Automation and Robotics

Biography

Biography: Robert J Axtman

Abstract

Predictable manufacturing provides the opportunity to completely concept, design and virtually visualize experiencing a manufacturing process that encompasses all the disciplines, aspects and nuances found in production regardless of industry or product. Several methods are currently used to plan your manufacturing environment. Most are rather archaic in practice which includes following the same procedures from the past i.e., “we have always done it this way”, to attempt using less than functional computer tools to evaluate, analyze and record statistics toward an optimized result. While these solutions may get you to part of your goal, they come up drastically short in accurately predicting all of your manufacturing requirements. This has been coined as “bar napkin planning” i.e., to literally sketch the manufacturing process on paper or relying on the inadequate CAD tools known today.