FORMING AND FABRICATING AUTOMATION
INTRODUCTION For more than 2000 yr., humanity has sought better ways to manufacture through automation. Historians generally agree that water wheels represented the first attempts to automate and ease mechanical processes. Such quests have never ceased. Today, we have at our disposal a dizzying array of manufacturing-automation technology—hardware and software—to produce higher-quality products at greater speed and with higher efficiency than ever thought possible. Read on for MetalForming’s take on the continuing automation evolution, encompassing controls, material handling, quality control, die and part handling, robotics, and software. MetalForming’s Automation ebook, through insightful articles, audio, video and more, details how the automation tools available today can be best exploited to serve forward-thinking metal formers and fabricators. Enjoy, and Happy Automating!
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