November 2022

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Nov

ARTICLE: As boomers prepare to retire, addressing a shrinking labor force

Already Tired of Hearing About Labor Shortages? It’s Going to Get Worse The good news? Automation has reached a point where technical feasibility allows it to fill in the gaps. The takeaway? Automation is ready now to step up when there are too few workers to do the job.  By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation There is no

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7
Nov

Forging and stamping case study: when material handling is critical

FPE Automation’s Cody Schmelzle Helped Streamline Processes at a Utility Power Component Manufacturer.  The resulting improvements were so significant that he won a PHD, Inc. Top Performer award for his efforts.  If you speak to engineers and operations managers in forging and stamping plants, they’ll nearly always mention reliability. In such harsh manufacturing environments, not any workholding solution will do. In

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