Custom made machines

Willems E&C develops custom machines, systems and tools, and has more than 20 years of experience in:

• plastic sealing techniques;
• cutting techniques for plastics and textiles;
• related production and handling processes such as product import/export, stacking/destacking, buffering, coding, punching, waste handling;
• processing machines;
• handling systems;
• fully automatic in-line production systems.

With this we meet the increasing need of our customers for customized solutions. A machine that exactly meets your needs. To improve or expand your production capacity or to replace an existing machine.

We have been working with professional partners for years for production and for special specialisations. Customization is our standard!

Project-based approach

We use a project-based approach for the development of custom-made machines, systems and tools, in which our clients are always intensively involved.

We first make an inventory of your existing production method (if present), and together with you draw up a program of requirements and wishes for the future production method and any associated (handling) processes. We describe your objectives and determine all (technical) preconditions. Then we can assess whether existing solutions are available or whether customization is required. Or a combination of these, where, for example, a standard device or system is integrated into a special machine or production line.

We then translate this into a few concepts, which are tested against the program of requirements and wishes. This results in the most optimal solution for your applications.

If necessary or desirable, a prototype is made during the development of a custom-made machine. This allows the implementation and operation of 1 or more sub-processes to be tested and optimized (proof of concept).

Thinking outside the box

Day-to-day production processes are often taken for granted because it has “always been done that way”. We regularly notice that our clients base their ideas about a new machine on this, while it is not exactly explicable why a process proceeds in a certain way. People have become blind to this, as it were. Moreover, technical innovations follow each other in quick succession, which means that an optimization step can now be much simpler and more affordable than a few years ago. For this we would like to think out of the box with you. This can lead to surprising insights.

After all, what you ask for does not necessarily have to be the same as what you really need.

Innovation

Implementing new and meaningful ideas with creativity and knowledge. This is how you could summarize innovation. Willems E&C offers advice and support for innovation processes for the manufacturing industry. Whether these are radical innovations or the realization of small improvements.

Machine building for own use

As a production company, are you considering building a special machine or production line in-house for your own production or for research purposes? This can certainly be an interesting idea, for example if you already manufacture machine components yourself and if you have engineering capacity.

You are then simultaneously supplier and customer as end user, so short and simple lines of communication are possible. Moreover, you know better than anyone what the specifications and quality requirements should be, for example.

Machine construction for own use naturally also entails risks and responsibilities, for example in terms of safety. These machines must also comply with the latest applicable CE guidelines. In principle, you can do this CE certification yourself, but that should not be underestimated.

And if the knowledge of certain disciplines is lacking for the full development and construction of such a machine, these disciplines will have to be hired and managed. This requires more intensive communication and good coordination, and the lack of this means more time and higher costs.

Are you looking for a partner for the development and realization of your own machine or production line? To make your ideas concrete? Willems E&C has many years of experience in the development and realisation of custom-made machines, and can support and guide you on many fronts, in the field of engineering and project management. Even when it comes to modifications and expansions of your existing machines and production lines.

Feel free to contact us.