Connecting people to Process with Feisal Hurzook from ARCX
Welcome to The Robot Industry Podcast, edition #114. We recorded this podcast at the ADM Advanced Design Manufacturing Toronto 2023 show.
My guest is my friend and industry expert, Feisal Hurzook, Chief Technical Officer at Archronix Corp. ARCX connects people to processes by making tools more intelligent for Poke Yoke (error-proofing) especially in the automotive industry, monitoring critical processes.
As a Professional Electrical Engineer in the province of Ontario Feisal has worked on high reliability and mission critical projects from military, aerospace and transportation to consumer and commercial touch panels and industrial process controls. Starting his carrier in welding automation and robots and patented designs of high power switched reluctance motors - Feisal went on to manage the IT infrastructure for the Ontario Government and later worked on the F35 program at Honeywell Aerospace. This diverse knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit led him to start his own automation device company in early 2000s as he witnessed a growing need in the shop floor automation space for network connected, error-proofing devices and industry's need to collecting vital manufacturing data in the modern factory.
Tell our audience about ARCX in Markham.
What is keeping engineers at EV companies up at night?
Let's talk about some of the challenges in EV automotive final assembly.
What is happening with variability in EV final assembly?
Why is quality so important in EV industry.
Traceability and safety in automotive industry final production.
Pressure, stakeholders and innovation in Electric Vehicle production.
Word of mouth "marketing" in EV final assembly automation.
Younger people building automobiles.
Equipment used to build cars and how they have changed. Who's computer is in charge?
Batteries as a structure of the car, adhesives and glue.
If you would like to find out about Feisal, you can check him out on LinkedIn. You can find out about ARCX in Markham, ON by clicking here. sales@ARCX.com is the best email address.
Thanks for listening, and subscribing!
Warm Regards,
Jim
Jim Beretta
Customer Attraction Industrial Marketing & The Robot Industry Podcast
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