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Bowl feeds needle hubs.(WE FED IT)
A major health care company was building an automated system to assemble tubes for delivering intravenous fluids. Among other components, the...
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Automotive supplier retools for commercial vehicles.(MOVING FORWORD)
Beginning in 2010, new Class 8 trucks must meet the Environmental Protection Agency's tough new emissions standard for diesel engines. Some...
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Bowls supply parts for catheter.(WE FED IT)
Space is always at a premium in an automated assembly system, even more so if it will be located in a clean room. Such was the case for medical...
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Canon opens new plant for cartridge assembly.(MOVING FORWARD)
On May 1, Canon USA Inc. and Canon Virginia Inc. opened a new production facility in Newport News, VA. The 700,000-square-foot facility will...
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Guidance goes 3D: with 3D vision guidance, robots can pick parts from leaning stacks, insert complex parts into assemblies, and even retrieve randomly distributed parts from a bin.(Robotics)
A German automotive manufacturer was successfully using a six-axis robot to handle transmission cases. An overhead conveyor carried the cases to...
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It's a lock: lockbolts produce joints with high clamp loads and excellent resistance to vibration.(Riveting)
Southern Europe is known worldwide for its sunny weather. The balmy climate that attracts countless tourists to the shores of the Mediterranean...
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Software helps assemblers manage quality tasks: when updated instructions are logged into the system, the software alerts every operator to the new procedures.(QUALITY in ASSEMBLY)
In these days of far-flung supply chains and multiple assembly locations, even small and midsized manufacturers can have difficulty keeping...
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System feeds, assembles springs.(WE FED IT)
Springs are tough to feed. They're flexible, and they tangle easily. Centricity Corp. has developed a machine, called the Versa-Stack, that...
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Automotive supplier rides the winds of change.(MOVING FORWARD)
Not that long ago, MasTech Manufacturing in Manistee, MI, was riding high. A supplier of conveyors, material handling equipment and welding cells...
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One bowl better than two.(WE FED IT)
Sometimes, it's the machine you don't sell that wins you business. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] That was the case for Mike Stamm, general...
Assembly, 07/01/09 by Sprovieri, John · More from publication
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