On screen
We clarify requirements, installation space and workflows in the model, long before any material is ordered.
From idea to implementation
Engineering & design
You have an idea, a sketch or just a problem? We turn it into a machine that is easy to operate, maintain and manufacture.
- Concept and feasibility
- 3D design and drawings
- Well-thought-out housing and control design
- Design engineering to the Machinery Directive
Simple ideas, better systems
Four steps that dovetail at AKS. You can commission all four or just the part you are missing.
Concept and feasibility
We clarify requirements, constraints and cost-effectiveness before the first line is drawn.
3D design
Complete design in 3D CAD, with manufacturing drawings and bills of materials for every component.
Design and usability
Housings and controls that work in everyday use and look like quality.
Documentation
Technical documentation for manufacturing, operation and the CE marking of your machine.
Engineering or a finished machine?
This page is about our engineering services. The machines and systems that come out of them can be found under Bespoke machines.
A machine that thinks ahead
Good design only shows in operation: short paths for maintenance, clear controls, components that can be replaced without special tools. We settle such questions on the model, not on the shop floor.
From idea to component
Four stages, shown here using our drum lifter as an example. Because we build it ourselves afterwards, we design from the start so that it can actually be manufactured.
In the model
Cross beam, gripping ring and clamping lever are created in 3D CAD. This is where decisions on wall thicknesses, welds and center of gravity are made.
On paper
The model becomes manufacturing drawings and bills of materials that anyone on the shop floor can work with.
On the shop floor
Built, painted and tested in Sprockhövel. Anything we notice there goes straight back into the model.
What comes out of it
Two examples that we took from the first sketch through to series production.
Digital inspection microscope
Developed to check grinding results directly at the machine. Optics, electronics, housing and controls are all our own.
View the microscopeDrum lifter
An in-house development for lifting drums safely by crane. It grew out of a recurring task at a customer's site.
View the drum lifterExperience that goes into every design
15,000+ hours
Of development work in our own products and in customer projects.
Covered by our certificate
Planning, development and design engineering are part of the scope of our ISO 9001.
In-house manufacturing
If you build it yourself, you design differently. Feedback from the shop floor goes straight into the model.
To the Machinery Directive
We design so that you can place your machine on the market at the end.
Have a vision? Let's get started.
A sketch on a scrap of paper is enough to begin with. Describe the task to us and we will get back to you with an initial assessment.