Phillips Robotics enables lights-out CNC tending at WTTI

May 6, 2026 · Deployment · Phillips Corporation · Industrial

Phillips Robotics engineered and integrated a compact CNC-tending system that moved WTTI from operator-dependent machining to continuous autonomous production.

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  • The system automated loading and unloading on an existing Haas lathe without requiring a facility expansion.
  • WTTI replaced a four-hour runtime ceiling with continuous production that no longer required an operator stationed at the machine.
  • The deployment increased uptime and output consistency while reducing bottlenecks, lead times and dependence on temporary labour.

Phillips Corporation is a US manufacturing-technology and industrial-automation provider whose Robotics and OPTO teams integrate industrial robots and cobots with CNC and production systems.