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AUTEC participated to MECSPE 2019 as System Integrator of Yaskawa.

They employ Yaskawa robots in their plants since 1993 due to the marked characteristics of precision, speed and fluidity of robot movements.

Also in the solution presented at MECSPE, it was essential to use a Yaskawa robot for applying glue on leather parts following a very precise path

The innovation proposed by Autec Automation is a robotic gluing island which, adopting an innovative and patented method at European level, that responds to the need for high precision required in the production of bags and wallets for the luxury sector.

In fact, in this sector it is strongly requested that there are no burrs of glue on leather parts and that the coupling of a piece of leather with a silk lining or other materials is extremely precise.

With a long-term and 360 ° view of the production process, the gluing island can be considered as a station of an entire process, where the individual working stations are connected one to each other by an automatic and programmed transport system. The presented solution represents in all respects an innovation in the organization and management of the leather goods production process.

 

Also this year at SIMAC 2019, AUTEC and GUSBI have enhanced their partnership: strongly integrated solutions for PU shoes. The AUTEC innovations have been aimed at satisfying the need for productions with increasingly smaller and varied lots through flexible solutions. AUTEC presented a roughing robot equipped with an automatic tool changer. Depending on the type of upper, in fact, the robot chooses the most appropriate tool based on the type of leather and the model (following the indications in the RFID antennas placed on the conveyor pallet and the shape). A system configured this way allows, therefore, to provide greater flexibility to the production since it is able to manage with ease even small production batches. And since we are talking about flexibility, AUTEC is also developing a hold system for classic lasts (without metal plate) allowing also shoe manufacturers that prefer cemented constructions to use automated roughing systems. If, in fact, until now roughing machines were oriented to the injection and casting sectors, today AUTEC also thinks about the growing sector of the cemented one. “The most important difficulty to consider – says the company – is the low propensity of customers to change lasts. We are the ones who have to adapt ourselves. Therefore we are developing a system that can center the last according to roughing, with traditional systems”.