aei robotic interface equpiment portfolio 07-05-16

100% Minority

Owned Alternative Engineering, Inc.

5670 West River Drive, Belmont, MI 49306

Phone 616-785-7200 Fax 616-785-7201

See more of what we do at www.AEInc.com

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Robotic Interface Equipment

Specialty Conveyors

Portfolio

Designing & Building

Alternative Solutions

100% Minority



Phone 616-785-7200 Fax 616-785-7201


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Table of Contents Our History ............................................................................................................................................................ 2

Over/ Under Conveyors ......................................................................................................................................... 3

Palletized Loop Conveyor ....................................................................................................................................... 4

Coin Fed Magazine Dispensers ............................................................................................................................... 5

Robot Pick Magazine Dispensers ........................................................................................................................... 6

Accumulating Lift & Transfer Conveyors ................................................................................................................ 7

Inspection Shuttles ................................................................................................................................................ 8

Robotic De-Stackers ............................................................................................................................................... 9

Complete Conveyor Systems ............................................................................................................................... 10

Custom Robotic Interface Conveyors ................................................................................................................... 12

Dunnage Index Conveyors ................................................................................................................................... 13

Chain Conveyors .................................................................................................................................................. 15

Multi-Lane Belt Conveyors ................................................................................................................................... 16

Belt Conveyors ..................................................................................................................................................... 17

V-Trough Belt Conveyors ..................................................................................................................................... 18

Gravity Conveyors for Robots .............................................................................................................................. 19

Plastic Tote Gravity Conveyors............................................................................................................................. 20

Specialty Conveyors ............................................................................................................................................. 21

Extreme Duty Turntable with Lift and Tilt Features .............................................................................................. 23

Turntables ........................................................................................................................................................... 24

Powered Carts ..................................................................................................................................................... 25

Robot Pick Carts with Precision Locking Floor Lock .............................................................................................. 26

Pallets and End of Arm Tools ............................................................................................................................... 27

Dial Table for Assembly Machine ......................................................................................................................... 28

Dial Table with Marking and Vision ..................................................................................................................... 29

Inspection Stations .............................................................................................................................................. 30

Interested in Factory Equipment & Accessories? ................................................................................................. 32

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Our History

Alternative Engineering was founded by D. Robert Rodriguez in 1994 to design and test custom machines for

the auto industry. We began by designing unique stand-alone factory equipment for automotive stamping

plants, and quickly expanded to custom automation. We have since broadened our services to

accommodate numerous industries, including distribution centers, powertrain, and foundry plants. Our

experience in material handling has also helped add strapping and banding integration to our portfolio.

Over the past 22 years we have developed, designed, and manufactured hundreds of custom pieces of

equipment for Fortune 500 companies around the world.

AEI’s strength is in our methodology of creating “alternative solutions”: we prepare efficient and cost-

effective solutions that suit our customers’ specific needs, rather than what may have been requested in a

boiler plate bid package. Few of our projects are catalogue equipment, and our experienced engineering

team can improve and optimize existing designs or create entirely new ones to meet specific requirements.

We take pride in our ability to find the ideal solution for your challenges, and we will work with you every

step of the way, from initial design and prototyping to turnkey installation.

Any project, regardless of its size or complexity, is an opportunity to create a more efficient and higher

quality product. Simple projects are no less worthy of attention and innovative ideas than complex ones,

and our equipment diversity and experience with multiple industries has made us quick to pioneer new

ideas for any challenge. The examples showcased in our portfolio were all designed and manufactured in-

house. Each piece of equipment is developed with mass production in mind and will undergo continuous

improvement with each repeat order to improve quality, operation, service, maintenance, and cost. Please

contact us or visit our website for more information regarding the following industries:

Robotic Interface Equipment & Specialty Conveyors

Press Room Automation & Foundry Handling Equipment

Special Machines and General Automation

Package Strapping & Banding Integration

Factory Accessories, including our Patent Pending “Spiral Chutes”

If you do not see the equipment you are looking for in our portfolio, please let us know, as we may have

similar products not showcased in our literature or website.

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Over/ Under Conveyors

Custom Conveyors

and Pallet Fixtures

Recirculating “Accumulating” Over/Under

Pallet Conveyor

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Palletized Loop Conveyors - Manual Load/Unload

Small Foot Print

All Conveyors are Made to Order

Palletized Loop Conveyor

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Bearing Race Dispensers with

Removable Magazines

Felt Screen Feeder Dispensers with

Removable Magazines

Coin Fed Magazine

Dispensers

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Precision “Pick” Dispensers with Removable Magazines

Images Shown with

Magazines Removed

Re-Grip Pocket with Blow-off

Ceramic Filter for

Foundry Industry

Robot Pick Magazine

Dispensers

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Cast Aluminum Accumulating Conveyor

for Robotic Place and Operator Pick

Weld Cell Feed Conveyor with

Accumulation for Robotic Place and Pick

Accumulating Lift & Transfer

Conveyors

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Custom Fixture with Drip Pans for Wet Parts

All Shuttles are Made to Order

Inspection Shuttles

Sand Core Inspection Shuttle for Foundry Application using Inverted Linear Bearings

Heavy Duty Tote Shuttle using Urethane Rollers

Shuttle with palm buttons and Dog House Guarding

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Transfer Press Robotic De-Stacker with Adjustable Width Feed Conveyor

Pallet Chain Conveyor Feeding

Powered Fanner Magnets for

Robot De-Stacker

Robotic De-Stackers

Conveyor has Powered Height Adjustment

and Powered Extend/Retract Features with

Powered Blank Stack Carts

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Complete Conveyor

Systems

Robotic Engine Block Assembly Conveyors with Multiple Stations


Aisle Crossover Station

Inspection Station

Robot Pick Conveyor

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Complete Conveyor

Systems

CDLR Loop Conveyors

CDLR and Pop-up Chain Transfer for

Manual Inspection Station

CDLR with Lift


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Powered Roller and Timing Belt Conveyors for Foundry Applications

Cast Block Powered Roller Conveyor

with Slip Sleeves Shown with Turntable

Integrated Blade Stop

Sand Core Assembly Timing Belt

Conveyors with Powered Cart

Custom Robotic Interface

Conveyors

Sand Core Timing Belt Conveyors

with Turntable

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Multi-Station Over/ Under Rack

Indexer for Large Containers

Operator Unloads Dunnage from

Second Floor

Lift and Transfer Rack Indexer

for Difficult to Convey Dunnage

with non-Roller Friendly Bottoms

Dunnage Index Conveyors

High Speed Precision Robot Feed Rack

Indexer

Delivers Part Containers to and from

Robot for Large Panels

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Dunnage Index Conveyors

Heavy Load Chain Transfer CDLR Feeding Heavy Duty Pallet

Dispenser

CDLR with Electric Lift for Chain

Transfer with Turntable

CDLR with Pop-up Chain

Transfer

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Custom Pallet Chain Transfer

Engine Block Finishing Conveyor

with Cross Transfer Rollers and

Escapement

Chain Conveyors

Custom Attachment Chain

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Telescoping Multi-Lane Belt Conveyor

with Independent Control Side Shift Features,

Powered Tilt and Rollout

All Conveyors are Made to Order

Multi-Lane Belt Conveyors

Transfer Press Unload Conveyor with

Height, Width and Extend/Retract

Powered Adjustment

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Belt Conveyors

Adjustable Width Twin Lane Belt

Conveyors with Powered Lift

Extra Heavy Duty Belt Conveyor

for Foundry Application

Timing Belt Conveyor with Part Squeezer

for Foundry Application

Sand Core Assembly Line

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Stainless Steel V-Trough Belt Conveyor

for Bagging Operation

V-Trough Belt Conveyors

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Gravity Conveyors for Robots

Inspection/ Reject Part Conveyor

for Robot Place

Piston Liner Gravity Feed

Conveyor with Meter and Turn

Lanes

Gravity Feed Conveyor Robot Pick

Includes Custom 3 Part Meter and

Crowd Device Using All Air

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Plastic Tote Gravity Conveyors

Small Tote Aisle Jump Conveyor

All Air Logic Controlled

Over/ Under Gravity Conveyor

with Integrated Tilt

Air Logic or PLC Controlled

4 Station Gravity Tote Conveyor

with Tilt using All Air

Logic Controls

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Specialty Conveyors

Mini Over Under Conveyor with Lift

Band Driven and Gravity Conveyors

Manually Fed Gravity Conveyor Delivering

Gas Tanks to an Assembly Line

Manually Operated Metering

-No Air or Electricity Required-

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Precision Slat Conveyor with Part Nest

for Robot Place and Operator Pick

Specialty Conveyors

Glass Handling Conveyor with Lift and

Center Feature for Solar Panel Industry

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Add 4 Lazy Suzan Manual

Rotates to Tilting Tops for total

Container Accessibility

Extreme Duty Turntable

with Lift and Tilt Features

20,000 Pound Capacity Large Container

Turntable with 2 Lift and Tilts

Tilting Tops

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Manual 180° Turntable

with Locking Detent

Manual 180° Rotate Turntable

with Locking Detent

Robotic Interface Turntables Powered or Manual Rotate

Turntables

Air Powered 180° Turntable

with Hand Valve or Foot Valve

Manual 180° Rotate Turntable

with Locking Detent

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Powered Carts

Heavy Duty Air Motor Driven Cart

Trackless Powered Carts

Jumbo Sheet Polishing Cart

Rack-n-Pinion with 4 Drive Motors

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Robot Pick Carts with

Precision Locking Floor Lock

Precision Economy Pallets

Quick Release Floor Lock

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Piston Pallet and EOAT

Pallets and End of Arm

Tools

Ring Gear EOAT and Pallet on

Hand-off Stand

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Differential Assembly Dial Table

Laser Marking with Light Shield and Fume Extractor

Nut Runners

Operator Pre- Assembly Positions

Eddy Current Inspection

Load Position

Unload Pick- n- Place

Leak Test

Dial Table for

Assembly Machine

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Telesis Part Marking Dial Table with Vision

Inspection

Complete Inspection Cell with

Part Stamp and Pull-Out Keyboard Trays

Dial Table with

Marking and Vision

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6-Axis Inspection Device Integrated into Roller Conveyor

Device Allows Operator to Inspect all

Sides of a Cast Engine Block

Inspection Stations

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Inspection Stations

Large Engine Block Inspection Roll-over Device

4000 Pound Engine on

Precision Pallet

Rotates Palletized Cast Engine Block 90° for Inspection

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Articulating Arm with Powered Lift

Ergonomic Lift Assist with Storage Carts

Battery Charger Stands with

Counterbalanced Cable Boom

Heavy Duty Work Hub for Die Maintenance

Heavy Duty Adjustable Height Work Bench

Manual Lift and Tilt Panel Finishing Stand

and Platform

Quality Inspection Table

Quality Inspection Lights

Articulating Flex Arm Storage Cabinet

Extreme Duty Guard Post for Storage Racks

Mezzanines, Catwalks and Crossover Stairs

Part Shelves, Robot Stands and Gondolas

Part Transport Carts

Powered Barriers, Fencing and Gates

Diverters and Pallet Stops

Powered Lift and Tilt Table

Robot Pick Carts with Precision Locking

Floor lock

Expandable Conveyor for Manual Saws with

Load Arms

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Equipment & Accessories?

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