AMT Group automates its Mazak Integrex i-400ST with a RoboJob Racks system
A custom solution with stackable racks, the forerunner of today’s Pallet-Load
AMT Group automates its Mazak Integrex i-400ST with a RoboJob Racks system
AMT Group, formerly AMT Metaaltechniek, is a production company in Breda, the Netherlands, founded in 1993, that machines all types of materials into high-end products. Since 2014, a RoboJob Racks system, developed together with AMT, loads its Mazak Integrex i-400ST multitasking machine from stackable racks.
Key facts
- Company: AMT Group BV (formerly AMT Metaaltechniek)
- Location: Breda, North Brabant, the Netherlands
- Founded: 1993
- Employees: approx. 60
- Industries: Subcontracting
- RoboJob products: Racks (predecessor of the Pallet-Load)
- CNC machine brands: Mazak
- Automated machines: Mazak Integrex i-400ST
- RoboJob customer since: 2014
- Key results: operators freed from repetitive loading for more creative tasks
High-end parts in series and one-offs
AMT processes all types of materials into high-end products, for both mass production and one-off parts. Quality comes first: in the end product, and in the people and machines that make it.
Why automate: competition from low-wage countries
“Like most suppliers in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, in recent years we were also faced with increasing competition from low-wage countries such as Turkey or Eastern Europe. Consequently we had to look for a way to reduce our cost price.”
— AMT Group, Breda
A solution developed together
AMT met RoboJob at a trade fair and compared it extensively with several competitors. What stood out was RoboJob’s flexibility: instead of starting from an existing product, RoboJob looked at AMT’s own challenge.
Together, they developed a new concept for AMT’s Mazak Integrex i-400ST multitasking machine: a robot that loads and unloads workpieces from and to stackable racks. This Racks system is the predecessor of today’s RoboJob Pallet-Load.
“At RoboJob they think with the customer: when doing this, the challenge is looked at from the point of view of our own issues and thus not from the proprietary existing product. This immediately appealed to us.”
— AMT Group, Breda
The result: more interesting work for the operators
Installation and training were completed within a few days, and the operators found the system quick and easy to set up. Their work has become more interesting: they no longer do the repetitive loading and unloading and can focus on other, more creative tasks. AMT also values RoboJob’s support, which is always accessible and quick to resolve a question or problem.
Frequently asked questions
Which machine did AMT Group automate with RoboJob?
AMT Group in Breda, the Netherlands, automated a Mazak Integrex i-400ST multitasking machine with a RoboJob Racks system, the predecessor of today’s Pallet-Load. The company has been a RoboJob customer since 2014.
Is AMT Group the former AMT Metaaltechniek?
Yes. AMT Group BV is the current name of AMT Metaaltechniek, formerly based in Etten-Leur and now in Breda, the Netherlands, which has been a RoboJob customer since 2014.
Can a Mazak Integrex i-400ST be automated?
Yes. AMT Group automated its Mazak Integrex i-400ST with a RoboJob Racks system. Other Integrex references include Boers & Co and Tridelta Magnetsysteme, both with a Pallet-Load, and Fecken-Kirfel with two Towers. See all Mazak automation projects.
Can a robot load a CNC machine from stackable racks or pallets?
Yes. At AMT Group, a RoboJob Racks system loads and unloads a Mazak Integrex i-400ST from stackable racks. Today, RoboJob offers the Pallet-Load for this; at Biezepol, a Pallet-Load Integrated loads a Mazak QT 350 directly from standard wooden pallets.
Does RoboJob develop automation tailored to a customer’s needs?
Yes. For AMT Group, RoboJob started from AMT’s own challenge rather than an existing product, and together they developed a concept in which a robot loads a Mazak Integrex i-400ST from stackable racks.