pmtool
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2011
- Location
- Portland, OR
I mean of course most of the machines have been automated for years, at least in their metal cutting processes, but I am still opening machine doors, loading, unloading, blowing off parts, measuring etc.
This is of course in small to medium job shops and even production shops.
Much of what operators do today is boring and repetitive.
I could see a robot at every cnc machine for anything but one off or very low quantity work. Especially now that there are robots that don't need cages and can work around people. Even a robot that would open the door, blow off the parts and unclamp and vise would make things faster and simpler for an operator.
So why do you think there is not more robotics in an average shop? Money, complexity of integration, fear that machines will take over jobs?
Will we see a major shift in this in say the next 20 or 30 years?
This is of course in small to medium job shops and even production shops.
Much of what operators do today is boring and repetitive.
I could see a robot at every cnc machine for anything but one off or very low quantity work. Especially now that there are robots that don't need cages and can work around people. Even a robot that would open the door, blow off the parts and unclamp and vise would make things faster and simpler for an operator.
So why do you think there is not more robotics in an average shop? Money, complexity of integration, fear that machines will take over jobs?
Will we see a major shift in this in say the next 20 or 30 years?