About Teknic

Teknic designs its business around the needs of OEMs, whose high-volume purchasing make quality and reliability far more critical than for companies selling mainly to end users. A failure rate that seems negligible to small buyers can look very different when multiplied across large annual orders.

For example, a product with a 1-in-1,000 annual failure rate might never fail for a customer buying only 10-100 units a year, and even a rare failure can be dismissed as a fluke. But an OEM purchasing 20,000 units annually would experience around 20 failures per year—unacceptable for their operations. This is why companies serving OEMs, like Teknic, must achieve quality levels that are orders of magnitude higher than those targeting small customers.

Teknic builds its products using specialized manufacturing cells controlled by interlocked production software that prevents skipped steps and blocks parts that fail in-line tests. Mechanical and software-based poka-yoke strategies are integrated throughout the design and assembly process, reducing reliance on human diligence and ensuring consistently high reliability.

For example, during motor core assembly, induction heaters only present housings once they reach the correct temperature—and retract them if they cool before use—so operators cannot accidentally assemble a faulty part. Each component must pass every step before moving on; if a required action isn't detected, such as applying thread-lock compound, the system locks out the next tool and alerts the operator. This ensures only qualified parts progress and makes identifying root causes straightforward.

Teknic's manufacturing process incorporates multiple layers of testing to ensure exceptional product quality. Incoming components are inspected and barcoded for traceability; every mechanical and electrical part then undergoes extensive inline testing during assembly. Mechanical assemblies may pass through dozens of checkpoints, while electrical parts are verified with in-circuit testing to catch issues early. This approach maintains high quality while reducing waste and stabilizing lead times.

Beyond inline tests, Teknic stress-tests products to their full design limits—well beyond rated specifications—to guarantee long life in demanding applications. Every finished unit then receives a complete functional test before shipping; if it doesn't pass, the system will not generate its label or shipping documents. This ensures that only fully verified products reach customers.

Teknic uses a platform-based design approach that supports incremental innovation while maintaining backward compatibility. New products are built on existing technologies and reuse many established components, limiting the number of unique parts that must be supported. This strategy helps preserve long-term parts availability, enables stable pricing, and allows Teknic to maintain short, predictable lead times over many years.

Because multiple products and generations share common subassemblies, these components are produced in consistently high volume even when individual models run at low volume. This removes pressure to obsolete older products and gives OEMs flexibility to either upgrade systems or continue using the same Teknic parts throughout a machine's full production life.

We will simulate every motion axis using proprietary simulation software before making any recommendations. This ensures that your actual results will be within a few percent of the desired performance. We don't make guesses or over-design just to be safe (that comes at a cost). We strive to get it right the first time.

We can often use our simulation software to suggest design improvements, as a result of carefully interviewing you about your application objectives. Many times, these suggestions are small changes that save significant money while still meeting your objectives, or they are improvements that increase performance and reliability without adding cost.

After completing the simulations, and working together for value engineering, Teknic will recommend best-in-class, third party component vendors (where appropriate and where OEMs don't already have established or preferred vendors.)

See below for several resources Teknic has created for third-party components:

Teknic understands that getting machines to market quickly offers a competitive advantage. To help speed machine development, Teknic offers OEMs the following:

1. Remote support (in most cases, the same day) - Teknic engineers can virtually dial into your machine to help optimize the servo system for each axis.

2. Software for prototyping, testing, and diagnostic purposes - Teknic's software is designed to support early and rapid prototyping, and is easy enough to use that it doesn't require a software or motion control expert. For example, mechanical engineers can optimize servo motion on an axis in as little as 15 minutes.

3. On-site support when necessary - Teknic engineers will visit OEMs on-site free of charge to optimize the motion system. We come prepared to work and we're there to help you solve problems, prevent problems, and maximize motion performance.