There has been a prevailing myth that manufacturers need to purchase brand new machine tools to incorporate flexible manufacturing systems (FMS). That is not true. Automating existing machine tools is possible and common.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2022-02-08
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/news/new-guide-automate-existing-machine-tools/
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