Mestek, Inc.

Frost & Sullivan | July 27, 2021

According to Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis on lights-out manufacturing, the rapidly falling cost of robotics and constantly rising labor expenses will drive manufacturers' shift to a lights-out setting. The production process is entirely automated in a lights-out environment, with minimal human involvement needed to operate day-to-day operations. By switching to a lights-out operations model, companies can maximize their human capital and save up to 20% on labor expenses while i...

The Fabricator | February 24, 2020

Changeover is a fact of life in a metal fabrication job shop. You perform changeovers on the press brake, the welding operation, and even in information-based operations like quoting. Yes, changeovers happen, and making them more effective can have many positive results on an operation. Let’s explore. The ideal is to eliminate the changeover altogether. Is it feasible? In some cases, the answer is a resounding yes. If you can make the fixture universal so that there are no adjustments, too...

Additive Manufacturing

Desktop Metal | September 20, 2023

Desktop Metal, a global leader in Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies, has released a video highlighting how the BMW Group employs ExOne binder jet 3D printers for the serial production of powertrain components. The use of binder jet 3D printing for casting applications is a sustainable choice, with advantages like reduced waste, cost-efficiency, and flexibility in materials....

Plex Systems, Inc | July 05, 2020

Robotics and automation could offer manufacturers a key way forward to operating in the post-coronavirus environment because of their ability to reduce workplace contamination and worker interactions. That’s according to Tim Boeve, president and owner of Zeeland-based Hil-Man Automation LLC, who thinks of robots as the ultimate solution to a problem that’s become top of mind for manufacturing executives in the months after COVID-19 first made its way into the corporate lexicon....