Advanced Automation (Page 11)

By Henry Cialone President & CEO, EWI The existence of a manufacturing workforce shortage is old news. I wrote about it in a December 2019 blog, and it wasn't new news even then! But what we're hearing now from the manufacturing community echoes what we're all hearing, reading, and seeing more broadly — the pandemic has...

Does your company want to incorporate robotics into its production line? Do you feel like you staff needs more familiarity and training in robotic processes before you get started? EWI can help! The EWI Skillform Center offers three levels of robotics competency courses to bring your employees up to speed in the technology before you...

In the manufacturing world, robotic welding systems are making their way into directed energy deposition (DED) AM production. EWI recently converted, demonstrated, and validated an IPG Genesis robotic welding cell for DED AM use. The system is dimensionally accurate and ready to build large-scale AM parts. This project is described in IPG Genesis Robotic DED...