In a recent article we asked manufacturing professionals and instructors from different regions if manual machining is being taught to the incoming generation of machinists.
As automation becomes more and more central to manufacturing, technological skills do play a leading role. But there are dynamics between physical part-making, a machine’s capabilities, and programming and modeling software that still require an understanding of manual practices.
Technical colleges, four-year degree programs and manufacturers themselves are keen to adapt—but they are also still grounded in today’s reality: People are still at the heart of manufacturing. The demand for a skilled workforce requires a hybrid set of technology skills including machine programming and critical knowledge of part-making inside a machine.
Do you thinking the incoming workforce should be trained on manual machining?
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