Revolutionising Manufacturing: The Path to Machine Tool Automation

Setting Goals

Having clear short term and long-term goals is essential for realising the benefits of automation. Often, common goals of machine shops seeking automation are to increase throughput, keeping workers safe and increasing productivity. When considering any goals regarding automation, it’s much easier to make smart choices about what the scope and form of an automation cell might look like with clear objectives.

Onboarding your workforce

Transitioning into automation entails a paradigm shift for shop floor dynamics. Machines readily adapt, while employees need both time and training to adapt. Involving operators and programmers in the planning process offers invaluable insights, ensuring smooth adoption. As a primary resource at the coalface, operators have knowledge of where and how automation might be implemented. Discuss with your team how they feel and evaluate their preparedness for the transition to automation. Talk about how upskilling and transitioning to newer, more complex roles can increase job satisfaction. Involving your workforce in preparation for automation is a crucial step to ensuring a successful launch.

Leverage Expert Guidance to create your Roadmap Forward

With over 20 years experience, Automated Solutions Australia (ASA) provides expert guidance at every stage of the process, right from conception to system design, installation, programming, and support. We pride ourselves on creating bespoke solutions, knowing there’s no such thing as a one size fits all solution and how important it is to find the right balance between cost and functionality. We believe that partnering with our customers to create individualised automation solutions creates successful outcomes, where your knowledge, goals and objectives are always at the forefront of everything we do. We take great pride in helping machine shops across Australia maximise throughput, improve system availability, reduce operating expenses, improve quality and keep your workforce safe. ASA’s dedication and twenty year history in the machine tending space is evidence that this strategy works.

By implementing these key steps, your machine shop, no matter how big or small, will be ready to ride the automation wave to long-term success. What are you waiting for? Call Automation Solutions Australia today on 1800 ROBOTS.