# Training Machinists with an Automation Mindset with Titan Gilroy, Ep #1

- Show: [Lights Out](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out)
- Published: 2024-11-20
- Length: 39m
- Episode: 1
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out/2024-11-20-training-machinists-with-an-automation-mindset-with-titan-gilroy-ep-1
- Listen: https://8819970d-2c51-481c-b08a-4d2a806885b2.libsyn.com/training-machinists-with-an-automation-mindset-with-titan-gilroy-ep-1

## Summary

Titan Gilroy, founder of Titans of CNC, explains how machinists can adopt an automation mindset to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US and compete with overseas labor. He details specific technologies including Heller horizontal machining centers with pallet pool systems, Swiss multi-spindle machines, and AmROC tombstones, emphasizing that fixturing and programming are key to lights-out operations. Gilroy discusses risk mitigation strategies for unattended production, such as redundant tool management, laser tool inspection, and camera monitoring, arguing that shops ignoring automation will become obsolete in a competitive market.

## Chapters

- [2:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out/2024-11-20-training-machinists-with-an-automation-mindset-with-titan-gilroy-ep-1#t=128) Introduction: Lights Out Series and Manufacturing News
- [7:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out/2024-11-20-training-machinists-with-an-automation-mindset-with-titan-gilroy-ep-1#t=465) Titan Gilroy on Automation Progress and Fixturing Principles
- [11:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out/2024-11-20-training-machinists-with-an-automation-mindset-with-titan-gilroy-ep-1#t=695) Robots, Chip Management, and the Machinist Mindset
- [18:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out/2024-11-20-training-machinists-with-an-automation-mindset-with-titan-gilroy-ep-1#t=1114) Heller Pallet Systems, Swiss Machines, and Multi-Palette Operations
- [22:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out/2024-11-20-training-machinists-with-an-automation-mindset-with-titan-gilroy-ep-1#t=1365) Mitigating Lights-Out Risks: Probing, Lasers, and Redundancy
- [27:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out/2024-11-20-training-machinists-with-an-automation-mindset-with-titan-gilroy-ep-1#t=1621) The Business Case for Automation and Solving Customer Problems
- [31:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out/2024-11-20-training-machinists-with-an-automation-mindset-with-titan-gilroy-ep-1#t=1913) Global Automation: Europe vs. US and Industry Diversity

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Titans of CNC (company)
- Heller (product)
- AmROC (product)
- Thomasnet (company)
- Oracle NetSuite (product)
- SpaceX (company)
- Caterpillar (company)
- Detroit Diesel (company)

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- [Robot-Lean: Synthesizing Automation and Lean Manufacturing w/ Alex Webster](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2025-06-03-robot-lean-synthesizing-automation-and-lean-manufacturing-w-alex-webster) (The Manufacturing Executive)
- [The New ROI of Automation w/ Scot Lindemann](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-02-08-the-new-roi-of-automation-w-scot-lindemann) (The Manufacturing Executive)
- [The Success of MATRIC: Evolution, Automation and Future Growth Strategies with VP Bradley Turner](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2023-10-30-the-success-of-matric-evolution-automation-and-future-growth-strategies-with-vp) (EMS@C-LEVEL)
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