Successful Automation Project in the Field of Soldering Process Automation
Our business unit Kurtz Ersa Automation successfully completed a complex automotive project for an Austrian customer with a production site in Slovakia. As general contractor, the Automation division assumed overall responsibility for the planning, design, procurement, assembly and integration of a complex inverter production system.
After the order was placed at the end of 2023, the Kurtz Ersa project team quickly began processing all the necessary tasks for the plant project in the field of soldering process automation. Technical highlights in the overall system environment included the VERSAFLOW 3/45 selective soldering system from Ersa GmbH and the integration of a heavy-duty X-ray module, which checks the quality of the electronic assemblies from both sides. This inspection was carried out using a turning station from Kurtz Ersa Automation's modular system.
Once the design phase and component procurement had been completed, the assembly of the components and subsequent marriage of individual modules took place at the Reinhardshof site in Wertheim. The initial commissioning of the entire system and subsequent factory acceptance test (FAT) was the milestone that led to delivery approval and relocation to the Slovakian production plant. From the start of the project, weekly online team meetings ensured that the customer was continuously informed about the progress of the project. In addition, customer visits to the Wertheim production plant helped the customer to get to know the system in detail at an early stage of the project and to develop the necessary feel for the processes and operating functions.

“This challenging project was joyful and fun from day one. Everyone involved was highly motivated and committed, which is reflected in the satisfactory production results and positive feedback from our contacts on the customer side,” says Markus Dosch, responsible Project Manager at Kurtz Ersa Automation. The successful completion of this project marks another milestone in the trusting partnership with our Austrian customer and once again underlines the expertise and reliability of Kurtz Ersa Automation in the field of industrial automation technology.
