The year 2022 can be summarized as highly productive and intensive, both in terms of implementing innovative projects and expanding our sales and business activities. Our broad perspectives, including automation, robotics, industrial equipment, and procurement outsourcing, have enabled us to comprehensively meet the needs of our business partners. We maximize our potential daily by tackling challenges and seeking effective technological solutions. The promotion of modern manufacturing highlights the need for technological advancement and the strong demand for our services in key industrial sectors.

From Concept to Implementation

An increasing number of companies are adopting Industry 4.0 solutions, recognizing the benefits these solutions offer. This is evident from the IFR report on the sales of robots installed in factories worldwide in 2021. After a challenging year for the industry in 2021, robot sales are gaining momentum similar to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. The industry is developing at a faster pace compared to previous years. According to the IFR report (http://bit.do/World-Robotics-Report-2022), the number of robots installed globally exceeds 3 million. Notably, 76% of these installations occurred in five countries:

In the top 5 most automated countries in the world, we find:

As a co-owner of a company with Polish capital, I closely observe how the Polish industrial robot market operates. On the chart below, Poland is ranked 15th—at first glance, this may not seem like an impressive position. However, when we consider that we are among the 6 countries with a development rate higher than 50%, the overall picture makes more sense. It is worth noting that 3,300 of the installed robots in Poland are new. If the trend from previous years continues, we will have over 5,000 new robots next year. According to the IFR Report, our country already has over 17,000 robots in operation. The density of robotization compared to other countries is low, but we are seeing consistent growth compared to previous years.

– says Marcin Szostak, one of the co-owners of Autoproces

Industry 4.0 makes workplaces more ergonomic and modern. Human, machine, and processes are tightly integrated, making tasks simpler and easier, which significantly impacts cost and time savings. However, implementing automation and robotics not only leads to savings. Modern solutions also enhance workplace safety, maximize efficiency and quality, and improve the stability and repeatability of production.

We create comprehensive solutions for your company’s automation and robotics

For over 10 years, we have been developing projects that enable the creation of effective and efficient solutions in the production sector, meeting the expectations of our partners. We plan actual production layouts through simulations, integrating them with existing systems. An aspect influencing production functionality is our use of virtual production processes, which accelerates design work and the implementation of future tasks set by investors. Creating a virtual version of a production machine allows us to eliminate some technological errors at no additional cost and facilitates conceptual assumptions for the team working on the presented issue. Additionally, by creating a Digital Twin, we comprehensively visualize the production process. This allows us to create, test, and evaluate products and solutions without incurring additional costs.

We create space for innovation

We are ending this year with significant events. We have completed many challenging projects for companies from various industries, including pharmaceutical, woodworking, manufacturing, and construction. We are not slowing down; we are acquiring new orders and continually utilizing market opportunities, including in industrial equipment, procurement outsourcing, and subcontracting.

Modern production – process automation

One of the most popular areas for automation is palletizing stations. In today’s fiercely competitive environment, maintaining quality and modernity is a fundamental obligation for every company. Implementing innovative solutions and technologies is part of business development. This is well understood by FAKRO, one of the most dynamically growing companies in Poland, with whom we had the pleasure of collaborating.

The project we completed for FAKRO involved robotic palletizing of stairs using the Kawasaki CP machine. The CP series consists of very fast robots used in palletizing processes. They can be programmed to work with other machines and systems, significantly impacting cost and time savings. This allows us to create stacks of pallets and arrange finished products in various sizes and sequences, making them easy to transport.

Why Automate Quality Control Processes?

Modern technology enables the automation of quality control processes without the need to stop production lines. This allows for the analysis and elimination of defects and imperfections in products that may arise from manual processes. By automating, we can quickly identify errors such as distortions, color issues, gaps, cracks, graphic elements, assembly correctness, and many others.

The following video showcases an automated station we implemented using a vision system. A coil is removed from the conveyor for checking the correctness of wire winding and overall quality. Defective products, such as incorrectly wound wire, mechanical defects, and even bent pins, are detected and sorted as “waste” on a conveyor designed for this purpose. Coils without detected defects are returned to the main conveyor and proceed to the next stage of the production line.

Comprehensive Industrial Equipment

Our offer includes professional industrial equipment such as various types of conveyors and turntables, pallet magazines, and essential workshop accessories, including assembly tables, workstations, and manipulator systems. A wide range of software, devices, and modular structures allows us to organize modern workstations for comprehensive assembly and testing.

We design and assemble industrial tables with customizable configurations based on the tested device and additional equipment options.

We also offer a range of products, parts, and components essential for industrial equipment, including industrial pneumatics, automation, mechanics, electrical apparatus, tools, and safety equipment.

Autoproces is a company, Autoproces is people

The past year was filled with joy, kindness, and change. We expanded our team, and for the first time, our company participated in Runmageddon. Thanks to teamwork and mutual support, our participants overcame obstacles that sometimes seemed impossible. We ended the summer with a fantastic team-building event at Folwark Cyziówka. In December, Santa Claus visited our company, bringing gifts for the children of our employees. The kids also had the chance to see how 3D printing works and to tour the production hall to observe the work of the robots.

With passion not only for robotics!

Starting this year, our company supports the local Dębica Hockey Club. Sport teaches fair play, patience, determination, motivates action and collaboration, and shows how to bounce back from defeat. Properly supported passions and interests can shape these skills, which will undoubtedly benefit other areas of life in the future. Through such initiatives, we promote an active lifestyle and strengthen players in achieving their childhood dreams and developing young talents.

What awaits us in 2023?

“At Autoproces, we work to make clients aware that robots were designed to help people. In many of our past projects, human resources freed up by implementing automation systems were reassigned to lighter, less monotonous, and less physically demanding tasks. With the release of resources comes the need for employees to develop skills in handling modern production lines. This positively impacts the company’s preparation for further investments aimed at economic benefits, relieving employees, and improving working conditions. We plan further projects, enter new markets, and systematically expand our client base. Companies that have used our services once are eager to return. This best reflects the health and growth of our company.”

– notes Marcin Szostak, co-owner of Autoproces.

“INNOVATION HAS NO LIMITS – this is our motto, which we implement every day by introducing innovative technological solutions. The year 2022 was very successful for us. We completed several prestigious projects for companies from various industries. We know that success must be earned, so as a company, we focus on continuous development and improvement, resulting in high-quality services and reliability. This way, we can meet the expectations of increasingly demanding clients. We also understand that the most important pillar of any company is its employees, so we aim to create an environment where they can develop.”

– says Bogdan Mazur, the other co-owner of Autoproces.