A proof of concept (POC) serves as a valuable tool for businesses exploring automation solutions. By investing in a POC, we can validate that a proposed technology solution will deliver the expected results in a real-world setting prior to full-scale implementation.
In addition to minimising risk, a POC facilitates iterative improvements, enhances stakeholder confidence and provides essential insights for scalability, resource planning, and cost reduction.
We will collaborate closely with your team to define clear objectives and goals that align with your business needs. We will then design a POC system that operates independently of your current production environment, ensuring no disruption to your existing operations.
We are able to mitigate against the potential risks associated with onsite innovation by utilising either a partial line setup or complete offline production system simulated at our facilities.
We provide customised solutions to validate your complex or nuanced automation ideas, including:
We were engaged by Brambles Australia to design a 4-line automation solution for pallet tear down and repair. We developed ten sub-process concepts before narrowing our priority focus on increasing CHEP pallet reclamation rates which had been impacted by declining wood quality. We built a physical POC to validate board separation from the bearer, leveraging either hydraulics or motor drives. We ultimately selected hydraulics and then developed a proof of production concept (POPC) to integrate Bramble’s existing technologies with hydraulics and a band saw.
We performed a site analysis for Lysaght to evaluate automated guided vehicles compared to traditional crane methods for coil handling. We determined that automated crane systems were best, but existing crane grippers failed to meet Australian safety standards. To resolve this, we developed a custom four-tine gripper POC for automatic pick-and-place coil handling.
Discover
We begin with a discovery call about the challenges you face and your production goals for today and tomorrow. We’ll then visit onsite for an in-person observation workshop to dive deeper into your workflows.
Analyze
We take what we learned in the observation workshop and put it through a comprehensive analysis. We put our magnifying glass to system bottlenecks or shortfalls, and drill down into your goals, budget, and ROI expectations.
Conceptualize
With a wealth of qualitative and quantitative data now at our fingertips, we put our experts to work designing a range of automation technologies and methodologies that could solve the challenges we’ve uncovered.
Develop
After close consultation, we perform further architectural design on your selected automation concept, including robot model selection. We then run reach analysis and cycle time simulations to assess system performance.
Propose
Now we’re ready to share our results with you. We collect and collate all the information into one easily digestible document with clear and detailed unit costs and delivery timeframes.
Innovation has a place in every industry. For four decades we have designed, manufactured and delivered over 650 automation solutions for national and international manufacturing challenges in a diverse range of industries. Our commitment to innovation drives us to continuously advance industry standards and lead transformative change.
Get in touch to schedule a discovery call with us where we can discuss the unique needs and challenges your business
We only utilise proven industrial technologies, though our POC services leverage these in creative and innovative ways to achieve results that are new to an industry.
POCs are always stage-gated by feasibility. We won’t advance to the next phase or trigger the next milestone payment unless the feasibility is thoroughly validated and carefully weighed against the potential benefits of your solution.
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