Automation

Automated cuts

A manufacturer sees huge gains in productivity after adopting an automated sawing solution

A steel service center improves speed and accuracy with a new approach to managing and handling materials

A combination of sorting and storage automation allows users to take full advantage of high-powered fiber lasers

Retiring workers, the skills gap and increasingly complex jobs call for a focus on laser automation

Approaching the manufacturing process with automated parts sorting improves efficiencies factory-wide

By: Michael Sharpe, laser business development manager, Materials Joining Group, Fanuc America Corp.

A new development in robotic laser cutting is delivering big gains for cutting 3-D automotive components

A step-by-step approach to building a smart factory makes the journey less intimidating

When facing common challenges, sometimes all a shop needs is a robust and economical laser

Making lasers more productive with automated material handling systems, oftentimes added after the fact

Two companies find they can meet production goals by investing in the right laser and the automation to go with it