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Reshoring Is Colliding With an AS9100 Quality Squeeze — Where Robotic Cleaning and Surface Prep Come In July 13, 2026 - Forged Path Automation: Robotic Cleaning and Surface-Prep Systems for Reshored, Quality-Critical Manufacturing American manufacturing is coming home, and the numbers… Continue Reading
Aerospace’s Additive Boom Has a Post-Processing Problem — Robots Are the Fix July 13, 2026 - Forged Path Automation: Robotic Deburring, Support Removal, and Surface Finishing for Additive Aerospace PartsMetal additive manufacturing has grown up. What… Continue Reading
Gas Turbine Lead Times Just Hit Five Years — and Hot-Section Finishing Is Part of the Bottleneck July 13, 2026 - Forged Path Automation: Robotic Finishing and Surface-Prep Systems for Turbine Manufacturing and MROThe gas turbine market has entered territory it… Continue Reading
Why the Skilled-Labor Shortage Is Turning Robotic Finishing Into a Production Necessity in 2026 July 13, 2026 - Forged Path Automation: Turnkey Robotic Finishing and Material-Removal Systems for Critical Manufacturing Two forces are colliding on American factory floors, and… Continue Reading
Robotic Automation ROI: How to Build a Business Case That Actually Holds Up June 9, 2026 - Most robotic automation projects do not stall because the technology cannot do the job. They stall in the budget meeting.… Continue Reading
End of Arm Tooling: Why It Makes or Breaks Your Robotic Cell June 9, 2026 - When a robotic cell underperforms, the robot is rarely the reason. The arm hits its points, holds its speed, and… Continue Reading
Surface Preparation Before Coating: Why Inconsistent Cleaning Is Your Most Expensive Defect June 9, 2026 - A coating failure almost never starts at the coating. It starts one step earlier — at surface preparation before coating,… Continue Reading
Robotic Deburring: The Real Fix for Inconsistent Edge Finishing June 9, 2026 - Walk onto almost any finishing floor and you will find the same bin of rejected parts — and robotic deburring… Continue Reading
