A flay system for separating a workpiece from a manufacturing fixture, comprising: at least one flay assembly, including: a horizontal beam assembly, including: a horizontal beam; a horizontal drive mechanism mounted to the horizontal beam and having a horizontal drive motor and a horizontal beam track system defining a horizontal drive axis; a pair of vertical beam assemblies mounted to the horizontal beam assembly in spaced relation to each other, each vertical beam assembly including: a vertical beam having a vertical beam top portion coupled to the horizontal beam track system and operably engaged to the horizontal drive motor for driving the vertical beam assembly along the horizontal drive axis; a vertical drive mechanism mounted to the vertical beam and having a vertical drive motor and a vertical beam track system defining a vertical drive axis; a workpiece attachment assembly coupled to the vertical beam track system and operably engaged to the vertical drive motor for driving the workpiece attachment assembly along the vertical drive axis; the workpiece attachment assembly including an attachment mechanism, configured to be removably attached to one of opposing workpiece side portions of the workpiece supported on the manufacturing fixture; and the horizontal drive motor and the vertical drive motor, configured to operate in a coordinated manner to move the vertical beams away from each other along the horizontal drive axis while simultaneously moving each workpiece attachment assembly along a corresponding vertical drive axis to cause the attachment mechanism to pull the workpiece side portions away from the manufacturing fixture. at least one flay assembly, including: a horizontal beam assembly, including: a horizontal beam; a horizontal drive mechanism mounted to the horizontal beam and having a horizontal drive motor and a horizontal beam track system defining a horizontal drive axis; a pair of vertical beam assemblies mounted to the horizontal beam assembly in spaced relation to each other, each vertical beam assembly including: a vertical beam having a vertical beam top portion coupled to the horizontal beam track system and operably engaged to the horizontal drive motor for driving the vertical beam assembly along the horizontal drive axis; a vertical drive mechanism mounted to the vertical beam and having a vertical drive motor and a vertical beam track system defining a vertical drive axis; a workpiece attachment assembly coupled to the vertical beam track system and operably engaged to the vertical drive motor for driving the workpiece attachment assembly along the vertical drive axis; the workpiece attachment assembly including an attachment mechanism, configured to be removably attached to one of opposing workpiece side portions of the workpiece supported on the manufacturing fixture; and a horizontal beam assembly, including: a horizontal beam; a horizontal drive mechanism mounted to the horizontal beam and having a horizontal drive motor and a horizontal beam track system defining a horizontal drive axis; a horizontal beam; a horizontal drive mechanism mounted to the horizontal beam and having a horizontal drive motor and a horizontal beam track system defining a horizontal drive axis; a pair of vertical beam assemblies mounted to the horizontal beam assembly in spaced relation to each other, each vertical beam assembly including: a vertical beam having a vertical beam top portion coupled to the horizontal beam track system and operably engaged to the horizontal drive motor for driving the vertical beam assembly along the horizontal drive axis; a vertical drive mechanism mounted to the vertical beam and having a vertical drive motor and a vertical beam track system defining a vertical drive axis; a workpiece attachment assembly coupled to the vertical beam track system and operably engaged to the vertical drive motor for driving the workpiece attachment assembly along the vertical drive axis; the workpiece attachment assembly including an attachment mechanism, configured to be removably attached to one of opposing workpiece side portions of the workpiece supported on the manufacturing fixture; and a vertical beam having a vertical beam top portion coupled to the horizontal beam track system and operably engaged to the horizontal drive motor for driving the vertical beam assembly along the horizontal drive axis; a vertical drive mechanism mounted to the vertical beam and having a vertical drive motor and a vertical beam track system defining a vertical drive axis; a workpiece attachment assembly coupled to the vertical beam track system and operably engaged to the vertical drive motor for driving the workpiece attachment assembly along the vertical drive axis; the workpiece attachment assembly including an attachment mechanism, configured to be removably attached to one of opposing workpiece side portions of the workpiece supported on the manufacturing fixture; and the horizontal drive motor and the vertical drive motor, configured to operate in a coordinated manner to move the vertical beams away from each other along the horizontal drive axis while simultaneously moving each workpiece attachment assembly along a corresponding vertical drive axis to cause the attachment mechanism to pull the workpiece side portions away from the manufacturing fixture.