Back at the beginning of the 1980s, foundries needed their fettling process to be automated. Some of the suppliers interpreted and responded to this specific need by proposing fettling robots, while others focused on the design and production of flexible fettling machines. So far these two different solutions have played opposing roles to each other: each supplier attempted to highlight the advantages of its products over the competition, often creating expectations that were not satisfied and as a result increased uncertainty and doubt in the customers.
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