Applications | Automation | Robotics & Precision Motion Control
Robotics and precision motion control for medical manufacturers
Advance your complex medical device manufacturing program with an engineering and automation partner that’s experienced with interconnected software and hardware for regulated production. At Ascential™, we implement robotics solutions for programs with high-throughput goals, but for tight tolerances, we opt for precision motion control. Our expertise spans:
- Standard Robotic Assembly & Handling Systems
- High Tolerance Pick-and-Place Automation
- Gantry Systems for Assembly, Inspection, & Material Handling
- Collaborative and Industrial Robotics
- Vision, Microscopy, & Drop Deposition Systems
- Precision Motion Control for Delicate Component Positioning & Staging
- Precision Motion Control for Quality Control & Packaging
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Solutions
End-to-end engineering solutions for complex medical device assembly
While robotic systems excel at flexible handling, throughput, and repeatable assembly across a wide tolerance range, precision motion control tooling — typically required below 10 microns — demands tighter integration of servo architecture. Ascential has experience delivering both and integrates whatever system makes the most sense for your application.
Robotics System Design & Integration
Leverage cutting-edge robotics and automation to enhance workflows across assembly, lab automation, and cleanroom operations. We evaluate your program, then implement robotic solutions tailored to your specific device applications and manufacturing challenges.
Precision Motion Control
Achieve repeatability down to single-digit microns with closed-loop motion control architectures designed for precise medical-grade tolerances. We conduct tolerance stack-up and capability analysis to optimize packaging workflows, labeling, and beyond.
Pick-and-Place Automation
Automate component handling and reduce inspection labor and rework with robotic instruments. We can program tools to exact specifications to minimize misalignments and damage, while increasing speed and output.
Gantry Systems
Enhance accuracy and gain real-time insights with vision-enabled gantry systems. Our team configures systems to quickly accommodate component changes, as well as alterations to manufacturing processes or product design.
Custom Automation
Design and develop fully custom automated systems aligned with your strategic goals. We work closely with your team to develop and maintain systems that simplify traceability and scale with your supply chain and overall business vision.
Sustaining Engineering & Cost Optimization
Keep your automated systems running at peak performance as your production requirements and assembly protocols evolve.
Capabilities
Automation capabilities matched to your distinct program requirements
Our engineering and automation teams have specialized knowledge and deep experience developing robotics and precision motion control systems for leading medical and life sciences innovators with complex specifications, assemblies, and performance requirements.
Flexible Robotics for Complex Assemblies
Ascential designs robotic systems with varying degrees of technical specification to match each customer’s production objectives. We handle everything from evaluation and selection through implementation, training, and production ramp-up.
Precision Motion Control for Tight Tolerances
Achieve tight coordination of position, velocity, and acceleration. Precision systems are essential for applications requiring a high level of consistency, reliability, and traceability with delicate, small-scale components and even smaller-scale product specifications.
Vision-Guided Systems
Automate component handling with integrated vision feedback for high-speed movement. Vision-enabled systems lower rework costs and upstream labor, and help technicians quickly adapt to process changes.
Multi-Axis System Architecture
Streamline assembly steps with an interconnected, intelligent infrastructure. Our team designs easily reprogrammable, multi-axis systems that enable operations teams to handle evolving demands.
Why Choose Ascential?
Specialized Medical Manufacturing Knowledge
Our experts understand the intricacies of designing motion control and robotics systems for high-risk medical and life sciences applications where even the slightest deviation can impact product quality or patient safety.
Integrated Engineering
A coordinated in-house team spanning robotics, motion control, software, and electrical disciplines ensures your automation systems perform as designed. Collaborative partnerships with your team at every step keep our solutions aligned with your strategic goals.
Flexible, Scalable Automation
Design automation that grows with your business. We deliver systems that are reconfigurable, reprogrammable, and adaptable to changing production requirements — protecting your investment as your product and market evolve.
Production Automation at Medical-Grade Tolerances
We integrate robotics for throughput and flexibility, and precision motion systems for applications requiring sub-10 micron repeatability — and we know when your program needs each. Don’t pay for precision where it isn't required, and don't sacrifice it where it is.
Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to common questions about our robotics and precision motion control capabilities.
Our team designs and integrates a wide range of robotic systems — including collaborative robots, industrial arms, delta/SCARA robots, and custom configurations — for assembly, quality control, lab automation, and cleanroom operations. We tailor technical specifications to your application and production requirements.
The answer depends on your application. Robotic systems are well-suited for tolerances in the ±0.02mm–0.5mm range. True precision motion control — required for applications below 10 microns — involves a fundamentally different architecture: precision linear stages, direct-drive servo systems, high-resolution encoders, and structural designs that account for thermal and vibration effects.
Our experts conduct tolerance analysis early in every program to identify where precision motion is required and where standard robotics can deliver sufficient performance at lower cost.
Pick-and-place is a core function across our robotics work. We integrate production automation systems that are flexible enough to accommodate various production requirements and product designs.
Gantry systems enable multi-axis movement for picking, placing, assembly, and inspection — at speeds and levels of consistency that manual processes cannot match. We design systems that can be reprogrammed or reconfigured quickly to accommodate different requirements, and integrate vision systems for real-time feedback and guidance.
Yes. We integrate cameras and machine vision to provide real-time feedback and guidance, enhancing positioning accuracy, enabling adaptive handling, and supporting automated inspection.
We scope IQ/OQ support documentation and system traceability as program deliverables from day one of our work together. While customers own and maintain PQ, Ascential ensures your systems are fully ready and reliable for volume production.
Program timelines vary based on system complexity, integration requirements, and process qualification needs. Simple automated handling systems can move to production quickly, while multi-subsystem platforms with vision integration and custom controls typically take longer. We work with you early in the program to establish a realistic timeline based on your specific requirements and production targets.
Stop paying for precision where you don't need it — and stop sacrificing it where you do
Learn how Ascential integrates reliable robotics and purpose-built precision motion control systems for complex assemblies, highly regulated manufacturing workflows and volume production goals.
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