Nextec Plastic Machinery

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AMS / Assembly & automation

Bring your next
assembly process
together.

Automated Machine Systems

Custom equipment for joining, testing, and assembling plastic parts. NEXTEC helps you connect your application with AMS’s engineering expertise—from a single operation to an integrated automation cell.

SpecialtyCustom plastics automation
Partner locationCincinnati, Ohio
Your connectionBob Gray / NEXTEC
AMS automation equipment for plastics assembly
Automated Machine Systems / Engineered around the application
Where AMS fits

What needs to happen
after the part is molded?

01

Assembly & insertion

Install nuts, inserts, and clips. Bring repetitive assembly steps into a coordinated process.

02

Plastic joining

Explore ultrasonic, vibration, and other welding technologies for your part and joint requirements.

03

Testing & fastening

Integrate leak testing and precision fastening into your assembly operation.

04

Robotic automation

Connect handling and assembly operations within a custom automation cell.

In practice / A Carolinas plastics processor

Turning a nut-insertion bottleneck into more throughput.

A large-format injection molder needed to insert six nuts every 60 seconds for lawnmower assembly, using a cell managed by one operator. AMS developed a solution with two custom-configured Fanuc robots.

2×Throughput reported in the project

AMS / Automation for plastic processors

Nextec Plastic Machinery