For more than 4 decades, the only thing constant at Connectwell has been change. We have been agile in adapting to changes in technology in our processes, equipment and systems. Assembling 150 million products every year has its own unique challenges. Ensuring consistency and accuracy of the assembled products requires high quality assembly lines.
For a seamless assembly process it is extremely important to have child components manufactured with extremely tight tolerances. This in combination with high precision end tooling, enables high speed assembly of products. With the addition of in-line quality inspection systems, assembled products are ready to be shipped to customers with the necessary tracking information.
Started in 1978, Connectwell has its origins in a tiny shop floor. In these very early days, the same personnel who carried out assembly of products with hand tools, one piece after another, also inspected the product and packaged it for delivering to customers. One could say that each terminal block was ‘handcrafted’.
Terminal Blocks assembled in a year
assembly and inspection systems
robotic pick & place systems
inspection & packaging lines
As the demand for products increased, Connectwell started using standardized fixtures and power tools eventually leading to complete automatic lines. Different processes are used for assembling our products. From simple fixtures for low complexity, low volume products, to high speed fully automated lines that can not only assemble the products but also test and package the same. All this resulting in an overall capacity to manufacture more than 700,000 Terminal Blocks everyday. And this is just the story for terminals. Connectwell today also manufactures and assembles a wide variety of relay interfacing and complex Power and Control solution products as well.
Our manufacturing systems get constantly upgraded as our journey of TPM continues and we try achieving six sigma goals in all products and processes.
Connectwell today is working towards further improving its assembly processes. Technologies like Vision Guided Assembly and Vision Based Quality Control have been adapted for its high-speed assembly lines. This, along with the use of augmented reality systems for easing manual assembly and quality control process, helps in strengthening our manufacturing capabilities.
