Automation Helps Improve Employee Productivity
Stark Industrial LLC’s first stand-alone robot works within a new turning machine cell that is currently dedicated to the simple machining operation of processing a cast aerospace part that is proprietary and is the further step the shop needed to gain process control.
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Preparing for Lights-Out Production
As manufacturers face the challenges of reducing cost-per-part while meeting quality and delivery demands, adding a workerless third shift is a tantalizing possibility. It’s also a bit scary.
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Website Zone Acts as a Hub for Bar Feeder and Material Handling Info
PM’s Zones section includes Bar Feeders & Material Handling, directing readers to features, news, blogs and videos on the subject.
Captive Shop Must Still Compete
Often, a captive shop seems to have it made by job shop standards. In the case of this division of ITW Welding, “work is not given, it’s earned.”
Robots Help with Consistency
Since Standby Screw didn’t have the necessary skill set in-house to integrate an automation system that they knew they needed, the company found Absolute.
Robots are Great, but What About my Job?
In his column, Matt Kirchner says automation may change your job, but it won’t eliminate industrial employment. In fact, he believes it means more hiring will occur.
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What Robots Mean for Your Job
Automation may change your job, but it won’t eliminate industrial employment.
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Robot Monitoring Provides Safe, Flexible Automation
Working hand-in-hand with customers to further develop robot safety technologies, ABB recently introduced SafeMove2, which provides added capabilities to allow for the creation of more efficient and flexible production scenarios and to integrate safety fieldbus connectivity into the company’s IRC5 robot controller family.
HEH Continues to Grow
HEH (Hagarty Eichele Hagarty) Group has added Advanced Spindle Technology (AST) to it’s stable of system integration, machine tools sales and automation service for the manufacturing industry.