Virtual proof
Autotech uses Siemens' advanced Tecnomatix Robcad software to simulate robotic work-cells, allowing manufacturing solutions to be proven fully before delivery to site. Autotech is a Siemens Solution Partner and is the only controls company in the UK able to provide this comprehensive simulation service.
Robcad allows Autotech to generate fully optimised robot paths and PLC code, using off-line programming to cut costs, improve quality, eradicate design errors and accelerate time-to-market. Robcad enables multi-device robotic production processes – including spot and arc welding; laser, water-jet and plasma cutting; drilling and riveting; painting, sealing and gluing; and polishing, grinding and deburring – to be simulated and validated.
With Robcad, Autotech can prove its automation concepts in the virtual world before integrating them flawlessly in the real world, whether as part of new manufacturing systems or as mid-cycle changes to existing production lines.