A game-changer in machine tool automation

Gaining competitiveness is a priority for European machine tool manufacturers and users. This goal goes hand in hand with embracing digitalisation and achieving Industry 5.0. Automatic tool changers (ATC) play a role in this. Enabled by robotics, ATC can help OEMs develop more competitive machine tools that address end users’ most pressing challenges. Here, Serhat Volkan Yilmaz, Robot Technologies General Manager of Tezmaksan Robot Technologies, explains.

05/02/2025 17:39:18

According to CECIMO, the European Association of Manufacturing Technologies, machine tool orders decreased by 20 percent in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the same period the previous year.

To become more competitive, machine tools must meet end users’ growing demand for efficiency, productivity and accuracy. This is where addressing labour-intensive operations, like machine tending, with automation can be a game-changer.

Read the full article in DPA's February 2025 issue