Custom Machine Design and Build

Capability: Custom Machine Design and Build

Custom Industrial Automation Machines Engineered for Your Process

AEC designs and builds custom automation machines from the ground up — engineered around your product, your process, and your production goals to deliver optimized performance, efficiency, and long-term reliability.

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Purpose-Built Automation Machines, Not Off-the-Shelf Solutions

When standard automation equipment doesn’t fit your application, you need a machine built specifically for it. Custom machine design and build means starting with your requirements, your part geometry, your cycle time, your floor space, your process, and engineering a solution that performs exactly as needed from day one.

At AEC, we handle the full scope of custom machine development in-house. Our mechanical, electrical, and controls engineering teams work together from concept through commissioning, so there are no gaps between disciplines and no handoffs that create risk.
The result is a purpose-built system that integrates cleanly into your existing production environment, meets your throughput requirements, and is built to run reliably for years.

Custom Automation Machines We Design and Build

Custom Assembly Automation

Automated assembly systems engineered to your product and process, reducing manual labor, improving consistency, and scaling production without adding headcount.

Custom Test and Inspection Equipment

Purpose-built test stands and inspection fixtures designed to verify your parts to specification, in-process or end-of-line, with data capture and traceability built in.

Custom Fixturing and Workholding Systems

Precision fixturing designed for your part geometry and production process, improving repeatability, reducing setup time, and supporting lights-out and high-mix production.

Automated Part Handling and Transfer Systems

Custom conveyors, transfer systems, and part handling equipment engineered to move material through your process with precision and minimal manual intervention.

Integrated Multi-Process Automation Cells

Complex automation systems combining multiple processes, machining, handling, inspection, marking, and more, into a single, coordinated production cell.

When Standard Equipment Is Not Enough

Most manufacturers reach a point where off-the-shelf automation no longer fits the application.

A custom-built machine eliminates the compromises that come with adapting standard equipment to a non-standard problem. It is designed to do exactly what your process requires — nothing more, nothing less.

Common situations that drive the need for custom machine design include:

Part geometry, size, or material that standard equipment cannot accommodate
Cycle time or throughput requirements that packaged solutions cannot meet
Production processes with unique sequencing, handling, or fixturing requirements
Integration needs with existing equipment that standard machines cannot support
High-mix or low-volume environments requiring flexible, configurable automation

Our Custom Machine Design and Build Process

Requirements and Discovery

We start by documenting your production goals, part requirements, cycle time targets, facility constraints, and integration needs. This becomes the foundation for the entire project.

Concept Design and Review

AEC develops a detailed machine concept including mechanical layout, process flow, and control architecture. Concepts are reviewed collaboratively with your team before detailed design begins.

Detailed Engineering

Our team completes full mechanical design, electrical schematics, controls design, and safety system engineering, all coordinated in-house.

Build and Integration

The machine is built in our facility, with controls programming, HMI development, and system integration completed and tested before delivery.

Installation and Commissioning

AEC manages on-site installation, startup, and commissioning, including operator training and complete documentation.

Long-Term Support

We remain available after commissioning for troubleshooting, modifications, and future expansion as your production needs change.

Let’s Engineer a Solution Built for Your Process

If you have an application that standard automation cannot solve, AEC is ready to help. Let’s start with a conversation about your production challenge.

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Automation Engineering Company (AEC) is a U.S.-based industrial automation integrator specializing in custom automation systems, robotic integration, CNC automation, and controls engineering services for manufacturers nationwide.

9 Shelter Drive
Greer, SC 29650
(864) 679-8024