Problem
Aerotech needed to show precision automation equipment with multiple moving stages, coordinated axes, and optical-alignment use cases that are difficult to understand from still CAD renders or live footage alone.
MayoFlux case study
Aerotech Optical Alignment Automation Animation
Client / industry
Aerotech builds precision motion-control and automation systems for technical manufacturing environments. The animation needed to serve buyers evaluating equipment behavior, repeatability, and system capability.
Input assets
MayoFlux worked through EMG using native CAD files, agency direction, product references, technical context, and review feedback related to axis movement, surface treatment, and equipment behavior.
Production process
The team prepared CAD assets, built a custom inverse-kinematics Xpresso rig, synchronized multiple platform rotations from one control value, then handled layout, animation, lighting, Redshift rendering, and compositing.
Deliverables
CAD-based product animation, web-ready video, product-demo visuals, reusable rendered sequences, and technical motion assets for future automation marketing.
Outcome
The animation made the equipment behavior easier to understand, supported product-demo conversations, and created a reusable technical visual benchmark for future automation projects.
Project notes
Aerotech, through EMG, asked MayoFlux to animate optical-alignment and probing equipment where multiple platforms rotate on separate axes while responding to a single control point. The visual challenge was precision: if the rigged motion felt loose, the product story would lose credibility.
MayoFlux started from native CAD files and built a custom inverse-kinematics Xpresso rig in Cinema 4D. That rig let the team control compounded axis movement cleanly, while Redshift rendering carried the photoreal surfaces and product-demo polish.
The finished clip helped communicate complex automation behavior without relying on static specs. It also became a repeatable internal reference for high-complexity product animation involving synchronized mechanical motion.