Start with broadening mindsets toward equipment innovations and then optimize those opportunities as they appear. That greatly increases the production floor's competitive value via equipment speed, accuracy and flexibility. When it comes to milling and turning equipment, place more emphasis on strategies that work toward increasing flexibility and easing equipment setup, advises Bill Tandrow, director of mechanical engineering, Haas Automation Inc., Ox-nard, Calif. Above all, be mindful that success with the production equipment of the future will depend on a strategy of ongoing preparation, he adds.
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