Tessy Automation

10/09/2026

The most expensive place to find a design problem is on the factory floor.

Every automation project starts with questions. Will the process work? Will it hit rate? How will the controls, the robots, and the product behave together? That uncertainty is a natural part of building something that doesn't exist yet.

What's exciting right now is how much of it we can answer earlier. With Emulate3D, our team can watch a machine run as a digital model before the physical one exists, exploring sequence, motion, timing, and access while changes are still easy to make.

So here's a question worth asking: what if the first time your machine ran wasn't after you built it?
That's the idea behind what we're bringing to Automation Fair. Identify the risk. Engineer it out.

Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Watch the Emulate3D model of our TrayTender 2.0: https://loom.ly/cNBuO5Q

10/02/2026

It's an exciting time to build machines.

This November, Tessy Automation is heading to Boston for Rockwell Automation, Inc.'s Automation Fair. We're grateful to be one of the machine builders invited to demonstrate equipment on the show floor.

Our demo brings together Emulate3D, FactoryTalk Logix Echo, EPLAN, Unified Robot Control, iTRAK, and coordinated motion. But the technology isn't really the story. The story is what it lets us do: find problems earlier, while they're still inexpensive to solve.

Over the next six weeks, we'll share how we're thinking about that and what it could mean for your next automation project.

10/01/2026

When we designed the TrayTender 2.0, we kept coming back to one question: how do we keep the robot working instead of waiting?

Our answer was two carts. One feeds unprocessed trays and the other collects finished ones. When the output cart fills up, an operator can roll it out and dock a fresh input cart while the machine keeps running.

Inside the frame, the next tray is already lined up on the shuttle while the robot works on the current one, and the finished tray is heading down to the output cart.

A few details our engineers are proud of:
20 trays per cart
7.8-second first-tray load, 2.9-second minimum tray-to-tray changeover
SCARA or 6-axis robot mounts right to the frame
Carts can sit on either side, so it fits the floor plan you already have
63″ x 46″ footprint

The Mother Tray system works with your existing thermoformed trays, no changes needed.

If tray handling is slowing down your line, we'd be glad to talk it through with you.

Specs and brochure: https://loom.ly/t6NgF68

TrayTender 2.0 Continuous Tray Processing. Zero Downtime. The TrayTender 2.0 delivers uninterrupted automation for high-volume tray handling operations. Designed for those who demand maximum throughput and minimal operator intervention, this cart-style system processes up to twenty trays per cycle w...

09/15/2026

We're looking forward to seeing you at Rockwell Automation, Inc.'s Future in Focus Automation Fair!

Come visit our booth and check out the new TrayTender 2.0 paired with Rockwell's iTRAK intelligent track system.

🗓️ Nov. 16-19, 2026
📍 Boston, MA

Learn more about the TrayTender2.0 here: https://loom.ly/t6NgF68

09/09/2026

Most feeding problems don't show up in a drawing. They show up on the floor, weeks into a build.

That's the reason the Solution Center exists.

It's an R&D environment at our Meadville facility where engineers design, prototype, and run proof of concepts before anything commits to a production build:
▸ Flexible feeding with integrated vision and a bulk feeder hopper, plus multiple surface textures for varied part geometries and materials
▸ Epson GX4 SCARA robot with a Keyence VS-Series AI-powered camera for high-speed inspection and color detection
▸ 3D printing at a 10"x10"x10" build volume for same-day EOAT, nests, and brackets
▸ PLC station with CompactLogix and ControlLogix processors, remote I/O, variable frequency and servo drives
▸ Hundreds of mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic components on hand from Festo, SMC, and Keyence

The practical difference is time. Testing how a part feeds, how it sits on the feed surface, and how the vision system reads it becomes a matter of hours instead of weeks.

Bring us the part geometry that's been giving your team trouble. We'll show you what it actually does.

See inside the Solution Center: https://loom.ly/GyQ7JUc

09/02/2026

Coating a plastic syringe so it performs like glass used to be a manual job. Our team automated it with Epson SCARA robots, and the work started right here in Meadville.

Our Solution Center is where engineers prototype, refine, and prove out systems before they reach a customer floor. Epson robots have been part of that work for more than 14 years. The GX4 SCARA is the newest to earn its spot on the floor.

Take a look inside: https://loom.ly/cP3qlLE

08/18/2026

Tessy Automation was awarded the largest piece of equipment in company history by one of the world's leading medical device manufacturers. A full assembly and inspection system for a medical vacuum filter.

The problem our engineers kept circling was one of the smallest details on the machine. Closing tethered caps over closely pitched inlet ports. Robust. Repeatable. Fast enough to keep pace with the rest of the line.

Iteration one put a parallel gripper on an Epson C4 six-axis robot. It held up on robustness and repeatability. But the tight pitch allowed only one set of caps per robot, and cycle time said no.

Iteration two took the actuators out of the end-of-arm tooling altogether. Two stationary fingers mounted to joint six of the C4, using the robot's own rotation to clamp the tether under tension and set the caps in place. Less hardware. More control.

The final station closes two sets of caps per robot, meets cycle time, has run with near-zero failures across extended production runs, and has nothing to service in the tool.

Worth noting: iteration one already worked. The team kept going because it did not meet the standard. That is the difference between inspired by the challenge and satisfied with adequate.

Read the full case study here: https://loom.ly/eDLUiCI

08/13/2026

Medical device tray handling isn't a simple problem. TrayTender 2.0 was built for the complexity.

Component trays vary by product line. What's inside them is fragile, precise, and expensive to mishandle. Consumer-grade tray systems weren't built for that combination.

TrayTender 2.0 was.

High-throughput. Configurable for varying tray formats. Precision handling matched to the tolerance demands of medical components.

See the full capabilities and download the brochure: https://loom.ly/t6NgF68

08/11/2026

We are counting down the days until Rockwell Automation, Inc.'s Future in Focus Automation Fair!

Come visit our booth and check out the new TrayTender 2.0 paired with Rockwell's iTRAK intelligent track system.

🗓️ Nov. 16-19, 2026
📍 Boston, MA

Hope to see you there!

Learn more about the TrayTender2.0 here: https://loom.ly/t6NgF68

08/07/2026

Tray handling isn't a simple problem when you build medical devices.

The components are fragile. The trays vary by product line. The speed requirements are unforgiving. And the margin for mishandling—in an industry defined by precision—is essentially zero.

TrayTender 2.0 was designed with those constraints in mind, not around them.

High-throughput. High-precision. Built to handle the dimensional variability of medical component trays without compromising cycle time.

If your team is evaluating tray handling automation for a current or upcoming program, we'd like to show you what it can do.

Specs and capabilities at www.tessyautomation.com/traytender2/