Automation helps keeps factories running amid COVID-19 social distancing

Automation helps keeps factories running amid COVID-19 social distancing

An machine at EVCO Plastics in DeForest packages COVID test parts into thermal form trays. Because fewer workers are on a production line, employees are better able to remain distanced from each other amid the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent the spread of the virus. Robots aren’t really taking away jobs, manufacturers say. They’re just doing the work that no one else will do.

From simple labeling machines to complex robots that can deftly make a part or product from base materials to completion, automation has become a major part of Wisconsin’s manufacturing landscape. Reports throughout the years have warned of […]

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