Montage Automation
für Automotive

Automation technology in automotive electronics includes all processes, from material supply and assembly to quality inspection and traceability. These processes include, among others, handling, joining, cleaning, dispensing, marking, testing, and traceability. INVENTUS Assembly Automation combines these process steps on a modular platform and enables end-to-end, reproducible, and data-driven manufacturing processes.

Automation is used in numerous applications in automotive electronics:

• Electronic Control Units (ECUs): Crimping of connectors, screw fastening, sealant dispensing, flash and end-of-line testing, and laser marking.
• ADAS Systems: Active alignment, flexible cable assembly, laser cleaning, laser welding, and high-frequency testing.
• Camera Modules: Precise assembly and inspection processes for optical and electronic components.
• LED Headlights: Active positioning, hot caulking, cleaning, 3D inspection, and matrix position inspection.
• Power Control Unit: Screw fastening, thermal paste dispensing, high-voltage testing, leak testing, pallet loading.
• Media Interface: Depaneling, shielding plate assembly, print, connector, and pin inspection, roll and tray handling.

This ensures high quality standards and reliable product functionality in the vehicle.

The modular INVENTUS platform offers a high degree of flexibility and future-proofing. Thanks to standardized functional elements and a modular design, systems can be adapted to new product variants, expanded to include additional processes, and scaled up step by step. This makes the concept suitable for both pre-production runs and high-volume series production.

While traditional systems are often designed for a specific application, INVENTUS is based on a modular design principle. Standardized process modules and a flexible cell design enable rapid adaptation to new requirements, product variants, or additional processes. This allows projects to be implemented more quickly and systems to be further developed over the long term.

With the SynapticaOS software platform, ASYS enables end-to-end traceability of all materials, components, and individual parts used. The platform comprehensively documents production and material flows, supports audit-compliant processes, and provides meaningful analyses at the process and machine levels. This promotes transparency, process reliability, and the continuous optimization of equipment availability.

The INVENTUS modular system supports a wide range of assembly processes, including screwing, press-fitting, welding, soldering, bonding, dispensing, cleaning, marking, printing, and separating. The various processes can be flexibly combined and adapted to the requirements of each specific application.

To ensure reliable verification, INVENTUS integrates optical, electrical, and physical testing methods. These include, for example, identification and inspection, ICT, FCT, EOL, high-voltage, and high-frequency tests, as well as force, torque, temperature, leak, and distance measurements. This ensures consistent and reproducible quality standards.

SynapticaOS connects machines, production lines, logistics, and enterprise systems into a seamless production system. The platform enables real-time planning, control, and monitoring of production and material flows, supports end-to-end traceability down to the PCB and batch levels, and lays the foundation for continuous improvement in OEE, quality, and process efficiency.