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AUTOMATION TALK
Welcome to Automation Talk, a video series presented by the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, The Fabricator, and Canadian Fabricating & Welding, in partnership with Salvagnini America.
Automation isn't just about solving the skilled labor shortage. It isn't just about increasing throughput. It's about a new way of thinking and changing the way metal fabrication happens on the shop floor.
Today, automation is seen not only within and between machinery, but also within the software that facilitates smooth, seamless information flow throughout an organization. The latest season of Automation Talk will document the industry's evolution within both types of automation and give insight into metal fabrication's automated future.
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Software's Virtuous Cycle
- Dec 6, 2023
- Automation and Robotics
- Video
Automation Talk, Season 2, Episode 2
Rob Colman, editor of Canadian Fabricating & Welding magazine, talks with Brad Shykitka of Custom Metal Contracting (CMC) about the company’s automation transformation. The fabricator of architectural metal cladding systems has fully automated one of its lines, and advanced software was a big part of the implementation. Also in this episode, Tim Heston of The Fabricator magazine talks with Matt Humerick of Salvagnini America about automated order processing, IIoT, and just how integral software will be for the next generation of fabricators.Sponsored Content
A Deep Dive into Software Automation
- Nov 8, 2023
- Automation and Robotics
- Video
Automation Talk, Season 2, Episode 1
Tim Heston talks with Joe Wheatley of Trane Technologies’ commercial division and Matt Humerick of Salvagnini America about the importance of software, especially when it comes to the seamless flow of information throughout an organization. Considering all the minutiae—from tooling arrangements on the panel bender or press brakes to the effects of slat positions and blank orientation in laser cutting and punching; to specific machine loading, uptime, and performance information—modern software has helped transform the modern precision sheet metal operation.Sponsored Content
Climbing up the levels of sheet metal automation
- Dec 16, 2022
- Automation and Robotics
- Video
Automation Talk, Season 1, Episode 6
In this final episode of Automation Talk, The FABRICATOR Senior Editor Tim Heston and Canadian Fabricating & Welding Editor Rob Colman talk with Salvagnini America's Derrick Clark, senior product and technology engineer, and Nate Gevedon, product and technology engineer, at FABTECH 2022 in Atlanta. These experts talk about how automation isn’t just for one process, one department, or even one value stream.Sponsored Content
FABTECH panel: Automation ideas worth spreading
- Nov 30, 2022
- Automation and Robotics
- Video
Automation Talk, Season 1, Episode 5
In this fifth episode of Automation Talk, presented by Salvagnini America, The FABRICATOR’s Senior Editor Tim Heston talks with Matt Klopfenstein, vice president of sales and marketing; Doug Johnson, CEO; and Giovanni Piccolo, vice president of project management at Salvagnini America. Recorded at FABTECH 2022 in Atlanta, the panel discusses automation’s past, present, and potential in sheet metal fabrication.
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End-to-end sheet metal automation at Schindler Elevator
- Oct 26, 2022
- Automation and Robotics
- Video
Automation Talk, Season 1, Episode 4
In the fourth episode of Automation Talk presented by Salvagnini, The FABRICATOR Senior Editor Tim Heston speaks with Senior Manufacturing Engineer Eric Tomecek about how Schindler has increased throughput, streamlined inventory management, and even changed manufacturing career paths.Sponsored Content
How automation has opened up product and job opportunities at Cyrell AMP
- Oct 17, 2022
- Automation and Robotics
- Video
Automation Talk, Season 1, Episode 3
In the third episode of Automation Talk presented by Salvagnini, Canadian Fabricating & Welding Editor Rob Colman talks with Cyrell AMP’s Julien Bergeron, who explains how it has helped the specialized architectural panel fabricator create product and job opportunities at the company’s Beloeil, Quebec, facility.Sponsored Content
How a metal fabricator's automation journey starts
- Sep 19, 2022
- Automation and Robotics
- Video
Automation Talk, Season 1, Episode 2
As manufacturing consultant for Acuity Insurance, Mike Schlagenhafer, an industry veteran whose career began in 1979, helps manufacturers who want to start their automation transformation. In his experience, success starts with asking the right questions.Sponsored Content
How Sheet Metal Automation Shapes Kendall Howard’s Business Model
- Aug 23, 2022
- Automation and Robotics
- Video
Automation Talk, Season 1, Episode 1
Automation doesn’t just change the way manufacturing happens on the floor. It also opens the door to new business models, like the one behind Kendall Howard, a unique fabricator northeast of Minneapolis. Founder Randy Herreid describes how his vision for a new kind of manufacturing business came to fruition.
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- 04/16/2024
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