Modular Micro Assembly System.

From the test stage to production.

You want to produce your validated product in series?

No problem! Benefit from a machine concept that combines standardized interfaces, independent function modules and simple configurability. The system control of all machine types is based on the same, specially developed operating system. Become a developer yourself and integrate your solutions into Häcker Automation machines – open source makes this possible.

MACHINE CONCEPT.

FROM THE IDEA TO A HIGHLY EFFICIENT PRODUCTION LINE THANKS TO MODULAR FUNCTIONALITY.

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The open and modular machine platform is the perfect tool when it comes to realizing your extensive processes. The machine family currently includes 4 basic machines, all of which have an identical basic structure and standardized interfaces. These can be flexibly adapted to the constantly changing requirements and the associated increasing specialization of the processes. In this way, you can implement every product phase from the laboratory stage through to large-scale production, through the use of independent functional modules and the ease with which the production systems can be configured.
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OPEN INTERFACES

Would you like to find out more about the electrical, mechanical and software interfaces? Do you want to know how processing heads and modules are connected mechanically and electrically? Or what data logging options do the systems offer? The Interface Manual offers answers to these and many other questions.
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Flexible control of your machine.

Operating system for machine control.

OurPlant OS is our guarantee for the reliability of your production processes. The software represents a fully flexible operating system for controlling a highly modular industrial production system. Learn more about the software capabilities and how you can use them interactively for your purposes.
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OPEN SOURCE.​

SHARING KNOWLEDGE IS AN ADVANTAGE.

Protecting knowledge is not an advantage, but a disadvantage! Because it loses value faster and faster if it cannot be consumed when it is needed. Providing solutions, not bound to place and time – that is the competitive advantage in this dynamic and networked world. We open up all sources of our manufacturing assets and invite you to collaborate. This includes software sources, design data, interfaces of all kinds, expertise from development, manufacturing, application and support. The data is open to everyone. Häcker Automation stands for a trusting cooperation at eye level! Our understanding: Shared knowledge increases quality, creates inexhaustible product diversity and offers the most diverse value creation opportunities. In the future, you will benefit from a constantly growing pool of information and interactive offers.

OPEN SOURCE: Your FAQ

Data access
How do you get access to the open source data?
How do you get access to the open source data? On the HOME - Mikromontage Shop page, extensive data is available for each product. This data pool is based on Gitlab and is growing steadily. Gitlab also enables common work on modules. Further information will be published here soon.
Scope of application
Does the open source approach only refer to modules or as well as to Häcker Automation's machines ?
The sources of Häcker Automation's machines are well as are freely accessible.
Hardware and software implementation
Is it possible to develop hardware and software tools independently and to implement them?
Basically, it is possible. For independent hardware and software development, a corresponding qualification according to the Häcker Automation developer program is necessary For security and liability reasons, we recommend a fee-based validation of your development by our technicians.For security and liability reasons, we recommend a fee-based validation of your development by our technicians.
Interfaces and information
WHICH INTERFACES AND INFORMATION ARE DISCLOSED IN THE SENSE OF OPEN SOURCE?
In addition to the electrical, mechanical and software-based interfaces, the following product information that are copyrighted by Häcker Automation are freely accessible: - Tec. drawings - Operating manual - Maintenance instructions - Circuit, fluid and pneumatic plans - Declaration of Conformity - Spare and wear parts list - Parts list Information on other products and products that are based on cooperation with a partner require a separate request.
Commercial use
What are the limits to commercial use?
The following must be taken into consideration for commercial and non-commercial use. Non-commercial use or personal use is free of charge. Commercial use requires a royality-bearing license: A sale of the product is only possible through Häcker Automation due to liability and certification. The copyright and license law must always be respected: In case the development is based on a source from Häcker Automation, this must be clearly indicated in any case. Häcker Automation licenses are non-infecting open source licenses: The developers of new products based on our sources are not forced to publish this development as open source.

SYSTEM INTEGRATION meets LEGO STYLE

MICROCELL ARCHITECTURE

“Digitization will produce winners faster than the losers know they are losers,” warns Prof. Frank Piller of RWTH Aachen University. There are still enough people who don’t want to take the fourth industrial revolution seriously enough.

And so I have just returned from a research trip to Switzerland. Once again, many new digital achievements were launched as part of the relevant research projects and German industry associations. All really spectacular. “All we have to do now is find someone who has a real problem with it,” I can still hear the VDMA officer saying.

German mechanical engineering goes digital. So the question arises as to whether, with all the great digital solutions and offerings, we haven’t already reached the goal of future-proof mechanical engineering? The simple answer is: “NO, not at all!”. If we want to move mechanical engineering in Central Europe into the fourth industrial age together, we can learn a lot from LEGO style. You want to know HOW? Feel free to check out our video podcast on the topic. Gerrit Häcker, Managing Director of Häcker Automation GmbH>
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