Whether in a production job shop or other high mix manufacturer, many machine shop managers think their automation options are limited due to all the variability of their parts that are run in ...

High-mix, low-volume (HMLV) manufacturing refers to industrial operations that produce many different products or components in relatively small quantities. These companies all engage in a ...

If you’re a job shop or other high-mix manufacturer you may not assume that automation is the right solution for you. But there are a variety of automation solutions that can be applied in high-mix ...

The objective of this research is to improve scheduling decisions in high-mix low-volume (HMLV) production environments. Unique characteristics of HMLV semiconductor assembly and testing operations ...

Finishing processes such as grinding, sanding, painting, polishing and buffing can be highly repetitive and physically demanding tasks. Yet, despite its repetitive nature, most surface finishing work ...

Turning and milling with robotized work-cell loading/unloading is just the beginning: the goal is “multi-batch automation,” making it possible to achieve high-mix and high-volume production. BMO ...

Up until now, users in the metal and plastics processing industries often faced a difficult choice: with CNC lathes and milling machines, one opted either for the largest possible variance or for ...