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FastPlant is a modular, cost-efficient transport system for assembly lines that enables higher production rates within moving or pulsing line concepts. It is widely used in the aerospace sector for the assembly of aircraft, sections or engines. The system is designed to allow clean floor production concepts. FastPlant possess a lifting unit to guarantee ergonomic working levels for the workers. Specific product adapters can be attached. The specially developed software and monitoring system control the production flow and report actual product data as well as fault history. The modular system is very flexible and can easily be extended or relocated. The standardized modules can integrate media, energy and data connections (if required by the process).
Technical Data
Carrier
- Total Lifting Weight: max 5,500 kg (12,200 lbs)
- Dimensions: 2x 4 x 2 m (6x12x6 ft)
- Vertical Stroke: 2.1m (82.5‘‘) Rotational Accuracy: ±0.5 deg
- Travel Speed: 1-10 m/min (3-30 ft/min)
- Positioning Accuracy: ±2 mm (±0.080‘‘)
- Payload: 3,500 kg (7,714 lbs)
- Lifting stroke: 2,000 mm
Rotational Unit
- Rotational Range: ±360°
- Rotational Speed: max 720°/min
- Rotational Accuracy: ±0.5 deg
- Anti-vibration capacity to protect workpieces
Special Features
Production Volume scalability
- Simple modular units
- Simulation tools to evaluate variations / alternatives
- Capability to disassemble and relocate
Product & Location flexibility
- Simple to extend, to shorten, or to reconfigure the system
- Multi-programmable carriers (motion & sequence)
- Self supporting units, no pits, no attachment to building structure
- Process & Troughput
- Defined material flow including anticollisionprotection
- Lead time & WIP reduction
- Improved workplace organization (tools)
- High positioning accuracy
Ergonomics
- Open floor for product accessibility
- Multi-dimensional adjustment of product (height, rotation)
BA France extends automation and machining capability at Gimont site
- Published on 13 August 2026
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Broetje-Automation France is expanding its operations by integrating an automation and machining team. The team, previously working with the company ‘Delta IO’, is enhancing the skills of BA France at the Gimont site, adding expertise in mechanical design, automation, machining, and the development of bespoke industrial solutions.
Smart Factory instead of Manual Shimming: SHILA Lays the Foundation for Automated Joining Processes in the Aerospace Industry
- Published on 11 June 2026
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Rastede, June 2026 – Broetje-Automation, together with its consortium partners 3D.aero GmbH, Boeing, KEBA Industrial Automation, IPMT – Institute for Production Management and ‑Technology and WZL Aachen GmbH, has successfully completed the research project SHILA – “Shim-free assembly of thin-walled aircraft structures” funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). The aim of the project was to develop a fully digitally supported and highly automated process chain that enables precise assembly of large-format, thin-walled CFRP structural components without the previous use of shims.