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INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

              LEVERAGING THE BREAKTHROUGHS

              Smaller tool manufacturers are eventually doing away with their doubts
              regarding industrial automation and are embracing it owing to the wide range
              of advantages it offers.

                                                                                          Source: ANCA

Source: ANCA  I ndustrial automation is              ens of ways a small cutting tool        The drive for automation is be-
                      changing the way cutting       manufacturer can embrace auto-          ing accelerated by the unavail-
                      tool manufacturers operate.    mation for a more efficient and in-     ability of skilled labor, where
              Machines have taken on the heavy       novative factory.                       machines can fill the gaps.
              lifting at each stage of production                                         •	Automation is an important
              letting workers get on with less re-   Benefits of industrial                  step to help people meet reg-
              petitive tasks. And while automa-      automation                              ulatory obligations concern-
              tion may sound costly and com-         •	Cost reduction happens                ing the limits of weekly work
              plex to implement, it’s not reserved                                           hours without compromising
              just for big business. There are doz-     through reduced labor costs          machine utilization.
                                                        and increased machine uptime.

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