b'general, he explained. You canIt is also critical to not bite offtime since the first industrial robot teach it to do something today,more than you can chew. One ofwas installed in 1961, interest in au-andtomorrowyourapplicationthe keys to getting started is totomation continues to gain steam, changes and you teach the robot topick an application that you can behe said. For example, he noted that do something different. Maybe yousuccessful at, Burnstein said, be- A3s Automate trade show, which change the end-of-arm tooling, butcause that oftentimes gives youwas held June 6-9 in Detroit, at-the versatility of robotics has alwaysthe confidence to increase yourtracted more than 20,000 attend-been a huge selling point. automation once you have someees. There is a thirst for informa-He said robots also enable man- positive experience with it. tion about how to successfully au-ufacturers to improve part qual- While it has been quite sometomate, he said.CTEity and therefore their competi-tiveness and profit. Now you are not spending all your time runningV A L U E A T T H E S P I N D L E around in circles, he said, han-dling QA and angry customers.Then theres a robots ability to load and unload machine tools while allowing skilled workers to perform more mentally demanding tasks, such as quoting jobs and pro-gramming toolpaths. Thats one solution to the labor shortage thatUnmatched e\x1fciency youre seeing in machine shops, he said. for deep trochoidalmillingGet ReadyForthosehundredsofthou-sands without any automation that might be considering or installingSeries 77 H-CARBtheir first robot, Donlon said its im- SEVEN FLUTE HIGH EFFICIENCY END MILLSportant to understand the environ-ment where the robot will be func- The H-Carb Seven Flute High E\x1fciency tioning and the level of technology with which workers are comfort- Endmill specializes in deep axial able. They can dial it up or down,trochoidal and high-speed machininghe said, depending on what theyapplications. O\x1eered at various lengths are familiar and comfortable withof cut, the 7 \x1dute design creates a from a programming and control standpoint. superior \x1cnish to conventional5 or 6 \x1dute tools.contributorsAssociation for Advancing Automation SEE IT IN ACTION!734-994-6088www.automate.orgAutomation Solutions LLC COME VISIT BOOTH 431546 AT262-293-9134www.automationsolutionsllc.com 330.686.5700Epson America Inc. www.kyocera-sgstool.com562-981-3840www.epson.comctemag.com/cteguide.com35Automation.indd 35 8/17/22 10:51 AM'