Meeting compliance requirements while establishing sustainable and safe operating practices is a top priority for metalworking operations, chemical processors, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and many other industries.
Welding is an aspect of fabrication that has been at the forefront of automation. Whether the automated solution mechanizes a part of the welding process or utilizes robots to manage the entire process from start to finish—handling the part and executing the weld—automation is becoming increasingly prevalent.Lincoln Electric, a manufacturer of automated welding solutions, has seen firsthand how manufacturing companies […]
As the metalworking industry continues to face challenges from a widespread lack of skilled workers, reducing downtime and keeping production consistent is more important than ever. The National Association of Business Economics found that 47% of respondents to its Business Conditions Survey reported a shortage of skilled workers in the third quarter of 2021. With this shortage projected to continue, […]
According to a report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy, the melting process accounts for more than half of the energy consumed in the metal casting industry. Although furnace design, fuel, and the method of heating metal scrap plays a large role in the amount of energy used in the process, there are two ways that automated metal scrap […]
The steady drumbeat toward automation in all forms for all sizes of metalworking enterprises continues, and it’s no longer a question of “Will you automate?” but “How will you automate?”It’s probably fair to say that manufacturing’s automation rock stars are the highly articulated robots boosting throughput to the point that machining companies lose their competitive edge without them. That being […]