Developing a patent-able or trade secret automated solution using existing technology to perform key tasks in your industry can put you solidly ahead of the competition and allows you to own and exclude others from using the patented process.
Eliminate employee exposure to harmful chemicals, high pressure, radiation, rotating equipment, and other safety hazards. Reduce costs related to standby safety personnel, scaffolding, fall protection, personal protective equipment (PPE), work related injuries, insurance claims, and much more.
Some products/parts are difficult for people to manufacture accurately and consistently. Automation increases tolerance, quality, and consistency of your finished parts and helps reduce the need for quality control. It also reduces costs associated with mistakes.
Discontinue mundane tasks to increase employee engagement and to reallocate employee talent to value added activities such as new product lines, new services, or higher level decision making.
Increase your margins by decreasing cost of manufacturing through the automation of manufacturing activities. A well cash-flowing business has an easier time expanding its sales and staff!
Eliminate labour involved in testing. Introduce more control and consistency to the testing process and increase throughput of prototypes.
Automation helps to insulate your business against fluctuations in seasonal staff and work.
Equipment Investment |
Time Frame |
Results |
| Marlin Steel Factory – Addition of CNC Wire Forming Machines | 2000’s |
– Workforce doubled since 2007 |
| Dynamic Group – Installation of Collaborative Robots (“Cobots”) | 2010’s | – 400% Production Increase – Product Line Expanded Due to Lower Costs |
| Boxed – Integration of Automated Pickers | 2000’s | – All employees transitioned to other departments – Wage increases of 13% |
| Your Company – Your New Machinery | 2020’s | – Improved employee safety – Time diverted to value added activities (new product lines, new services, etc.) – Higher Productivity – Lower Costs – Increased Competitiveness |
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– Reduce the stress of skilled labour shortages on your business by building automated solutiosn that reduce operator training requirements and/or increase operator and machine producitvity. |
– Oil & Gas Process Automation – Software Automation – Fabricating Large Quantities of Parts (We are not a Fabrication or Machine Shop) – Wireless Communication / Network / Telecommunication System Design – Design & Upgrade Control Networks – AutoCAD Drafting Services – Factory Control Panel Fabrication – SCADA Implementation – Recruitment Services – Field Instrumentation – Measurement Audits and Compliance Services – Production CNC Machining |
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- B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
- Machine Automation using CNC Technology
- Machine & Machine Component Design
- CAD and CAM
- Program collaborative robot arms
- Single Board Computer Controllers
- Python 3.6, C++
- Servo Integration
- Electrical and Electronics Design
- 6 Axis Robot Programming
- Single Board Computer Design, Programming, and Implementation
- Extensive IT Infrastructure Knowledge
"Stephen and his team have been a great resource in helping us take our ideas from paper to reality. They listened to our ideas, thoroughly understood the problem in the context of our unique industry setting. We were able to reliably communicate our expectations and feedback with their team from the initial stages of the project.
Their robotics and mechanical design expertise helped us develop key technologies that are necessary to perform vertical farming of water lentils. Stephen has helped us to develop our intellectual property strategy, wrote the technical portions of our patents, and introduced us to the right people to file and maintain our patents.
Throughout the length of the project, Stephen held regular meetings with our team and kept us updated about the progress status of the new developments. They have also treated our confidential information with care.
We would highly recommend them for their ability to design and build autonomous robotic vehicles."
"Stephen Bruce Wong and his team at Automation Experts have become an important partner in our pursuit to reduce production costs and massively increase production volume of clear dental aligners. They were instrumental in automating greatly sought-after processes in our industry and are valued as team members as we continue to improve these processes
We can never be sure, but as a direct result of their involvement, we believe we have automated these sought-after processes before many other companies in our industry.
The automation, CNC, fixturing, data processing, and vision solutions they provided us were creative, and worked within unique constraints especially the low cost of labor where it was a major challenge for eon to switch to automation due to the fact that the country that the facility is operating in has a really low cost of labor. The projected ROI for these projects remains excellent as the payback period is expected to be less than 2 years after commissioning.
Working with Stephen has been a pleasure as his team has always been professional and responsive. We’re usually used to the pace of business slowing when we work with companies on the other side of the globe, but this hasn’t been the case with Stephen’s team.
If you’re looking to work with someone who cares about the outcome of your project, I would certainly recommend Stephen and his team.
Best,
Fadi"
We hired Automation Experts to design and develop a difficult torque servo motor motion control application solution (program and fixture). They went above and beyond to make sure the job was done right, met our objectives and it was within our proposed budget. Stephen and his team were very flexible with their schedules and would even work evenings/nights to work around our test schedules. Stephen regularly kept us updated throughout the process. He took the time to fully listen to our needs and explain how his design would work to achieve those needs. Stephen and his team also continued to be accessible for support after the project was complete. Their excellent work allows us to achieve automated testing which enabled us to reduce our personnel required for testing to just one person instead of a team. Automation Experts are dedicated to providing innovative, high-quality solutions to their clients. We definitely recommend their services for automation solutions.
"Stephen Bruce Wong is very knowledgeable when it comes to CNC machines and CNC technology. We trust him to treat our customers in western Canada with care and professionalism. I have appreciated his help in the past fixing and supporting some of the machines that are not geographically close to us.
If you're on the fence about hiring Stephen for anything, rest assured he knows plenty about CNC technology and manufacturing."
- Tom Baczynski, Bowmanville, ON
"Stephen and his team integrated and programmed a servo motor and drive at one of our sites. They were responsive and went above and beyond with their level of service. If you're on the fence about hiring them for a motion control application, I would highly recommend you give them a shot. I am very happy with their level of expertise and willingness to meet our inconvenient needs."
"Stephen is very knowledgeable and quickly came up with some excellent solutions we hadn't yet considered. I loved the semi-automated sanding solution that Stephen came up with for our manufacturing process. It looks like it will increase the consistency of our parts. Best of all it will save us between $1.88 and $4.50 per unit and it will pay for itself within 3-8 months."
We were experiencing mechanical issues with our mill for 9 months and we were having an extremely difficult time fixing it.
Stephen Bruce Wong was very knowledgeable about CNC machines and CNC technology. Arriving on site we were greeted with friendly service. He and his team took a systematic approach to diagnosing the problems with our mill. First he eliminated alignment issues, checked the linear guides and other tolerances. In the end, he discovered that the way the motor mount was constructed was putting stress on the ball screw.
Stephen's team designed some new mounting plates, machined them in their shop, and it fixed the problem.
If you're looking for someone who understands CNC machines and CNC technology, I would highly recommend Stephen and his team.
- George
