From a Standard Product to a Solution That Fits Your Line

Two lines, one requirement, different solutions

Two customers arrive with the same sentence: “We want to see the laser reference lines.” One has a clear two-metre traverse above the machine, a working distance of 1.2 metres and a line with almost no vibration. The other has a tight mounting space, a working distance beyond two metres and noticeable vibration while the line runs.

Those two lines receive systems from the same product family with a different housing length, a different laser colour, a different mounting arrangement and a different motion configuration . The product is the same; the application is not.

What stays standard

Working per application does not mean starting from scratch each time. The system backbone is fixed:

• Control architecture and recipe structure
• Servo motion control and position feedback
• The logic of the operator interface
• The defined set of motion configurations
• Communication protocols

Because that backbone is standard, commissioning stays predictable, spare parts stay common and service stays repeatable.

What is decided per application

Why the distinction works in your favour

1. Installation time drops. When the measurements are right from the start, no adaptation work is left on site. The longest commissioning jobs are the ones that begin with “we will sort that out there”.
2. Daily use becomes routine. The arrangement an operator is used to is the arrangement of their own machine. The interface should fit their workflow, not the other way round.
3. Later changes stay possible. Because the standard backbone is preserved, adding a carriage, changing the configuration or extending the interface does not mean replacing the system.

We set out the data we collect during the survey, and what you can prepare beforehand, in The Eight Things We Measure On Site .