Application Engineering
Application Engineering Support Services
When starting an automation project, having to guess which components, architectures, and system interactions are necessary is a drain on time, money, and performance. That’s why Cross Company offers dedicated Application Engineering Support Services, helping you turn your automation concept into an operational reality.
Our engineers work directly with your team to identify process demands (for example, precision, speed, environment, throughput, etc). Then we help specify a solution based on those considerations. With our decades of experience, we’re able to ask the questions that others may overlook, like what are the true boundary conditions? What happens under changeover or long-term drift? What OEM or supply limitations exist? Then we bring the answers through practical, deployable design.
Let’s Engineer Success Together
When you’re ready to move from concept to reality, Cross Company is here to help. Our engineers bring decades of automation experience, proven problem-solving ability, and trusted partnerships with leading component manufacturers.
Whether you’re defining requirements or refining a full system architecture, we’ll help you get it right the first time.
Integrating Solutions from Industry Leading Brands
Our team works with an industry leading number of suppliers when developing solutions for our customers, so we can integrate the right components every time. Our expertise, paired with access to a wider range of materials, means we can build the best solution for your process.
Benefits of Expert Industrial Application Engineering
We’ve been in the automation business for a long time. In fact, our first automation customer goes all the way back to the 1950s (and they’re still a Cross customer). So when you partner with Cross for application engineering services, you’re getting decades of experience, engineering expertise, and problem solving in addition to
- Reduced Risk – We ensure everything fits your process, not just in spec but also context. This reduces the risk of mis-sized or mismatched components
- Better Performance – Improve uptime and process performance with correct sizing and architecture
- Faster Time To Value – A well-engineered system means fewer iterations, less downtime and faster ROI
Application Engineering With Experts Who Care
When you partner with Cross Company for application engineering, you’re getting more than just a product. You’re getting a partnership with an experienced automation integrator able to leverage relationships with industry-leading manufacturers to provide the best solution to your problems.
Our application engineering services include
Process definition and requirements capture
We work with you to define the what, when, and how. That includes throughput, uptime requirements, precision targets, environmental challenges (dust, wash-down, etc), and safety
System architecture and component specification
For selecting and sourcing the right servos, drives, sensors, or actuators to defining how those parts coordinate together, we create a solution unique to your process that is aligned with your goals and processes
Integration readiness and lifecycle planning
We consider how the application will be integrated into your existing production process, how it will scale naturally with your operation, and how it can be maintained (repaired, calibrated, etc) long-term
Cross Automation Services Brochure
Our primary focus is to decrease manual labor, increase throughput, improve quality, and/or decrease the consumption of raw materials through automated solutions. Download our automation services brochure to learn more about our core integration services, technical services, training services, support services, and more.
Start your next project with application expertise you can count on.
Solutions Built Around Your Success
At Cross Company, we partner with you as an extension of your own team. We start with your idea or issue, move through definition and design, and end with a system ready to be integrated into your existing production workflow.
- Discovery and alignment – We start by aligning on your objectives, issues to solve, constraints like space and timeframe, and success metrics
- Engineering and validation – We develop prototypes, select components, simulate or prototype as needed, and validate performance criteria
- Hands-off prep – Our team delivers schematics, documentation, component lists (or BOM if necessary), integration guidance, and transition to deployment
Is Automation Right for Your Process?
Answer a few simple questions and find out! We’ll send a copy of your inputs to help build the case for automation, and determine ROI for automating parts of your operation.
Why Cross Application Engineering?
Whether you’re building a new automated line, upgrading an existing process, or piloting a new automation technology, Cross is ready to help you engineer a system that works technically, operationally, and financially.