Robotic Automation Boosts Quality and Speed For Alpine's Equipment Manufacturing Process

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Pompano beach, FL—Dan Rupe, vice-president and general manger of Alpine's Equipment Divison, remembers the dilemma all too clearly. "It was the classic good news, bad news scenario. Alpine cutting and fabrication equipment were the industry leaders. Everybody wanted them. That was the problem—everybody wanted them. We just couldn't build AutoMills and Roll-A-Mas-ter systems fast enough." "We were losing orders to competitors even though the customers really preferred our machines. Then the situation got worse. The introduction of the Alpine Linear Saw took the industry by storm. Orders flocked in.