“calcIT will convince you by its easy use, full functionality and great price-performance ratio. We would recommend calcIT to every industry sector, which wants to create transparent calculations.“

Peter Hrabowsky, Proposal Engineering

KUKA is an international active automation concern with a revenue of around 3,5 billion EUR and approximately 14.200 employees. As a world leading provider of intelligence automation solutions, KUKA offers its clients everything from a single source – from the components, to the cells and finally to the fully automated facilities in the following areas – automation, electronics, consumer goods, metal industry, logistics/e-commerce, health care and service robotics. The headquarters are located in Augsburg.  

Initial Situation

KUKA used an internally developed calculation tool which was hard-coded and was characterized with high development effort in case of any changes. A Low-Code system was supposed to make the customizing process easier. KUKA presented a specification sheet with all the features, which the calculation tool was supposed to have. abilis set itself the task to develop a standard solution, which could be adapted at any time and which could be used across all sectors. Thanks to the calculation software calcIT, abilis has a flexible solution, with which complex individual requests could be developed.

KR 3 AGILUS (Picture: KUKA)

Implemented Features

Thanks to the collaboration with KUKA the following features have been integrated in the system: 

  • Excel and Word Add-in for documents output
  • Extensive and flexible calculations
  • Multilingual tool for a global use
  • Web-based tool allowing for access from any place
  • Authorisation concept
  • System, which enables parallel work
  • Import opportunities with mapping integrity
  • Price Splittings

Project Information

2012 – 2013: Basics development (developed by calcIT)

From 2014: Roll-Out of robot cells of smaller systems; gradually also of large industrial plants, as well

2017: Roll-Out in China

2018: Approximately 150 employees use calcIT actively

Purpose

KUKA uses calcIT mainly for detailed calculation of complex fully automated systems and robot cells. Furthermore, in the future a configuration solution for the creation of proposals will be used, as well.

In what way does calcIT make the everyday business easier?

Thanks to the easy use of calcIT calculations and adjustments can be made faster without any significant programming work. Together with calcIT KUKA is able to create transparently highly complex calculations, even across different locations.