ESD assembly workstation
Height-adjustable workstation on aluminium profiles with Kanban shelf, lighting and accessories.
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Engineering
Component Configurators
Turn a component family into a configurator your sales team and customers can use: profile frames, pneumatic units, guards or enclosures – with your catalogue parts, a cut list and the exact configuration in every enquiry.
Examples
Component families to open
Public configurators built from catalogue parts and rules.
Machine cabin
Base frame and enclosure from T-slot profiles; door variants, feet or castors.
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FIFO flow rack with Karakuri lifter
Flow rack built from profiles with a gravity-driven lifter for empty containers.
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Pneumatic cylinder ISO 15552 Ø50
End caps, profile barrel, piston rod and tie rods with ports, flow control and a 5/2 valve; stroke and piston position are sliders.
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Vacuum handling crossbeam
Suction cups, vacuum generation and frame; holding force, safety factor and air consumption are calculated.
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Pneumatic clamping fixture
1 to 8 clamping stations on a 40/50/63 grid with two-hand control.
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Capabilities
Your catalogue
Profiles from 20 × 20 to 160 × 160 mm with slot 5 to 12, connectors, feet, panels and doors – with your article numbers.
Only valid combinations
Rules block what does not fit: valve function and port layout, door and clearance, profile and connector.
Data for production
Cut list with offcut on 6 m bars, BOM as Excel or CSV, STEP and PDF drawings.
Why component families suit configurators
Frames, guards, cylinders and enclosures are built from the same parts again and again – only dimensions and options change. If the rules live in a parametric model, every variant is valid by construction, the cut list and order code come with it, and nobody has to draw the next frame.
From product family to configurator
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Choose the family
The product that is quoted or drawn most often, with its typical ranges.
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Model parts and rules
Catalogue parts as rows, dependencies as formulas, options as inputs.
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Publish
Link, button, QR code or iframe on your website; your branding.
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Receive enquiries
Enquiries by e-mail with the configuration, optionally via webhook to your CRM.
Capabilities
What component configurators deliver
Profile systems
T-slot profiles, connectors, feet, castors, panels and doors as catalogue parts; cut list and BOM per configuration.
- Cut list with offcut
- Your own article numbers
Pneumatics
Cylinders to ISO 15552, valve terminals with 2 to 12 stations and handling units; sizing values and a structured position list.
- Blocked invalid combinations
- Order code and position list
Guarding and enclosures
Fence routes split into fields, doors with interlock and clearance, enclosures with cut-outs and mounting plates.
- Fields, doors, infills
- DXF and STEP
What each configuration carries
Valid variant
Only combinations your rules allow.
Parts and cut list
With quantities, lengths and article numbers.
Geometry
STEP and PDF drawings for engineering.
Enquiry
Contact details and the exact configuration.
Typical uses
- Manufacturers and distributors of profile systems
- Pneumatics and automation component suppliers
- Guarding, enclosure and conveyor builders
Helpful next pages
Workflows
Specialized workflows
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Rapid Prototyping & Planning
Machine concepts and layout studies as parametric models: describe the requirement, compare variants in 3D and plan cells and lines before the first CAD hour is spent.
05Component Configurators
Configurators for profile frames, pneumatics, guarding and other component families: catalogue parts, cut list, order codes and enquiries from one parametric model.
More detail
Profiles, pneumatics and guarding in more detail
aluprofile.confbuild.com covers profile frames with the FAQ, live configurators and a branded embed. The pneumatics, enclosure and conveyor pages go into their families. Or open an example right away, or get in touch.