A Solution-Centered Approach

With the opening of its newest North American Solution Center, Amada once again proves its long-term commitment to the manufacturing industry. Here, in a magnificently designed facility, set in beautifully landscaped surroundings, you can benefit from the latest advances in fabrication and machining technologies. You will share knowledge here. You will exchange insights here. And here you will observe profitable technologies operating in real time—allowing you to stay ahead of the curve in the 21st Century.

The Solution Center is a 133,000 sq. ft. facility set on 10.5 acres—a stunningly designed example of Amada’s commitment to redefine performance and reliability while giving you a voice in the process. This high-tech, global-class campus will become:

• Your resource for research and technical training
• Your access to innovation and advanced engineering
• Your venue for gaining insight into the latest technologies
• Your opportunity to see those technologies at work in real time

Solution Exhibits

At the new Amada Solution Center, an array of machines, peripheral equipment, tooling and software serve as much more than mere exhibits. They are teaching tools, providing total solutions for a wide range of manufacturing challenges. The Solution Center will showcase the latest advances in automation, laser cutting, press brakes, punching, robotic bending and much more—all resulting from Amada’s global position as a single-source provider for the manufacturing industry.

P&P Room

Designed to individualize Presentations & Proposals, the P&P room offers an ideal setting for video presentations and computer-generated factory simulations—each used to address specific customer needs and determine optimal customer solutions.

Manufacturing Verification Center

The new Amada Solution Center features a Manufacturing Verification Center. Here, Amada will showcase innovations such as VPSS (Virtual Prototype Simulation System), a verification-based system created through a thorough analysis of customers’ total manufacturing process. To realize this revolutionary concept, a Solution Package is provided to customers that consists of a menu of Amada products—all of which are tailored to specific needs and engineered to make 24/7 green-light time a reality.

As customer demands for shorter delivery times and lower costs-per-part increase, the need for real-life, real-time automation and shop control expands proportionately. Amada is helping customers address these challenges through the digitization of production
data and processes— the first steps in engineering innovative customer solutions.

VPSS Forum (SE Studio)

In an ongoing effort to refine the VPSS process, the new Solution Center features the SE Studio—a forum for panel discussions and the analytical evaluation of successful VPSS case studies. The SE studio and the P&P room provide for the ongoing development of
new manufacturing methods and the exploration of advanced technical trends. This methodology is employed, and continually improved upon, to ensure that solutions proposed by Amada will remain at the leading edge.

Specific improvements noted by customers who have utilized VPSS and digital manufacturing techniques include:

• Increased machine utilization (up to 85%)
• Lowering costs per part and reduced scrap
• Drastic lead-time reduction
• Traceability of products
• Moving set-up off the shop floor
• Managing machine productivity
• Gaining shop floor control
• (ownership of information)
• Retrieving & utilizing data
• Significant reductions in direct labor costs

Laser Technical Center

As technology and customer demands change, Amada is committed to providing access to leading-edge laser processing technology. That’s why another critical component of the new Amada Solution Center, is the Laser Technical Center. This research and technical facility is equipped as a full service applications lab. Here you’ll find answers to your questions, and receive support before, during and long after the sales process. Visitors can take advantage of technical seminars, machine demonstrations and special skills training, while also exchanging information on laser processing, automated systems and technical trends.

“System Up” Factory

Another key component of the new Amada Solution Center is the “System Up” Factory. This is a working factory dedicated to the complete testing of customized systems prior to delivery and installation. Every effort is made to ensure customer satisfaction, while providing the quickest return on investment.

You want an optimal solution to your specific manufacturing needs and the Amada Solution Center in Schaumburg is engineered to give you just that. It’s Amada’s dedication to engineering excellence and unmatched product support that has established, and earned, a worldwide reputation.