Your decision to use one vs. another will be driven by various factors, such as meeting specific performance criteria, adapting to facility space constraints or overall experience and ease of use.
Because automation can produce more with less, it can help domestic manufacturers compete with low-cost overseas labor. It’s certainly a valid premise. But, like golf, dancing, baking bread or cutting dovetails by hand, implementing automation is harder than it looks.
The TL50 andon tower light can be used to indicate changes in status at workstations, such as a need for parts replenishment or a request for managerial help.