Whether you want to automate an entire plant or improve a section of your manufacturing process,
Apex Automation and Robotics have the expertise to provide you with the best and most economical
solution. Our engineers are continuously updated with the latest developments to make sure that we
utilise the most suitable technology for the application.

Our range of services includes:

   - Complete turnkey automation systems

   - Concept development and design

   - Project management

   - Robot programming

   - PLC programming

   - Controls and electrical design

   - Risk assessment and safeguarding of machinery

   - PC software development using C⁺⁺, C^# and Visual Basics

   - RFID turnkey systems including both hardware and custom-built software

Our PC programming capability has enabled us to be a leader in our industry in integrating laser
scanners and 3D vision systems. We have connected such devices on Ethernet networks with a PC,
robot and PLC using TCP/IP communication protocol. Custom PC programs were developed by our
software engineers to acquire large amount of data from these devices, analyse it and perform
complex calculations. The relevant information was then sent to the PLC and robot in real time.

A typical example is the “eye-hand” coordination in one of our robotic palletising applications.
We used a laser scanner to scan boxes as they travel on a conveyor belt, and send the data
to the PC which performed calculations to determine the size and position of the box and send
the information to the robot to adjust its gripper to suit.   
 

Safety First

The management team and all the personnel at Apex Automation and Robotics consider safety to be
an integral and vital part of the business. All our systems undergo stringent risk assessment at different
stages of the project; consequently, these systems are then provided with safeguarding that conforms
to the relevant Australian Standards, in particular:

AS 4024 - 2006     Safety of Machinery
AS 2939 - 1987     Industrial Robot Systems - safe design and usage
AS 1755 - 2000     Conveyors - Safety Requirements
AS 3000                  SAA Wiring Rules  

Our Projects

They can be divided into 4 categories:

   - General automation

   - Robotic cells

   - Vision and laser scanning

   - RFID applications




Our team has been involved in projects that
spread over several industry sectors including:

   - Plastics

   - Metal manufacturing

   - Logistics and distribution

   - Building products

   - Paper industry

   - Pharmaceuticals

   - Electronics

   - Textile

   - Food