Lights Out Lenses: Engineering, Quality & the Leadership Behind Automation (Part 2), Ep #41

Podcast: Lights Out: Technology and Automation Podcast by MakingChips · Nick Goellner

Opublikowano: 2026-05-22

Part 2 of Lights Out Lenses moves deeper into the automation journey at Advanced Machine & Fabricating—this time through the eyes of engineering, programming, quality, and ownership. If Part 1 was about feeding the beast, Part 2 is about building the systems, standards, and culture that keep it alive. Director of Engineering & Programming Forrest Vaught shares how automation forced his team to rethink everything from tooling strategies to fixture design and program standardization. In a high-mix, low-volume environment, success doesn't come from simply buying automation. It comes from building repeatable systems that can survive unattended machining, changing priorities, and constant pr...