Case Study: Building Security Systems boosts production with Bright Machines Microfactory

Building Security System Ramps Up Production Reliability With Software-Defined Microfactory

Building Security Systems, a manufacturer of wireless alarm systems, was struggling to keep up with rising demand for its control panels. Labor shortages and hiring challenges were creating a bottleneck, and the company needed a way to automate assembly for three product configurations while meeting QMS connectivity and ESD compliance requirements. To address this, it turned to Bright Machines and its Microfactory solution.

Bright Machines implemented a Microfactory line with robotic cells and intelligent software to automate complex pick-and-place, screwdriving, and functional testing tasks that had been difficult to automate manually. The result was a 24-second cycle time, 90% yield, and a 70% production increase over the former eight-person crew, enabling output of more than one million units per year and delivering over 30% in production cost savings.