Manufacturers tend to assume that only applications for high-volume, low-mix parts are suitable for automation and this may just be a myth.
“The thing to consider, is just like in machining, whether you’re going to do quick change vises or other workholding, you’ve got to make the same considerations for the end of your robot,” said John Lucier, automation manager at Methods Machine Tools.
In the video above, Lucier goes into detail about how manufacturers across a variety of industries can adapt automation to drive throughput, quality and profitability in their workholding operations.
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