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Manufacturing companies can’t afford downtime in their operations due to a purchased component being out of stock or worst discontinued. Extended periods of machine downtime that shut down the entire assembly line cost thousands of dollars per hour,...

Robotics and Automated Assembly relieve repetitive strain injury in workers
Robotics and automation offer positive benefits to workers, not the least of which is a safer, easier, and more comfortable work environment. Larger companies have a dedicated ergonomics engineer that deal with this subject while smaller ones have the...

Like many other business sectors, the manufacturing industry has been held back by a weak economy, but a few bright spots appear on the horizon for robotics and automation in 2016.
With the Fed announcing its first interest rate hike in seven years and projecting more hikes in 2016, the price of business loans to invest in new factories should start to increase, which could lead to a decrease in manufacturing construction. The...

Manufacturing Day, observed the first Friday in October, is a celebration of modern manufacturing, as well as an invitation to students at all levels to learn more about manufacturing and to encourage them to consider it as a career.
Dozens of cities, counties, and states have officially proclaimed Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, to be Manufacturing Day, while over 1,500 manufacturing operations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico plan to open their sites on that day to allow students, families...