HARDWARE-AGNOSTIC ROBOTICS INTEGRATION

Your Robots Are Only as Smart as the System Running Them.

CastLogic is the operating layer that connects any robotics and automation equipment to your scheduling, quality control, inventory, and financials. One ERP. Every machine. Zero data silos.

We integrate with Progress Group, Elematic, Vollert, Weckenmann, and every major precast automation provider. CastLogic is the brain. Your robots are the arms.

The Automation Gap in Precast Manufacturing

You invested millions in automation equipment. But without an intelligent ERP connecting it all, you're leaving performance on the table.

Robots Without CastLogic

  • x Each machine runs its own siloed software
  • x Production data manually re-entered into ERP
  • x Scheduling doesn't account for robotic cell capacity
  • x Quality data from vision systems disconnected from QC records
  • x No unified view of automated vs. manual production costs

Robots With CastLogic

  • One unified platform connects every machine and manual station
  • Automatic data flow from robotic cells to ERP in real-time
  • Robot-aware AI scheduling optimizes across all production assets
  • Machine vision QC feeds directly into compliance and audit trails
  • True cost visibility across robotic and manual operations

How CastLogic Integrates With Your Automation

CastLogic connects to robotics equipment via industry-standard protocols. Your machines keep running their native software. CastLogic adds the enterprise intelligence layer on top.

OPC

OPC UA

Industry 4.0 standard for machine-to-ERP data exchange

API

REST APIs

Modern web APIs for cloud-connected equipment

TCP

Modbus / TCP

Legacy and industrial equipment communication

IoT

MQTT / IoT

Sensor networks and real-time telemetry

Your Equipment

Pallet Circulation
Rebar Automation
Concrete Distribution
Formwork Robots
Vision Systems
Batching Plants
CastLogic
The Intelligent Layer
AI Scheduling
Quality Control
Job Costing
Inventory Sync
Analytics

Business Outcomes

Real-time P&L by Job
Optimized Schedules
Automated QC Reports
Predictive Maintenance
Delivery Optimization
Executive Dashboards

How Each CastLogic Module Connects to Your Automation

Robotics integration isn't a separate product. It's built into every module.

📅

Schedule

Robot-Aware Scheduling

AI scheduling accounts for robotic cell capacity, cycle times, changeover durations, and maintenance windows alongside manual operations.

  • Robotic cell capacity planning
  • Automated changeover scheduling
  • Maintenance window integration
  • Hybrid manual + robot optimization
Learn more about Schedule →

Flow

Robotic Production Tracking

Real-time production data streams from robotic cells directly into Flow. Cycle counts, throughput, downtime, and energy consumption captured automatically.

  • Real-time robotic cell monitoring
  • Automated cycle counting
  • Downtime tracking and alerting
  • Energy consumption monitoring
Learn more about Flow →

Verify

Machine Vision QC

Machine vision inspection data from cameras and sensors feeds directly into CastLogic Verify for automated defect detection, dimensional verification, and compliance documentation.

  • Computer vision defect detection
  • Automated dimensional checks
  • Surface finish analysis
  • Digital inspection records
Learn more about Verify →
📐

Engage

Digital Twin + Robot Sim

Engineering data from CAD/BIM flows through CastLogic to robotic production equipment. Digital twins simulate robotic cell operations before production begins.

  • CAD-to-robot data pipeline
  • Digital twin simulation
  • BIM-driven production programs
  • Automated BOM generation
Learn more about Engage →
💼

Bidding

Machine Vision Takeoffs

Machine vision auto-extracts quantities from construction drawings, eliminating manual takeoffs. AI-powered cost estimating accounts for robotic vs. manual production costs.

  • AI drawing quantity extraction
  • Robot-aware cost estimating
  • Automated bid generation
  • Historical cost learning
Learn more about Bidding →
🤖

AI

Predictive Maintenance

CastLogic AI monitors robotic equipment telemetry to predict failures before they happen. Reduce unplanned downtime and extend equipment life.

  • Equipment health monitoring
  • Failure prediction algorithms
  • Maintenance scheduling
  • OEE optimization
Learn more about AI →

We Integrate With Every Major Precast Equipment Provider

CastLogic is hardware-agnostic. No matter what equipment you run, CastLogic connects it to your entire operation.

Complete Plant Automation & Circulation Systems

Pallet circulation plants, carousel systems, and fully automated production lines

Progress Group

Brixen, Italy

Complete precast plant automation including Ebawe pallet circulation systems, rebar automation (Progress Maschinen & Automation), concrete distribution, and production control software. Industry leader in turnkey precast automation.

Pallet Circulation Rebar Automation Concrete Distribution

Elematic

Akaa, Finland

Global leader in precast technology with hollow-core slab extruders, wall panel production lines, floor slab systems, precast finishing equipment, and integrated plant management software.

Hollow-Core Slabs Wall Panels Plant Management

Vollert

Weinsberg, Germany

Automated handling, transport, and storage systems for precast production. Specializes in pallet circulation, curing chambers, tilting and turning stations, and master computer production control.

Handling Systems Curing Chambers Master Computer

Formwork, Casting & Mold Technology

Automated formwork, tilting tables, battery molds, and casting equipment

Weckenmann

Dormettingen, Germany

Tilting tables, battery molds, circulation plants, and complete formwork systems for architectural and structural precast production. Over 60 years of precast formwork expertise.

Tilting Tables Battery Molds Formwork

Sommer Precast

Germany

Robotic shuttering systems and automated formwork solutions. Their robotic formwork technology automates mold setup and changeover, reducing manual labor and improving precision.

Robotic Shuttering Automated Formwork

Avermann

Osnabruck, Germany

Steel formwork, tilting tables, concrete spreaders, and complete production lines. Nearly 80 years of precast equipment manufacturing. Individual machines to turnkey systems.

Concrete Spreaders Steel Formwork

Olmet Italy

Treviso, Italy

Custom-designed formwork and precasting lines for any type of precast element. Carousel plants, vertical battery formworks, and highly automated production solutions since 1961.

Custom Formwork Carousel Plants

BFS (Betonfertigteilesysteme)

Germany

Specialized wet-cast precast production equipment including molds, forms, and production systems for utility vaults, manholes, and specialty precast products.

Wet-Cast Systems Utility Molds

Moldtech

Seville, Spain

30+ years designing and manufacturing custom equipment for precast plants. Fixed steel casting tables, tilting tables, battery molds, prestressed bridge girder forms, double tee beam forms, and staircase/elevator shaft forms. Full-service: design through commissioning.

Custom Forms Bridge Girders

Paul Maschinenfabrik

Durmentingen, Germany

Leading manufacturer of prestressed concrete technology since 1925. Single-wire and multi-stressing jacks up to 15,000 kN, strand pushing machines, cutting equipment, and complete casting bed systems. 80% export ratio worldwide.

Stressing Jacks Prestressing

Rebar Processing & Automation

Automated rebar cutting, bending, welding, and cage assembly

Progress Maschinen & Automation

Brixen, Italy (Progress Group)

Automated mesh welding, lattice girder production, rebar bending and cutting lines. BIM-to-rebar automation for cage fabrication directly from engineering data.

Mesh Welding Rebar Bending Cage Assembly

MEP Group

Padua, Italy

Automated rebar cutting and bending machines, stirrup benders, and complete rebar processing lines. Integrated solutions for precast reinforcement preparation.

Cutting & Bending Stirrup Benders

TJK Machinery

China

Rebar processing equipment including automatic stirrup benders, CNC rebar bending centers, mesh welding machines, and cage making equipment for precast production.

CNC Bending Mesh Welding

Toyo Kensetsu Kohki

Japan

Japan's leading rebar processing machine manufacturer with 80% domestic market share. Automated floor slab and wall production lines with BIM data integration. Progress Group partner for Asian markets.

Rebar Processing BIM Integration

Schnell Group

Pesaro-Urbino, Italy

130+ machine types for reinforcement processing. Features the ROBOMASTER 60 UNO, the first robotic double bending machine with fully automatic unmanned operation. CNC stirrup benders, shearlines, and mesh welding.

Robotic Bending Mesh Welding

EVG

Wels, Austria

Welded mesh production lines and reinforcing steel processing systems since 1949. ATT systems automatically feed cross wires above and below line wires. Custom mesh lines with zero changeover time between sheet types.

Mesh Welding Wire Processing

Eurobend

Nuremberg, Germany

Fully automated CNC machines for straightening, cutting, bending, and welding of steel wire and rebar. Official Elematic synergy partner. 100+ machine types with patented 5th-generation maintenance-free rotors.

CNC Rebar Elematic Partner

Pedax

Germany

Premium rebar processing equipment spanning the full fabrication workflow. Permatic automatic double bending lines for rebar up to 45mm, Cadormatic cutting systems, and Twinmaster automatic stirrup benders.

Bending Lines Stirrup Bending

KRB Machinery

USA (Employee-Owned)

Industry leader in rebar bending and shearing equipment. 800+ shearline installations, 1,500+ total installations in 55 countries. Modular shearlines, auto bar benders, and Rotary Fabmatic stirrup benders.

Shearlines Auto Benders

Pipe, Manhole & Utility Production

Automated equipment for concrete pipe, manholes, box culverts, and utility products

Hawkeye Pedershaab

Iowa, USA / Denmark

Concrete pipe and manhole manufacturing machinery. Automated pipe production lines, vertical casting machines, and complete turnkey pipe plant solutions serving the North American market.

Pipe Machines Manhole Production

Schlusselbauer

Austria

Automated manhole and shaft production systems. Industry-leading technology for producing prefabricated concrete manholes, inspection chambers, and modular shaft elements with high automation.

Manhole Systems Shaft Production

Spillman

USA

Precast concrete equipment for utility products including molds, forms, and production equipment for vaults, manholes, septic tanks, and specialty utility precast items.

Utility Molds Septic Tanks

Afinitas (HawkeyePedershaab / BFS / CAM)

Iowa, USA / Denmark / Germany

Global market leader for precast concrete pipe, manhole, and infrastructure production. Umbrella for HawkeyePedershaab, BFS, Spillman, CAM, and more. ePak electronic direct-drive packerhead and VUP/CAP large-diameter drycast machines.

Pipe & Manhole Drycast Machines

Besser Company

Alpena, Michigan, USA

Global leader in concrete production equipment since 1904. X Series and Servopac block machines, BiDi pipe machines, Hydropak dry casting, precast forms, batching plants, and curing systems. 130+ countries served.

Block Machines Pipe Machines

GCI Groups

Kansas City, USA

Manufacturer of precast concrete pipe machines, box culvert equipment, and manhole forms. CPM-3600 machinery for RCP, jacking pipe, and HDPE-lined pipe. APS automated precast systems. Exports to 55+ countries.

Pipe Machines Box Culverts

Concrete Batching, Block & Paver Machinery

Batching plants, mixers, block machines, and concrete product production

Simem

Italy / Dover, NH (USA)

Concrete batching plants, twin-shaft and planetary mixers, and automated batching systems. Over 60 years engineering mixing solutions for precast, infrastructure, and heavy construction.

Batching Plants Mixers

Columbia Machine

Vancouver, WA, USA

Concrete block machines, batching and mixing systems, automated cubing and packaging equipment. Leading North American manufacturer of concrete products machinery.

Block Machines Cubing Systems

Topwerk Group

Germany (Hess, Masa, Prinzing Pfeiffer)

World's leading group for concrete product machinery. Includes Hess Group (block/paver machines), Masa Group (turnkey block plants), SR Schindler (finishing), and Prinzing Pfeiffer (pipe/manholes). Operations across Americas, Asia, and LATAM.

Block & Paver Full Automation

Schwing Stetter

Herne, Germany (XCMG Group)

World's leading manufacturer of concrete construction equipment. Stationary and mobile batching plants, twin-shaft mixers for demanding precast recipes, and concrete pumps. Batch records feed directly into CastLogic for traceability.

Batching Plants Twin-Shaft Mixers

Liebherr

Bad Schussenried, Germany

70+ years developing mixing systems. LCM horizontal batching plants, vertical tower plants, ring-pan mixers, and Litronic control systems. Batch data including mix ID, weights, moisture, and slump flow into CastLogic for full traceability.

Tower Plants Litronic Controls

Teka

Edenkoben, Germany

One of Europe's leading mixer manufacturers with 20,000+ mixers worldwide. Patented THT High-Performance Turbine Mixer, TPZ planetary mixers, and complete batching/mixing plants custom-designed for precast facilities.

Turbine Mixers Batching Plants

Prensoland

Barcelona, Spain

COMPACTA block machines for blocks, pavers, and kerbstones. TENSYLAND continuous moulding machines for hollow core slabs and prestressed beams. 3,800+ machines manufactured, 1,000+ customers worldwide since 1959.

Block Machines Hollowcore

Industrial Robotics & Vision Systems

General-purpose industrial robots, cobots, and machine vision cameras used in precast plants

KUKA

Augsburg, Germany

Industrial robots used in precast for concrete finishing, surface treatment, 3D concrete printing, embed placement, and automated handling. KUKA robots are integrated into several precast automation lines.

Industrial Robots 3D Printing

ABB Robotics

Zurich, Switzerland

Industrial robots and collaborative robots (cobots) deployed in precast manufacturing for palletizing, surface finishing, quality inspection, and material handling applications.

Cobots Palletizing

Fanuc

Oshino, Japan

Industrial robotics and CNC systems with machine vision. Fanuc robots used in precast for automated handling, finishing, surface treatment, and inspection with integrated vision guidance.

Machine Vision CNC Systems

3D Concrete Printing & Robotic Placement

Emerging robotic concrete placement and additive manufacturing systems for precast factories

Aeditive

Germany

Industrial 3D printing for precast element manufacturers using shotcrete robotics. Enables production of complex geometric precast elements without traditional formwork, reducing material waste and labor.

3D Printing Shotcrete Robotics

CyBe Construction

Netherlands

CyBe G (Gantry) printer for factory-based prefab module printing and Robot Track for mobile applications. Enables rapid production of custom precast elements with minimal tooling and formwork investment.

Gantry Printers Prefab Printing

Hyperion Robotics

Finland

Robotic arm 3D printing for infrastructure precast elements. CastLogic manages the digital twin/BIM file library, queues print jobs, tracks cementitious material consumption, and provides quality documentation.

Robotic Arm Infrastructure

Don't See Your Equipment Listed?

CastLogic is hardware-agnostic. If your equipment has OPC UA, Modbus, REST API, or any standard industrial protocol, we can integrate it. We also build custom connectors for legacy and proprietary systems.

Ask About Your Equipment

Machine Vision Across Your Operation

CastLogic leverages computer vision and AI at every stage of precast manufacturing, from estimating to quality control.

👁

Estimating & Takeoffs

Machine vision auto-extracts quantities from construction drawings and engineering plans. Eliminates hours of manual takeoff work and reduces estimating errors.

  • Auto-extract quantities from PDF drawings
  • Identify piece marks and dimensions
  • Feed directly into cost estimating
  • Learn from historical takeoff patterns
🔎

Quality Control & Inspection

Computer vision cameras detect surface defects, dimensional variances, and quality issues automatically during production. Results flow directly into CastLogic Verify.

  • Surface crack and defect detection
  • Dimensional tolerance verification
  • Automated pass/fail determination
  • Digital inspection records with images
📡

Production Monitoring

Visual monitoring of production lines provides real-time status updates without manual reporting. Camera systems track progress through each production stage.

  • Automated production stage tracking
  • Embed and hardware placement verification
  • Pour volume and distribution monitoring
  • Safety compliance monitoring
📦

Yard & Inventory

Camera-based inventory tracking and yard management. Visual identification of products in storage, automated piece counting, and location tracking.

  • Visual product identification
  • Automated piece counting
  • Yard location verification
  • Loading verification for dispatch

The ROI of Connected Automation

When your robots talk to your ERP, the results compound across your entire operation.

0
Less Unplanned Downtime
0
Less Manual Data Entry
0
Faster Lead Times
0
Production Visibility

Ready to Connect Your Automation to One Intelligent Platform?

See how CastLogic integrates with your specific equipment setup. We'll show you exactly how data flows from your robotic cells into scheduling, costing, quality, and analytics.

Equipment-specific demo
Integration assessment
ROI analysis