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How a metal fabricator's automation journey starts

Automation Talk, Season 1, Episode 2

Mike Schlagenhafer, whose career in manufacturing began in 1979, has seen it all: idle welding robots purchased for a long-lost contract; automaton lines that need to be retooled completely for changing customer demands; automation that’s idle because it ran out of material.

Today, as manufacturing consultant for Acuity Insurance, Schlagenhafer helps manufacturers who want to start automating. In his experience, success starts with asking the right questions.