EAM - Building Your Automation

Engineered Automation of Maine, Inc. designs and manufactures custom assembly and product handling automation as well as standard product lines including mini-footprint EAS, Electronic Article Surveillance, Source Tagging application equipment that includes both low and high speed application of Sensormatic style AM and Checkpoint style RF antitheft tags. EAM also supplies CD and DVD packaging equipment, conveyor systems, sleeving machinery, and custom integration.

Discover how our automated systems keep your company running like a well-oiled machine. Contact EAM today.

EAM Applicators are able to Apply Sensormatic and Checkpoint Tags!

MiniST (FG-24), MiniST (RF), MiniST and TwinST

EAM's primary focus is on the development of custom solutions to your assembly requirements. If you are unsure about the implementation of source tagging because of the scope of the project, ask EAM if they can help out.

DF-120 DISC FEEDER

Simply roll the DF-120 into place and...use it to dispense discs on special packaging lines. At 120 Parts per minute, use it to replace slower disc feeders on existing packaging automation. With its non-stop feeding design, replace older feeders that force your automation to pause periodically.

The DF-120 can interface with just about anything. It has the ability to monitor encoders to synchronize with conveyor belts, flighted conveyors, bucket infeed, and can also "free run" if you want the DF - 120 to set the pace. Originally built to place discs onto promotional packaging (disc on chipboard, shrink wrapped), this clever machine is proving itself very adaptable. Anywhere you have personnel manually feeding discs, or anywhere your automation is running more slowly than you think it should run, the DF-120 is EAM's solution.

IN-LINE BUFFER

Scarborough, Maine, Steve Swinburne, president of EAM Inc. is inviting anyone with integrated CD packaging lines to see first hand how to easily and quickly increase the overall throughput of their packaging departments.

"If your integrated CD packaging lines are not producing 45 thousand to 120 thousand finished jewel boxes per day, the new In-Line Buffer will help you get there", says Mr. Swinburne. Potential users should see how installing this unit after their existing packaging machines (all makes of packaging machines) can eliminate much of the down time created when one machine in the line stops the entire line.

Installing an EAM In-Line Product Buffer Adds to Packaging Capacity

Replicators who currently run fully integrated Packaging lines will instantly see an increase in capacity without purchasing more CD Packaging machines.

Replicators who have purposely not integrated their lines because of accumulated down time and inefficiencies will now be able to integrate knowing that "upstream" machines keep running when labeling or overwrapping machines are stopped. "Downstream" machines are kept supplied with product when Packaging machines are stopped.

Video duplicators will be able to install similar buffers.

FLEXI CD PACKAGING MACHINE

The EAM Flexi family of CD Packaging Machines is the most cost effective way to package the CD jewel box.The EAM philosophy is to provide customers with a 45+ ppm machine which yields higher overall efficiencies through extremely quick paper product changeovers (title changes) and an interactive GE Fanuc Human Machine Interface (HMI).

The pneumatically driven EAM Flexi CD Packaging Machine is comprised of a series of small machines linked by software. In this way the complex operation of jewel box assembly is accomplished through a series of simple reliable steps. This design also enables the installation of a variety of optional capabilities, and continual reliability enhancements without major mechanical redesign and the associated downtime.

All material infeed points throughout the machine utilize the bottom feed method allowing the operator to add product while the machine is running. The disc infeed consists of a two-spindle shuttle allowing the disc supply to be refilled without machine stoppage.

Jewel boxes are transported through the machine on flat belt conveyors which prevents jewel box scratching. The conveyor belts contact only the rub rails of the jewel box.

The belts index the jewel boxes to each station, where optics verify box presence signaling the PLC that that station function can be performed. This constant monitoring of box positions prevents the machine from cycling when jewel boxes are out of position, preventing CDs from being damaged.

Quick-disconnect pneumatic fittings, LED's on all switches and electrical connections allow for quick troubleshooting and component replacement. All machine wear parts are catalog purchased parts enabling customers to purchase spares directly from the component manufacturer or authorized distributor.

The EAM family of "Flexi" CD Packaging Machines are pneumatically operated and controlled by a Programmable Logic Controller. SMC pneumatics used wherever possible. The EAM CD Packaging Machine is designed using all metric standard parts.

The EAM machine is equipped with a GE Fanuc PLC and the GE Fanuc industrial-touch screen 486 PC known as a Man-Machine Interface (MMI). The MMI is equipped with the Windows '95 compatible Cimplicity(r) software package. GE Fanuc, a Microsoft Solutions Provider, developed the Cimplicity software with open architecture based on Windows '95. The Ethernet compliant unit also features OLE 2.0 (Object Link & Embedding), SQL (Structured Query Language) and ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) compatibility.

The EAM Standard CD packaging Machine is the least costly and most popular CD Packaging Machine offered by EAM. This compact machine reliably assembles Standard CD Jewel Boxes at 45+ ppm, with capacity for Brilliant Box/Double Slim and 2 piece Jewel Box stations, along with a myriad of available options.

This Flexibility makes the EAM Standard CD Packaging Machine the ideal choice for CD "Start-up" operations or an established packager wishing to add capacity and flexibility at a reasonable price.

The EAM Double Pass Plus (DPP)

Flexi CD Packaging Machine incorporates a special machine table top which is raised and lowered to compensate for the height difference between Standard and Multi-pack CD Jewel Boxes. In Multi-pack Mode, (enabled via the MMI Screen) Multi-pack jewel cases require two passes through the machine and are assembled at an overall throughput of 20+ppm . In Standard Jewel Box Mode, the DPP machine assembles standard CD jewel case at 45+ ppm. This versatile machine is the same compact size as the EAM Standard Flexi CD Packaging Machine.

EAM CD Sleever/Inspection Machine

The EAM CD Sleever/Inspection Machine is the most cost-effective system for inserting optical discs into protective sleeves or pouches. Our unique product transfer and insertion technique results in an extremely flexible design in a compact package.

High Speed
The EAM CD Sleever/Inspection Machine inserts discs into a wide variety of sleeves at up to 125 PPM. Combined with the minimal changeover time for different product styles, the result is increased overall throughput.

Flexible
The EAM CD Sleever/Inspection Machine will run most Plastic, Tyvek(r), Paper, and Chipboard sleeves, including sleeves with, partial, and full-length flaps.

Cost Effective
The EAM CD Sleever/Inspection Machine is competitively priced, lower than less capable machines for morerapid return on investment.

CD Handling Capability
The EAM CD Sleever/Inspection Machine can be equipped to perform spindle to spindle Catalog ID, Disc Orientation, or Serialization. Discs can be inspected, rejected, reloaded onto new spindles, or inserted directly into sleeves.

Simplified Operation
A single operator with minimal training, can operate the EAM CD Sleever/Inspection Machine at high speeds, reducing direct labor costs and improving efficiency

Fully Upgradeable
The EAM CD Sleever/Inspection Machine is available with variety of optional capabilities, which can be field installed as requirements change, reducing initial investment while insuring maximum utility for future needs.

SERVICE

WHATEVER THE PRODUCT; WE HAVE THE ANSWER FOR YOU!

MADE-TO-ORDER SOLUTIONS
Whether your manufacturing operation needs a custom turnkey system or flexible add-ons, you can expect the solution we develop to fit like a glove into your production workflow.
Our engineers and technical experts provide the insight it takes to custom-design, manufacture and support the machinery that meets those needs - and exceeds your specifications.

PROACTIVE PARTNERSHIP
For maximum effectiveness, we work from the ground up, getting the right people with the right competencies involved at the pre-design stage.
We become a proactive partner who understands your requirements from the beginning, melding the talents of your people and ours. We explore all of the issues, both subtle and obvious, then deliver high-speed, mechanically driven systems that save money, reducedown-time, and enhance safety.

ONGOING SUPPORT
Reliability and durability are engineered into every product we make. So as the products you manufacture evolve over time, we provide the technical support and continuous quality improvement to respond to your ever-changing needs. Once you’ve experienced our made-to-order brand of design and production service, you won’t want to do business any other way.

THE BOTTOM LINE
Quality is an ongoing journey, measured by lasting process improvements and a stronger bottom line. At EAM, we’ve consistently achieved such results by working closely with customers - our indispensable partners in quality.
Our engineers and technical support people become team members you can trust, who apply their technical and market knowledge, as well as their commitment, to fulfilling one singular goal: finding a faster, smarter way to help you get the job done.