Tooling and Automation

Burkhardt+Weber is associated with tool magazine technology and was an early pioneer in digital control and rack magazines. A tool magazine affects how a machine stores and accesses the tools required for a job, especially where process flexibility and multiple operations are important.

Liebherr Gear Technology lists gantry automation, pallet handling systems, robot automation, and random bin picking alongside its gear technology. In an integrated production setting, these systems can connect equipment and help manage movement between stages. Automation should be assessed against the real part flow: how material arrives, where it is located, which operations follow, and what happens when the process changes. The right level of automation depends on the parts, volumes, and production objectives, not simply the availability of a robot.