Industrial automation case studies from Applied Motion Systems — engineering solutions for complex manufacturing challenges across glass, paper converting, aerospace, wood products, and semiconductor manufacturing.
Applied Motion Systems redesigned its own best-selling Servo Lehr Loader to match how glass plants actually run today: continuous, hot, dust-heavy, with smaller and less specialized maintenance teams. The new Delta Stacker eliminates moving cables entirely, uses standard servo components any plant tech can service, and has run two years in a high-volume container glass facility without missing a beat.
AMS replaced a full paper machine drive system across 16 sections while minimizing production downtime — a complex retrofit requiring precise coordination across the entire drive system architecture.
A semiconductor manufacturer needed one machine to handle both 200mm and 300mm wafers without a changeover. AMS engineered a custom pre-aligner and robotic handling system to make it possible.
A first-of-its-kind deep-water standing wave pool needed to run reliably across a 100-day season. AMS engineered the Siemens automation and controls system that made it possible.
A Pacific Northwest kiln manufacturer needed to double output and automate a brick machining process that had never been automated before. AMS built the machine from scratch — and it earned a U.S. patent.