Problems
What will AGI do for Skilled Press Operator Shortage?
Manufacturing facilities face a critical deficit of workers capable of running, tuning, and troubleshooting high-tonnage mechanical and hydraulic presses. Plant managers and production supervisors at tier-two and tier-three suppliers constantly operate below capacity because they lack the veteran personnel required to safely monitor continuous press cycles. As senior operators retire, they take decades of tacit knowledge regarding machine vibration, acoustic anomalies, and die wear with them.