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  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-04",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/wes-tech.com/provenance.json",
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        "Automotive and Transportation",
        "Automotive Component Suppliers",
        "Industrial Machinery and Equipment",
        "Durable and Consumer Goods Manufacturing",
        "Medical Devices",
        "Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Distribution",
        "Academic Institutions",
        "Die Casting and Component Manufacturing",
        "Aerospace and Defense",
        "Food and Beverage"
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          "url": "https://www.automate.org/companies/wes-tech-automation-solutions",
          "name": "Association for Advancing Automation (A3)"
        },
        {
          "name": "Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)"
        },
        {
          "name": "Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA)"
        }
      ],
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          "url": "https://wes-tech.com/case-study/fascia-assembly-automation/",
          "title": "Fascia Assembly Automation",
          "outcome": "Deployment compressed to about one year versus the typical three-to-five-year automotive program timeline."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://wes-tech.com/case-study/health-and-material-handling/",
          "title": "Health and Material Handling",
          "outcome": "Replaced manual heavy lifting with robotic material handling."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://wes-tech.com/case-study/complex-component-assembly/",
          "title": "Complex Component Assembly"
        }
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        "city": "Buffalo Grove",
        "region": "IL",
        "country": "US"
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      "domain": "wes-tech.com",
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      "description": "Designs, builds, and implements custom and standard factory automation systems for manufacturers, including automated assembly and test, material handling, processing, robotic gantries, and pallet conveyor systems. Reports more than 4,300 automation systems installed worldwide since 1976."
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        "role": "systems_integrator",
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          "model": "quote"
        },
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        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
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              "welding",
              "dispensing",
              "screwdriving",
              "inspection"
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        "name": "Material Handling",
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          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Custom material handling systems using pallet, belt, roller, overhead, and puck conveyors, rotary indexers, and gantries to optimize production flow and throughput.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
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              "material_handling"
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        "role": "systems_integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Automated processing systems for robotic trimming, deburring, finishing, surface preparation, and machine-vision inspection prior to assembly.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "material_removal",
              "inspection"
            ],
            "robot_brands": [
              "fanuc"
            ],
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        }
      },
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        "id": "lean-cells",
        "url": "https://wes-tech.com/custom-automation/lean-cells/",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Lean Cells",
        "role": "systems_integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Semi-automated lean manufacturing cells combining manual operations with targeted automation for assembly, machine tending, inspection, and material handling.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "assembly",
              "machine_tending",
              "inspection",
              "material_handling",
              "material_removal"
            ],
            "robot_brands": [
              "fanuc"
            ],
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          }
        }
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        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Tech-Trak® Conveyor Systems",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Modular pallet conveyor platform for independent pallet movement, asynchronous processing, and dynamic routing, sold as standalone hardware or integrated into turnkey systems.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "conveyor_system",
            "mounting": [
              "floor"
            ],
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              "min": 40.8
            },
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              "assembly",
              "material_handling"
            ],
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            }
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        }
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        "id": "gantry-series",
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        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Gantry Series",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "terms": {
          "notes": "Fast traverse speed up to 3 m/sec; optional fourth axis available."
        },
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Multi-axis servo gantry robots for CNC machine loading/unloading, material transfer, and pick-and-place, with three programmable axes standard and an optional fourth axis.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "axes": 3,
            "category": "gantry_robot",
            "payload_kg": {
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            },
            "applications": [
              "machine_tending",
              "material_handling",
              "pick_place"
            ],
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          }
        }
      },
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        "id": "pallet-magazines",
        "url": "https://wes-tech.com/standard-solutions/pallet-magazines/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Pallet Magazines",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Pallet magazine systems (PM5, PM7, PM9) that supply a continuous flow of pallets to automated production lines for high-mix manufacturing with frequent changeovers.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "pallet_magazine",
            "payload_kg": {
              "max": 545
            },
            "applications": [
              "material_handling",
              "machine_tending"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "service-and-parts",
        "url": "https://wes-tech.com/service-and-parts/",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Service & Parts",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "terms": {
          "notes": "After-hours field service support available at 847.520.2252."
        },
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Field service, spare parts, automation readiness assessment, consulting, and connectivity support for installed Wes-Tech automation systems.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "support_service",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
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        "name": "PROMOT Automation Distribution",
        "role": "distributor",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "U.S. distribution of PROMOT Automation machine-tool automation systems; Wes-Tech is PROMOT's official U.S. representative.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "distribution",
            "spec_version": "0.1",
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              {
                "brand": "promot_automation",
                "itha_ref": "promot-automation.com",
                "territory": [
                  "US"
                ],
                "authorized": true,
                "categories": [
                  "machine_tending_cell"
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://wes-tech.com/contact-wes-tech-for-a-free-consultation/",
      "phone": "847.541.5070",
      "methods": [
        "quote_request",
        "consultation"
      ]
    },
    "extensions": {
      "robotics": {
        "roles": [
          "systems_integrator",
          "robot_manufacturer",
          "component_manufacturer",
          "distributor"
        ],
        "service_area": [
          "US"
        ],
        "spec_version": "0.1"
      }
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-04"
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}