Innovation from BIKEBOTIX : AFT Robot Series now also with an automatic changeover.
In 2020, Mach1 Machinery launched its 4-wrench AFT4 model, extending the AFT range in a very innovative way. A successful achievement that clearly went beyond expectations.
In 2022, Bikebotix takes over and adds the final touch to the range, bringing an automatic changeover version to the market: a feature now available on both AFT2A and AFT4A models, that are the fastest and the most productive on the market.
Among the improvements made over the whole range, automatic recognition of the wheel models on entry, that comes as an option, meets the expectations of many of our customers.
RHF: A new way for hub filling
Not to say a revolution!
Discover our brand-new Robotized Hub Filler, an innovative machine making full use of all advantages offered by a robotized arm to insert spokes into bicycle wheel hubs. Widely spread in car industry, this robotized arm has many advantages for hub filling: high speed and accuracy, smooth motion, repeatability and last but not least, flexibility.
Combining many years of Mach1’s wheel building expertise with that of OMRON, a worldwide industrial automation specialist, the RHF is the world’s first state of the art fully robotized machine capable of filling E-hubs in addition to all classic hubs!
AFT series
1 common platform, 3 robots
AFT4: Advanced Fast Truer.
Yes, but not only.
The AFT4 robot is versatile enough to be able to carry out all the phases essential to a build a good quality wheel: tightening, stabilization and truing. The Mach 1 innovation is the use of 4 wrenches which divides by two duration of tightening phase. Who can do better?
This is the guarantee of the highest productivity, raising up to 65 wheels per hour including tightening, stabilization and final truing. And last but not least, the robot control software, whose interface has been redesigned and improved for fluid and intuitive use, offers real comfort for the user.
AFT2: the traditional 2 wrench design
However it doesn’t have to be ashamed: it is able to achieve 50 wheels per hour.
With the same platform AFT2 can easily be upgraded later into AFT4.
EzT2: AFT essentials for small production
Do you need to produce a limited volume of wheels? Light version of AFT2, EzT2 has been designed to meet your expectations. Performing the same in tightening, stabilization and truing phases, the EzT2 has been made lighter by removing any device involved in automatic wheel loading /unloading. Price shrunk in the same way. Together with a lacing machine it makes a complete wheel building workstation: highest productivity for improved budget and smallest footprint in your workshop.