Vention, a leader in cloud-based Manufacturing Automation Platform (MAP), has joined forces with Flexxbotics, which specializes in robotic manufacturing support, to launch an integrated solution for digitalizing robotic workcells in modern machining environments. This collaboration aims to enhance machine tending systems with advanced cloud-robotic tools and modular automation hardware, allowing customers to design and implement custom workcells efficiently. Flexxbotics’ Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)/hybrid system complements this offering, promising to facilitate seamless “lights-out” manufacturing operations.
Vention Improves Industrial Automation Accessibility
By creating a unified digital space, Vention makes industrial automation easily accessible to manufacturers. The Montreal-based entity merges 3D design, code-free programming, and a vast library of over 4,000 modular components for automation, enabling users to navigate through design, deployment, and operation within a single platform. This approach empowers manufacturing professionals, regardless of their automation expertise, to design and procure custom systems tailored to their factory requirements. Once the design phase concludes, Flexxbotics experts deploy and refine the Vention-designed robotic setups, incorporating their proficient machine tending system.
Enabling Smart Factories Through Digital Workcells
Flexxbotics transforms standard robotic machine tending into a robot-centric manufacturing process, characterized by autonomous control. Their technology allows robots to interact directly with CNC machinery and inspection equipment, establishing closed-loop quality control for precision machining. By using inspection data, the robots can adjust CNC programs to compensate for variables like tool wear, ensuring consistent production quality. Recently, co-founder of SOLIDWORKS and Onshape, Scott Harris, mentored and invested in Flexxbotics, signaling further innovation and growth in smart factory robotics. Additionally, Flexxbotics has been recognized by Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Division’s Sixth Sense Program and announced machine compatibility with Okuma Machine Tools’ CNC systems.
This strategic alliance marks a significant stride in the automation field, providing manufacturers with an integrated, turnkey solution for robotic machine tending. Vention and Flexxbotics are at the forefront of advancing smart factory capabilities, offering systems that not only optimize production but also ensure high-quality outputs and efficient operations. Their combined expertise and technologies promise to revolutionize the way manufacturing floors function, addressing challenges such as reshoring, labor shortages, and wage inflation. With a focus on innovation and custom design, they are setting new benchmarks in the industrial automation landscape.
