Rise of the Machines

Revolutionizing Manufacturing:

Within the CNC Machining Manufacturing Industry it is becoming increasingly difficult to find machine operators capable to run today’s sophisticated CNC equipment. The machinist who are skilled enough still take lunches, vacations, sick days, bathroom breaks, and phone calls. They get medical benefits, bonuses, workman's comp, overtime, company uniforms, and free coffee. All the while bringing a whole slew of personal & emotional baggage with them. Robots don't have feelings. They don't sleep, give you attitude, take breaks, or get paid a salary. They are a one time purchase with some minor maintenance cost. We are not insinuating that every manufacturing floor machinist or operator, will loose their jobs to robots. Prototyping, critical high tolerance parts, and small run jobs will still require human handlers. However employees whose workload consists of low skilled, repeatable tasks, like deburring, load & unload will be replaced by automation in the near future. This technology will allow many manufacturers to reduce cost per part by streamlining product work flow, resulting in improved throughput, reduced labor costs, consistent part quality and faster deliveries.