{"id":3540,"date":"2026-10-29T17:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artemida-group.com\/blog\/?p=3540"},"modified":"2026-10-29T17:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:12:22","slug":"can-an-other-automatic-machine-be-customized-4c3d-6712d7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.artemida-group.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/29\/can-an-other-automatic-machine-be-customized-4c3d-6712d7\/","title":{"rendered":"Can an Other Automatic Machine be customized?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey everyone, let\u2019s talk about something I get asked at least a dozen times a week: \u201cCan your other automatic machines actually be customized?\u201d As someone who\u2019s been supplying these machines for over 10 years, I get why this question comes up. Most people think industrial automation is one-size-fits-all\u2014like you pick a model off a shelf and that\u2019s it. But honestly? That couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. Let me break this down in real terms, not the corporate jargon you\u2019d see on a spec sheet. Other Automatic Machine<\/a><\/p>\n

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First, let\u2019s clear up what \u201cother automatic machines\u201d even are, just in case you\u2019re new here. These aren\u2019t the big-ticket robot arms for car factories or the conveyor systems for packaging food. They\u2019re the niche stuff: the automated sorting machines for tiny medical vials, the custom-feeding systems for weirdly shaped electronic components, the liquid dispensing machines that work with super high-viscosity gels or volatile chemicals. I\u2019ve sold everything from a machine that automatically sorts and labels craft beer cans (for a small local brewery in Vermont) to one that loads and tests tiny sensor chips for a aerospace startup out in Oregon. The common thread? No two clients\u2019 needs are exactly the same, so customization isn\u2019t just a nice-to-have\u2014it\u2019s the whole reason these machines exist.<\/p>\n

Let me walk you through a recent example that drove this home. A couple months back, a client who makes specialty dog treats hit me up. They had a problem: their current automated cutter was wasting 15% of their raw dough because the treats were shaped like little bones, not the standard circles or squares. They needed a machine that could take a continuous sheet of their grain-free dough, carve out bone shapes perfectly, and then push each cut treat onto a conveyor without breaking them. When they told me that, I didn\u2019t say \u201cwe don\u2019t do custom\u201d\u2014I said, \u201cLet\u2019s figure this out.\u201d<\/p>\n

How does the customization process actually work? It\u2019s not some black box where we magic up a machine overnight. First, we send a guy (or sometimes two, depending on the project) to your shop for a day, or you send over specs and samples if you can\u2019t host us. We need to see your existing setup: how much space you have, what voltage your facility uses, what your raw materials act like (do they get sticky? Do they melt at room temp?), and how fast you need the machine to run. For the dog treat company, we watched their dough come off a extruder, tested different blade designs in our workshop, and figured out we could add a small cooling section right after the cutter so the treats didn\u2019t crumble before hitting the conveyor. That\u2019s the stuff no pre-made machine can account for.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the part that people often overlook: retrofitting or modifying existing machines. You don\u2019t always need an entirely new build. Last year, a client who makes electronic connectors had a machine that worked for their standard 2mm pins, but they just launched a new line of 1.5mm pins. Instead of buying a $20k new machine, we swapped out the feeder tracks and the sensing cameras on their existing automatic insertion machine for a fraction of the cost. That\u2019s customization too, and it\u2019s something most suppliers will charge extra for if you don\u2019t ask, but we prioritize it because it\u2019s way more practical for small to mid-sized businesses who don\u2019t have a huge budget.<\/p>\n

Now, I know what some of you are thinking: \u201cCustom means it\u2019ll be slow and expensive, right?\u201d Look, it\u2019s not free, and it won\u2019t show up in 2 weeks like a pre-built model, but let\u2019s be real\u2014how much is downtime costing you? A friend who makes medical devices told me a few years back that their non-custom machine was causing $5k a day in lost production because it couldn\u2019t handle their new vial size. The custom machine we built for them? It took 6 weeks to design and build, but it paid for itself in 3 months because the downtime stopped. That\u2019s the value of getting a machine that fits your exact needs, not forcing your process to fit the machine.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve run into the opposite side too, where a client tried to cut corners by buying a cheap pre-built machine and then begging us to \u201ccustomize\u201d it on the fly. Spoiler: that almost never works. We can tweak things, but if the machine\u2019s frame is too small or the power output is too low from the start, there\u2019s only so much we can do. Our sweet spot is working with clients early on: tell us what you need, even if it\u2019s super specific, and we\u2019ll adjust the machine around your process, not the other way around.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s talk about common customization requests to give you a sense of what\u2019s possible. A lot of folks want:<\/p>\n