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    Take Care of Business: Transform Production with Robotic Machine Tending

    Industry leaders Brian Conner and Tyler Bouchard demonstrate how they use the Smart Factory Production Robotics Maturity Model and advanced robotic integration to transform production lines. Their insights highlight the full potential of collaborative robots in manufacturing.

    This webinar was originally held on September 17, 2024.

    Now available for On Demand viewing! 

    Duration: 1 hour
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    Summary

    The Smart Factory Production Robotics Maturity Model identifies the stages of adoption of robotic automation within a manufacturing plant. Hear from industry leaders how they are applying the model while leveraging the best of their in-house autonomous process control technologies—including cobots enabled by advanced robotic machine tending capabilities and in-line inspection for closed-loop processing. They discuss how these tools achieve greater capacity, productivity and quality and overall enhancement in throughput and profit per part.  
    What to expect during this session: 
    • Brian Conner (Universal Robots) and Tyler Bouchard (Flexxbotics) discuss the benefits, challenges and results attainable when the Maturity Model is paired with a comprehensive production robotics digitalization strategy. 
    • Learn about the stages of maturity and considerations for personnel, the robots, existing machines and equipment, solutions and investments to ensure business objectives are achieved. 
    • Who should attend? This session is tailored to mechanical and design engineers, automation engineers and other factory personnel.  

     

    Speakers

    Brian Conner CSI/CSP Program Manager Universal Robots

    Brian Conner
    CSI/CSP Program Manager
    Universal Robots

    After earning a degree in International Business from Southern Illinois University, Brian entered the manufacturing world in 2007 focusing on helping manufacturers with factory automation. After serving for ten years in the industrial coupling industry with R+W, Brian entered the world of collaborative robots through end of arm tooling, eventually transitioning to Universal Robots in 2019, where he spent nearly four years as a Channel Development Manager in the Midwest. 

    Today, he is leading the Certified System Integrator Program in the US and Canada, with a focus on helping integration companies find success solving everyday manufacturing challenges, from throughput and quality to cost reduction and labor reallocation, through the deployment of collaborative robots. Brian is excited to be in this role at a company that is “leading and transforming the next industrial revolution.”

    Tyler Bouchard CEO & Co-Founder Flexxbotics

    Tyler Bouchard
    CEO & Co-Founder
    Flexxbotics

    Tyler Bouchard is CEO and co-founder of Flexxbotics, a provider of workcell digitalization solutions for robot-driven manufacturing. Prior to starting Flexxbotics, Tyler held senior commercial positions in industrial automation and robotics at Fortune 500 organizations including Cognex, Mitsubishi Electric and Novanta. Tyler holds an bachelor’s ME from WPI and an MBA from Northeastern University.

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