The last automation frontier
Wiring harnesses are found in just about every modern device. Some are incredibly complex. A modern car wiring might have more than 3000m of wire and hundreds of components. Amazingly though these harnesses are largely hand made. The productivity, cost and quality benefits of automation have bypassed this industry, and the hunt for affordable skilled labour in massive numbers have led manufacturers to locations ever more remote. Factory in a box Q5D’s robots make complete wiring harnesses or looms - [...]
Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo (EWPTE) 2024 – Review
Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo (EWPTE) is an annual trade show and conference in Milwaukee USA which specialises in wiring harness production and supply. https://www.electricalwireshow.com/ Q5D exhibited at this show for the first time in May 2024. Over the course of the 3 day conference and 2 day trade show we enjoyed the opportunity to share our unique approach to harness production in an event dedicated entirely to wire harnesses. The town of Milwaukee and the facilities were very [...]
Q5D exhibiting at EWPTE – Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo – 14-16 May 2024 – Milwaukee, US
Find Q5D at Booth 1356 Why Attend the Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo (EWPTE)? https://www.electricalwireshow.com/ Produced by WHMA/IPC, the ONLY trade association exclusively representing the cable and wire harness manufacturing industry including manufacturers, their suppliers and customers, EWPTE is where the industry comes together with more than 3,000 attendees and nearly 200 exhibitors to find solutions to challenging wire problems through training and education and for the opportunity to network with industry leaders and subject matter [...]
GBIP Smart Manufacturing – Singapore 2023
Q5D have been invited to join the UK trade visit to Singapore from 16-20 October. This is organised by InnovateUK North as part of their Global Innovation Programme. This visit includes 23 companies selected to represent the UK’s most innovative products and services for Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 / Automation. We will be on the UK pavilion, InnovateUK booth at the ITAP event (www.industrial-transformation.com/) as well as visiting key companies in the area. To book a meeting with Q5D [...]
Q5D to show first public demonstration of wiring automation robot for eliminating manual harnesses at the Advanced Engineering show
Bristol, 11th October, 2023 - Q5D will give the first public demonstration of its CY1000, 5-axis additive manufacturing robotic cell on stand Q162 at the Advanced Engineering Show at the NEC from November 1st to 2nd, 2023. The CY1000 automates the addition of electrical wiring and connectors to increasingly complex products. Through the additive manufacturing process, called ‘Electrical Function Integration’, the robot mitigates the need for traditional wire harnesses, which are large, heavy, costly, and often unreliable. It integrates bare [...]
The role of automation in raising UK productivity …
Q5D is delighted to be sponsoring an event in conjunction with AMRC and the Bessemer Society Numbers are limited to ensure there is time for networking and the tours of Factory 2050. You can book your ticket with the Bessemer Society HERE...
Advanced Engineering Exhibition 2023
We're delighted to be exhibiting at Advanced Engineering which is being held at the National Exhibition Centre on 1st and 2nd November. Registration is free via this link When you visit us on stand Q162 you will see our CY1000 5-axis platform. Throughout the show we will be doing live demonstrations of automated wiring harnesses. You can also see our 5-axis FDM coating and termination methods.
