. In each of these markets, we were able to introduce a technology that allowed the customer to improve the automation cell or entirely rethink how they could better automate, allowing them to secure new business opportunities.
At Sure Controls we define success by delivering smiles. It’s that simple, when we deliver a solution our customers need, we leave them smiling.
At Sure Controls we define success by delivering smiles. It’s that simple, when we deliver a solution our customers need, we leave them smiling.
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