Custom Industrial Machine Design Services

MJ Engineering is one of the best custom machine design/build firms in the area. We design, build, and test all of our cells in house. Our process, while complicated, is designed to give the customer the best machine possible. This equipment is needed to make jobs easier or more productive. Sometimes it may be improving the quality of the products or a packaging machine. Either way, you get a machine designed specifically for your process. Many companies utilize MJ Engineering because of our professionalism, consistency, and competency. Since custom industrial machine equipment is expensive, you want to know that the company you are choosing to complete your project has your best interests in mind. That’s a guarantee we make at MJ Engineering. We will give our opinion of what we think you should do and take in what you want to do and try to give you the system that best fits your needs and wants. Clients get hard working engineers who are proud of their machines, which means we will make sure they work properly before they are sent to the customer.

Contact us today to learn more about our custom machine design and engineering services.

Our Custom Machine Design Philosophy

At MJ Engineering we focus on finding the best method to address an issue our clients are having. We minimize our time and maximize our efficiency to give our customers the best product possible in the shortest time possible. We have been in business for over 35 years and have been providing our services to countless manufacturers across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

We Design Custom Machinery for a Variety of Industries and Purposes:

Industries and applications include:

Chemical Processing
Medical and Pharmaceutical
General Manufacturing
General Palletizing Applications

Our Custom Chemical Processing Machinery Can Include Features Such As:

Servo gripper EOAT to ensure too much force/pressure isn’t applied to fragile items.
EOAT is designed with a positive locking mechanism so the part can be rotated into any orientation, be it dumping product, filling, or just picking/placing.
Equipment designed/built to handle high temp environments and dusty dirty atmospheres.
Robot controllers can be located in a climate-controlled environment for dirty/dusty environments.
Integrate vision systems to accommodate movement of parts due to thermal cycles.

Our Custom Palletizing and Depalletizing Machinery:

Can often be industry non-specific
Can handle vacuum, magnetic, gripper, or other EOAT designs based on project constraints
Can incorporate pallet dispensers or stacks of pallets brought by forklift
Can incorporate tier sheet dispensers or stacks of tier sheets with methods to break vacuum
Can handle wood pallets, plastic pallets, chep pallets etc…
Can handle boxes that are taped or glued, can handle tanks, and even small parts like vials.

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Our Engineering Capabilities and Expertise

At MJ Engineering, we can handle anything from robotic automation to gantry-based systems to conveyor systems. These types of automation projects can be customized or replicated. However, every plant is different and not one plant has the exact same dimensions or layout, meaning that every single cell has to experience a certain amount of customization. MJ Engineering has helped countless companies across the midwest speed up and automate their processes. This can include, but is not limited to, total and partial automation. The less human interaction, the more consistent the products and cycle times will be.

Services Overview

Our Engineering Capabilities:

Professional Engineering Work
- Amusement rides and attractions (park and portable) both design and evaluation per ASTM
- Fire Truck ladders, outriggers, turntables per NFPA
- Mining Canopies Approvals per MSHA
- Roof bolter Approvals per MSHA
- Cranes per ASME
- Lifting devices per BTH standards
- Miscellaneous

Finite Element Analysis
SolidWorks CAD
Custom machine design
Automation Control System design/build
Hydraulics/Pneumatic systems
3rd Party Corrosion Inspection
PLC/HMI programming
Vision inspection systems

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Quarterly Newsletter 2021:Q4

Robotic Integrators tend to develop niche's through their experiences. MJ Engineering is no different. We have developed a niche serving the powder processing industry

County Fairs

MJ Engineering has started providing third-party support on amusement rides at a number of Ohio county fairs. The engineering team has been working closely

Backlit Conveyors Systems

Engineers are responsible for coming up with creative solutions to problems that customers have and MJ Engineering is no different. Oftentimes that problem revolves

Richard’s Roundtable

Robotic Integrators tend to develop niche’s through their experiences. MJ Engineering is no different. We have developed a niche serving the powder processing industry with our robotic sagger handling cell. We have robotic solutions that can handle multiple different kiln styles including roller kilns, tunnel kilns and shuttle kilns. A single robot system is capable of handling 1400- 1500 saggers per day depending on the needs of the system. A two robot system can handle 2000 saggers or more per day. The robots use a proprietary EOAT (end of arm tool) that will not over squeeze the saggers because ceramic saggers don’t handle compression well. Overall the robot system can be integrated with dump stations, fill stations and crack inspection systems to remove saggers before they fail. The systems are designed to run 24 hours a day with little to no human interaction. Through our experience, we have found that robotically handling saggers increases the life of the sagger substantially.

Mission: To provide the expertise people depend on to solve complex engineering or machine design problems.

Fair Ride Inspections

MJ Engineering has started providing third party support on amusement rides at a number of Ohio County Fairs. Our engineers have been working with the state of Ohio ride inspectors and ride operators to review documented instances of ride corrosion and fatigue. Our engineers are able to facilitate discussions with ride manufacturers and provide expert opinion on the effects that specific instances of corrosion and fatigue create on the overall ride structure and, most importantly, the safety of the ride.

3D Printing Capabilities

MJ Engineering continues to experiment with new capabilities in 3D printing. As shown in the photo (left) we can insert H nuts inside the plastic then print over it to seal it inside the plastic. This allows us to put screws in parts to make them more complex. We can also put springs and other parts inside prints to make them more efficient for specific jobs and requests.

Backlight Conveyors

MJ Engineering has created our own Ultra-brite backlit conveyor for our automation systems. Backlighting is a technique used frequently in vision system inspections when parts have differing contours or surface finishes or are prone to reflections. For example, a plastic part which may have oils on the surface will not work well under top lighted vision systems, but under a backlit system, the oil will not have any effect on the vision system. Our backlit conveyors use super brite LEDs (with a wide range of colors) that are built into the conveyor frame. There is a special plate over the LEDs to diffuse the light and create a nice smooth light for the vision system.

Solving your unique problems with our unique solutions.

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MJ Engineering has started providing third-party support on amusement rides at a number of Ohio county fairs. The engineering team has been working closely with State of Ohio ride inspectors, ride owners, and operators to review documented instances of ride corrosion and fatigue. Our engineers have been able to facilitate discussions with ride manufacturers and provide expert opinions on the effects that specific instances of corrosion and fatigue create on the overall ride structure, and most importantly, the safety of the ride.

The passing of “Tyler’s Law” in 2019, which brought more oversight to the ride review process, placed a greater emphasis on the regular review of corrosion and fatigue for rides coming into Ohio. Ride inspectors have documented a greater number of corrosion instances on rides than ever before. When inspections occur the day(s) before a fair opens, it can be very difficult to get info back from ride owners quickly enough. This bottleneck has posed a significant challenge to the process of opening and operating rides this year. Luckily, that’s where we can help.

MJ Engineering is able to help review the corrosion in a timely manner with the goal to get rides open while ensuring the experience and safety of the patrons. It is important to note, we do not overrule the ride manufacturer. We communicate openly with ride manufacturers to get necessary engineering information to understand the extent and implications of the specific corrosion damage. Finally, we also provide third-party review and opinion in instances that manufacturers are: unavailable, untimely, or no longer in business. We are able to meet with the ride operators and inspectors, review the damage first-hand, work with the manufacturer, and develop the best solution for the damage present on the ride.

The most recent list of fairs we have been to include a few of the following:

Canfield County Fair
Allen County Fair
Mercer County Fair
Fayette County Fair
Cuyahoga County Fair

And many more!

While we do work for County fairs we can also inspect stationary amusement park rides. If you have a ride that needs support, reach out to us and we will send a member from our superior engineering team out to meet with you and review the ride to determine what next steps need to be taken to protect not only the riders but yourself as well. So don’t wait, contact us today!

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Engineers are responsible for coming up with creative solutions to problems that customers have and MJ Engineering is no different. Oftentimes that problem revolves around how to increase production and decrease labor costs. Palletizing and depalletizing cells are a quick and easy way to streamline a process that cuts out labor and increases productivity. However, when you have a product that needs to be inspected the process can be far more complex, and often it is easier to leave a person in charge of that process. One method for part inspection is through the use of a vision system. To enhance the capabilities of vision systems, MJ integrates them with our own specially designed backlit conveyor.

MJ Engineering has created our own Ultra-brite backlit conveyor for our automation systems. Backlighting is a technique used frequently in vision system inspections when parts have differing contours or surface finishes or are prone to reflections. For example, a plastic part that may have oils on the surface will not work well under top lighted vision systems, but under a backlit system, the oil will not have any effect on the vision system. Our backlit conveyors use super brite LEDs (with a wide range of colors) that are built into the conveyor frame. There is a special plate over the LEDs to diffuse the light and create a nice smooth light for the vision system.

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The belt is a translucent belt that allows a significant amount of light to pass through. This allows the conveyor belt to transfer the part(s) into and out of the vision system without an operator, robot, or other transfer mechanisms. This can significantly reduce the cost of automating your inspection processes. The conveyor can be combined with ejection mechanisms to automatically reject bad parts while allowing good parts to continue to the next operation. Backlit conveyors are extremely useful for quality control, product safety, labeling, and assembly. The more contrast created, the better results you will get out of your vision system.

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If you have a project that requires strict tolerances and you want to automate your process. Get in touch with us at MJ Engineering and we can provide you with all the information you will need to get the project kicked off. We have done numerous projects with our backlight conveyor and we want yours to be next. Contact us today.