Heavy Structural Bones for Intelligent Systems
Industrial automation, smart factories, and robotics are advancing rapidly. While OEMs focus on developing sensors, software, and advanced drive mechanics, they rely on tier-1 contract manufacturers like Openex to build the massive, rigid, high-precision steel skeletons that these systems operate upon.
Fabricating automation bases isn't just about welding heavy steel; it's about holding incredibly strict geometric tolerances across massive dimensions. Our 180-acre facility combines heavy structural fabrication, thermal stress relief, and large-scale gantry CNC milling to guarantee perfectly flat, parallel mounting pads for robotic linear guide rails.
Automation Structures We Fabricate
Robotic Gantries & 7th Axis Rails
We fabricate extremely long structural tracks and overhead gantry crane bases. We utilize state-of-the-art CNC planer mills to machine perfectly parallel, full-length mounting surfaces, ensuring zero-bind, buttery smooth linear robotic travel.
Custom Machine Beds & Base Frames
Heavy weldments up to 250 tons designed for bespoke assembly lines, CNC machinery, and high-speed stamping. We conduct strict Post-Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT) in massive furnaces to eliminate all residual stresses, ensuring the frame won't warp after it leaves our factory.
ASRS (Automated Storage) Structures
Massive scale manufacturing for Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems. From heavy foundational plates and towers to custom lifter masts, we can cut, form, and precision-weld components at immense production volumes.
AGV / AMR Heavy Chassis
Structural fabrication and CNC machining for heavy-duty Automated Guided Vehicles and Autonomous Mobile Robots, engineered to carry multi-ton industrial loads across factory floors seamlessly.
Engineering Precision for Automation
When an automation integrator asks an ordinary fabrication shop to build a 20-meter frame, the heat from welding introduces massive internal distortion. Without specialized processes, that frame will twist, causing robotic tracks to misalign and burn out motors.
We solve this issue through our fully integrated manufacturing lifecycle:
1. Precision Welding
Strictly engineered weld-sequencing using advanced fixtures and rotary positioners to drastically minimize heat-affected distortion during assembly.
2. Thermal Stress Relief
The entire massive welded assembly is loaded into our heavy heat-treatment furnaces to bake out structural stress, essentially "freezing" the geometry perfectly.
3. Post-Milling & CMM
Only after stress-relief do we utilize 5-axis gantry mills to shave the mounting pads. The part is finally verified via Zeiss Large-Volume CMM inspection.