Higher equipment utilization rates. Faster time to market. More productive use of your staff and resources. 100% quality verification for every product you manufacture. Faster payback of your equipment investment. These are just some of the benefits possible when you source your manufacturing equipment with us.
We serve the global consumer market with a full range of platforms allowing ATS to provide our customers with optimized solutions. A proven selection of suitable technologies, supported by expert partners ensures the design of a superior system.
ATS assembly systems for consumer products often require a range of highly technical stations to provide a quality product. With assembly rates from 0.2 – 20 seconds per part, the material handling approaches are also critical. These include :
The ATS Illuminate™ Manufacturing Intelligence software is used to gather, monitor and report key equipment operational data to provide true industry 4.0 capability.
ATS has developed a wide variety of web handling systems from simple index feed systems to complex multi-web, high accuracy continuous feed systems. This expertise is leveraged on every system to deliver a robust automated solution.
The nature of each web handling system hinges on the processing requirements of the web material. Some examples of processes that have been incorporated into our web handling systems include:
Let ATS demonstrate how our expertise can be applied to your unique web handling requirements
Our single-source capabilities in integration, precision machine building, control software, and test and measurement systems make us one of the few companies in the world that can deliver the complete spectrum of automation solutions—from “one-off” demonstration systems to multiple-build or plant-wide manufacturing integration.
We design, build and can easily integrate continuous or indexed motion dispensing systems for liquids or solids. By adding a single low cost, cross-servo axis, we can achieve fully programmable X-Y dispensing motion.
ATS high-precision assembly systems provide an automation platform to handle your most demanding assembly requirements. Designed to work with a wide range of tooling, these standalone or integrated systems provide maximum performance and capability on a standard machine platform. These systems provide post-placement accuracy to less than 1 micron for dispensing of epoxy, flux, frit and other materials.
ATS is the world’s largest and most experienced integrator of automated high precision assembly, vision guidance, granite tables, micron level assembly accuracies, dispensing, clean room.
We specialize in designing, developing and manufacturing engineered solutions from Class 10 clean rooms, die and wafer cleaning systems to fully integrated single- or multi-station high-precision assembly, cleaning and test systems. We design and build some of the industry’s most advanced custom automation solutions.
Computer peripherals assembly is often a combination of discrete part assembly, high precision micron tolerance assembly, optical alignment and various process technologies involving welding/soldering, laser processes, dispensing and high speed pick and place transfer.
ATS has a long history of manufacturing equipment for the assembly of hard disk drives. High precision coupled with the completion of assembly in clean room environments down to ISO 8 provide challenges in the assembly process for which ATS has developed an extensive skill set over the years.
The ATS value proposition for companies looking to scale the production of machines for the electronics industry is extensive. ATS is a trusted partner to numerous companies with volume machine needs. They look to ATS to provide core manufacturing engineering and design engineering support, high volume machine build, access to the ATS global supply chain, multi-facility installation services, ongoing support and the ability to grow with programs over the product life cycle.
ATS flexibly configures assembly solutions for a variety of industrial electrical products from electronic controller assemblies, to contactors and relays, to smart meters.
ATS has delivered numerous systems for completing electrical product assembly. ATS solutions are tailored to the customer’s cycle time and labour environments while reflecting system designs which help to ensure that no defective products leave the line. Having completed systems from 10 to more than 50 stations in this space, ATS has significant experience in parts feeding and assembly, soldering, marking, and material transport at cycle times between 2.5 seconds and 25 seconds per assembly. The functionality of these systems is enhanced by the addition of ATS Illuminate™ Manufacturing Intelligence software and other services which provide assurance of optimized machine productivity throughout the life of the asset.
ATS has the capability to deliver ultra high-accuracy automated manufacturing systems for the telecommunications industry. Glass handling, vision guided robotics, vision inspection, integrated test solutions, assembly through to customized packaging solutions, SuperTrak™ based assembly solutions, CNC assembly and ATS Illuminate™ Manufacturing Intelligence for data collection.
Our unmatched capability in automation integration, optical path engineering, precision machine building, control software and test and measurement systems make ATS uniquely qualified to deliver a complete spectrum of automation solutions—single work cells to multiple-build or turnkey manufacturing integration.
ATS provides custom automation solutions including clean room environments, high-accuracy placement, assembly, testing, real-time data acquisition and analysis for the precision manufacture of a wide range of coaxial, wireless components and sub-assemblies.
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ATS has an extensive history in the supply of automated manufacturing solutions for the optoelectronics industry.
Our capabilities include automation integration, optical path engineering, precision machine building, control software, and test and measurement systems .
Our expertise in lighting and optics (including co-linear and back lighting, UV, IR, NIR, laser interferometry and laser displacement) ensures we can meet the most demanding ultra high-accuracy inspection challenge.
Machine vision, nano-positioning, high-speed active alignment and different bonding technologies can be integrated on ATS’ assembly platforms.
ATS provides digitally controlled positive displacement, pin transfer or jet dispense technology, to achieve fluid dot sizes of 100 microns or less.
The ATS Illuminate™ Manufacturing Intelligence platform is used to report on and optimize machine production throughout the life cycle of the product.
ATS has a 25 year track record in the solar industry. Our successes in the solar space include:
ATS’s long history in solar processing and our technology expertise will provide you with your specialized solar panel assembly project needs and a competitive edge in the market.
Thin Film Module Assembly
ATS turnkey backend and process capability on thin film module assembly allow customers to minimize cost per watt and maximize line performance.
From careful cell stacking and module assembly to the precise welding of terminals and filling of cell cavities, you can count on ATS to introduce the right level of automated manufacturing to your next battery project.
Our wealth of experience in material handling and robotics allows us to optimize assembly precision and reduce system delivery times. We also integrate our core technologies with the very best from our partners to design web handling processes for battery manufacturing.
ATS has decades of experience incorporating advanced vision systems, optics and lighting to improve the functionality of our automated systems.
We complement our technology with our Illuminate™ Manufacturing Intelligence platform to provide production line control and visibility throughout the life of the asset.
Producing affordable and reliable, clean electricity is realized by the nuclear industry through a commitment to finding safer, more efficient ways of operating.
ATS designs and supplies precise and reliable automated solutions proven to dramatically improve timelines, while reducing costs and worker exposure in radiation environments.
As e-commerce and logistics companies strive to ramp up their operations, ATS can play an important role in meeting their objectives. As volumes increase, ATS can help to address the major challenges faced by the industry.