Announcing justmanufacture.com

Kick starting the next gen of factories.

At xLogic, we're starting a renaissance in manufacturing with our fully automated factories for metal fabrication. Think of it as the future of production—verticalized, smaller, automated, faster, and far more efficient.

Our goal? To make fast, high-quality manufacturing scalable and cost-effective for businesses of all sizes in the US, where there is a critical labor shortage and manufacturing is expensive, and in emerging manufacturing powerhouses such as India.

China's Strategy

In the late 2010s, China made it a part of their five-year plan and incentivized robotics development and adoption, even when their labor was cheap. It wasn't an obvious move at the time. Labor costs were low, and robots were expensive. But they saw something others didn't: the long-term benefits of automation.

Fast forward to today, Chinese industrial robots have become astonishingly affordable. You can now get a robot with a 12kg payload and a 1.4-meter reach for just $3,600 - 3x cheaper than established brands.

To put that in perspective, that's roughly the annual salary of a single factory worker in India working an 8-hour shift. These robots have a lifespan of 2.5 years, about half that of the big four robotic brands, but at a fraction of the cost.

China's foresight has paid off. They now have approximately 1.75 million operational robots, accounting for over 50% of the world's robots [Source]. In contrast, the U.S. has about 350,000, and India 40,000.

Although China's robotics boom began later, strategic government intervention has driven rapid growth, allowing it to quickly catch up and even surpass other nations. India risks falling behind, unless it actively incentivizes robotics and actuator development now—India is at a similar stage to where China was in the early 2000s. Meanwhile, U.S. manufacturing is grappling with high costs and sluggish production, with robotics as its most viable path to remain competitive.

Our Vision for Manufacturing

As robots are being commoditized, it wouldn't make sense to employ humans in dull, dangerous and dirty tasks anymore. And companies will be moving towards "lights-out production" soon.

Advances in AI have made tasks that would seem impossible a couple of years ago, possible. I believe a lot of Industrial processes can be automated with a combo of perception systems, custom models and machine learning.

Using industrial robots + smart software, we are solving for sheet metal fabrication first - a $200bn industry. From cars to planes and home appliances, a lot of things are made out of sheet metal.

The goal is to build factories with 100s of AI powered robots that will significantly increase efficiency while reducing costs multi-folds, something factory owners today can only dream of.

Manufacturing-as-a-Service (MaaS)

We know not everyone wants to deal with the hassle of managing a factory. That's where our Manufacturing-as-a-Service model comes in. Essentially, you can outsource your production to us. We handle everything—from sourcing materials to getting the final product out the door—so you can focus on what you do best, like product design and growing your business. It's like having a complete manufacturing operation without the upfront costs or headaches.

What this means in numbers…

Once our systems are fully implemented, we anticipate:

• Upto 6x reduction in labor costs
• 1.5x - 2.5x increase in output per shift
• 24/7 operations
• Reduction in costs for customers
• A major reduction in setup costs in the U.S., as we are building "automated factories in shipping containers" in India. Learn more at justmanufacture.com/about

Why we will "just work" for you

• Instant Quotation: Get a quick and accurate price estimate with our automated quoting engine, saving you time in budgeting and planning. Just upload and configure in 5 steps.
• Instant DFM Feedback: Receive immediate Design for Manufacturability (DFM) feedback, allowing you to refine designs early in the process to reduce errors and optimize for production.
• Lower Costs: Since we pool resources across clients, you get top-notch production without the hefty price tag.
• Scale Up or Down: Whether you need a few prototypes or mass production, our factories adjust to fit your needs.
• Faster Production: Our automated systems cut down lead times, so you can get your products to market quicker. In our words, robots don't need lunch breaks or vacations.
• Custom On Demand: If you need to tweak designs or change up your products, our setup can adapt quickly with minimal downtime.

Semi-automated fabrication services starting Dec 1, 2024

We're collaborating with an Indian job shop to offer semi-automated sheet metal fabrication services starting December 1. We have complete oversight and control over processes.

We have a 3kw laser, 200 MT pressbrake, a powder coating unit & two robotic arms. All these machines will be connected to our software, and running our tech.

We will be using these robotic arms to juggle between bending/welding/coating/tapping. Wherever it is not possible to use robots, we will use humans for immediate production needs, and solve for these automation edge cases following that.

This is a temporary phase, which will help us to better understand edge cases in sheet metal fabrication and develop the tech without the overhead of managing a factory from day 1.