Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Even before the global pandemic, the number of welding trade workers in Australia was in steady decline falling by 8 per cent in five years, from 75,800 in 2014 to 69,600 in 2019. Whats causing the welder skills shortage? Completion rates of welding apprenticeships are also dropping, as much as 23 per cent each year.

Robotics 52

Robotics Robotics Automation Bottleneck 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

HOOB was founded in 2014 by two engineers, Tanel Sildnik and Priit Raid. In their previous careers, they both worked with product design and often struggled with machine shops being bottlenecks for realising their innovative projects.

Assembly Line 86

Assembly Line Lean manufacturing Bottleneck Fit 86

Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 26, 2022

In 2014, the company began investing in robotics. Up until June 2019, Watkins was operating out of one facility in Banyo, Brisbane, and the difficulty at the time was the bottleneck caused by the unloading and loading of trailers. “We A forklift to support advanced manufacturing. Out with the old, in with the new.

Robotics 98

Robotics Robotics Bottleneck Advanced manufacturing 98

Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 4, 2023

Before President Joe Biden’s recent support of additive manufacturing, the Obama administration created a lot of awareness and demand for 3D printers in 2014. For Terem, there are two major bottlenecks to the adoption of additive technologies: the sophistication and effectiveness of the technology itself and the knowledge of the end users.

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing Composites Additive manufacturing Supply Chain 105

SMMT

JANUARY 25, 2024

In total, the company delivered around 116,000 vehicles to customers, an increase of 37% compared to the previous year, which was still affected by supply bottlenecks and a coronavirus-related decline in demand in the bus segment. The external engine business can look back on the second most successful year in its history after 2014.

Bottleneck 52

Bottleneck Manufacturing 52

Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 18, 2023

’” Pioneer Service’s Swiss-type journey started with two Star CNC machines in July 2014. An even bigger bottleneck in the daily process — until last year — was tracking the supply and demand of the shop’s tools to calculate what is in use and what quantities to order. You didn’t send us home.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) 98

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Aerospace Bottleneck Cycle time 98

Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Automation market insights The global economy has gone through some challenges due to supply chain bottlenecks and other issues, which has led some to believe a mild recession might be on the horizon. From 2014 to 2021, the U.S.

Automation 52

Automation Bottleneck Supply Chain Robotics 52