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The Growing Level of Automation in Fabricating Operations

December 18, 2018
Alan Rooks
By Alan Rooks Editor in Chief, Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing is growing more automated every day, and the fabrication industry is no exception. In this episode, Alan Rooks, editor in chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine talks with Mark Scherler, general manager of FANUC America about the latest FANUC robot technologies for welding and cutting; how solutions for the Industrial Internet of Things may change how manufacturing operations are performed; and strategies for shrinking the Skills Gap in the U.S.

 

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