Q5D are exhibiting at Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo (EWPTE) 2025
Join us at booth #658 to learn more about Robotic wire harness manufacturing. https://www.electricalwireshow.com/ Robotic wire harness manufacturing This machinery is able to completely automate a complex harness directly from a CAD file to: Reduce labour Onshore production Enable instant production line changeover Q5D automation machinery produces complete wire looms without manual operation The unique methods we have developed to achieve automation have added benefits: Reduced material Smaller space requirement Lower weight Higher quality [...]
Fully automated wire harness production demonstrated
Q5D is a UK based startup developing disruptive automation hardware and software automating wire harness manufacturing a process that has remained 90% manual. Wiring is everywhere from cars to power tools, and the electrification of transport and other sectors is creating a rapidly growing need that there just aren’t enough people to meet. Our technology saves cost, delivers better products that can pack more functions into less space and eliminates the need to rely on long supply chains, and creates [...]
Event: Shaping the Future of Wiring Automation
A Q5D Event in Collaboration with Emixa UK & Ireland, MTC – Manufacturing Technology Centre, and Innovate UK The future of UK manufacturing is digital, and Q5D invites you to explore our groundbreaking automated harness production equipment. Emixa will showcase their leadership in integrated digital transformation, while experts from MTC will discuss the critical role of automation in shaping our future. Join us on 26th November 2024 in Coventry for live demonstrations and presentations that highlight innovative solutions for strengthening [...]
Q5D picks up the Manufacturing Innovation prize at the Robotics and Automation Awards
Chris Elsworthy, CTO, and Simon Baggott, CMO, received the Manufacturing Innovation award at the Robotics and Automation Awards ceremony in London last night (6th November). A prestigious panel of judges selected the CY1000 wiring automation robot as a technology that "exemplified the power of technology to transform businesses, improve efficiency and create new possibilities for growth in diverse fields." It's another significant endorsement of Q5Ds technology and its potential to transform wiring harness cost, weight, durability and electrical performance.
Big Milestones at Q5D in September
We're excited to announce the delivery of our CY10W robotic wire harness manufacturing platform to the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry and the achievement of CE marking! CE marking is a major step forward for our gantry robot, designed with a large, rigid frame, and equipped with high-speed, high-accuracy motion components. Our team has developed the mainboard, firmware, and electrical systems to ensure seamless integration of a full suite of feedback and monitoring sensors with the motion components. Achieving [...]
Lockheed Martin Ventures Hosts its 7th Annual Demo Day
Q5D was delighted to be at the 7th Annual Demo Day hosted by Lockheed Martin Ventures.Lockheed Martin Ventures doubled its fund size in 2022, mirroring a larger trend in the tech investment space as startups claim an increasing share of technology funding both in the U.S. and globally. In early 2024, Lockheed made an investment in Q5D, and we are excited to collaborate with them. The projects span multiple Lockheed Martin business units, highlighting the wide-ranging potential of our technology.The [...]
Q5D exhibit: Advanced Engineering – October 2024 – NEC Birmingham
Q5D are exhibiting at Advanced Engineering 30-31st October 2024 at NEC Birmingham.We had a great show in 2023 and maxed out our TAC calendar. We have more machines this year but are already near capacity. Come and see why we are getting so much attention from everyone who makes, buys, designs or installs a wiring harness.Show opening times 2024Wednesday 30 October 09:00 - 17:00Thursday 31 October09:00 - 16:00 VenueNEC BirminghamHalls 3 & 3aUnited KingdomYou must be 16+ to attend Register to [...]
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.