# An aerospace machine shop added pallet-automated and robot-loaded CNC mills so it can machine parts unattended overnight and between shifts

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20201009-machinist-6
Date: 2020-10-09 · Stage: Deployment
Can this record move a task judgement? yes
Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/machinist

## Scope

Ohio, United States. The parent company's own announcement says Midwest Precision added two horizontal mills with 24-pallet automation and a vertical mill connected to a robot automation cell at its Eastlake facility, that the investment increases its ability to manufacture unattended overnight or between shifts, and that the robot-loaded mill is installed and fully operational. One small shop's announcement in 2020; it gives no change in machinists' numbers or hours.

## Source

- Tribus Aerospace LLC — 'Midwest Precision Adds More Automated Machines for Unattended "Lights Out" Manufacturing Equipment' (October 9, 2020) — https://www.tribusaerospace.com/news/midwest-precision-adds-automated-machines (primary source)

## What this means

In a real shop, machines now run and change parts on their own between shifts, without a machinist standing by.

## What it does not show yet

One small shop's 2020 announcement, with no figures on machinists' work.

## How to verify it yourself

Open Tribus Aerospace's news item on Midwest Precision's automated machines and find "unattended overnight or between shifts".


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