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    Lessons from the Field: Avoiding Risk When Implementing Welding Automation

    Miller welding automation experts share how to evaluate whether your shop is ready for automation, start smart to mitigate risk, identify which solutions are right for you, and understand how automation can deliver results and accelerate growth.

    September 18, 2025

    12:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM CT / 9:00 AM PT / 5:00 PM GMT

    Duration: 60 minutes

    Sponsor: Miller Electric Mfg. LLC

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    Summary

    In this roundtable discussion, Miller Welding automation experts share their insights about the path to automation, highlighting real-life success stories, pitfalls to avoid and other valuable takeaways.

    Attendees will gain practical guidance on the following topics:

    • Evaluating their shop’s readiness for automation to ensure realistic expectations. When a manufacturer of materials handling equipment didn’t consider upstream processes, part consistency, tooling and workforce capabilities, it resulted in overzealous expectations.
    • Understanding how to start smart with automation, such as conducting preliminary research, leveraging demos and aligning the right solutions. This is imperative and something a trailer manufacturer didn’t fully investigate, resulting in unneeded spent capitol on equipment upgrades.
    • Identifying the right partners, planning for workforce training and adopting a crawl-walk-run approach to ensure a smooth and scalable integration. For a job shop specializing in custom-designed infrastructure, it quickly became clear that its operators did not have the talent and skillset required to adeptly operate an automated cell.

    Whether an operation is just beginning to explore automation or is looking to optimize it current setup, participants of this webinar will receive actionable insights to help them minimize risk and maximize impact.

     

    Speakers

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    Sam Noland | Product Manager | Miller Welding Automation

    Sam Noland is an advanced process specialist on the automation team at Miller Electric Mfg., LLC, with over two decades of welding experience and more than 15 years of automation experience, working in roles across production, sales, applications and service teams. Sam joined Miller five years ago as a welding applications engineer on the automation team, later transitioning into product management, where she oversaw automation power supplies and collaborative welding systems. Today, she supports both customers and sales team members throughout the pre- and post-purchase phases of system implementation.

    She holds degrees in mechanical engineering and philosophy from Christian Brothers University and a master’s degree from Michigan State University in management, strategy and leadership.

     

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    Ty Lattimore | Product Manager | Miller Welding Automation

    Ty Lattimore is a product manager of automation at Miller Electric Mfg., LLC. Over the past seven years, Ty has held progressive roles at ITW, including roles at Hobart Filler Metals and Miller spanning engineering, field support and product management. To every role, he brings a passion for advancing the welding industry and sharing insights that bridge new technology with practical applications.

    Ty holds a Bachelor of Science in Welding Engineering Technology from Ferris State University and an MBA from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois, equipping him with a unique blend of technical expertise and strategic insight to serve the welding industry.

     

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    James Manning | Communications & Training Specialist | Miller Welding Automation

    James Manning is a communications and training specialist at Miller Electric Mfg., LLC, with over 25 years of experience in industrial and manufacturing settings. In his role, James focuses on enhancing the customer experience through emerging technologies and innovative training solutions. Before joining the Miller team, he served as an aviation electrician in the US Navy, gaining hands-on electrical and mechanical skills.

    James holds a degree in workforce training and development from Southern Illinois University and an MBA from Walden University.

     

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