Assembly magazine
Home
Subscription Customer Service
Online
Industry Headlines
AssemblyBlog
ASSEMBLYtv
Assembly Radio
Web Extras
Buyers Guide
Showrooms
Product Review
How To Guides
Webinar
Ask ASSEMBLY
Calendar of Events
eNewsletter
Current Issue
Cover Story
Features
Departments
Digital Edition
Resources
Archives
Job Search
White Papers
Industry Links
Website Review
E-Cards
Market Research
List Rental
Classified Ads
ASSEMBLY Info
June 2009 BPA Statement
Subscribe
About Assembly
Staff Directory
Advertise
Reprints
Search in: EditorialProductsCompanies
Aerospace Assembly: Green Gets Airborne
Aerospace OEMs and suppliers are investing billions of dollars to develop green technology, such as advanced jet engines and lightweight materials.

by Austin Weber


Adhesives for Harsh Environments
Increasingly, designers of both these aircraft and ground transportation vehicles—such as cars, trucks, buses, trains, subways and light rail—are using innovative adhesives in place of traditional fasteners to withstand harsh environments. 

by Jeremy Cooler

Assembly Automation: Pick and Place Goes Electric
A new generation of pick-and-place devices is lending greater flexibility to automated assembly systems—and saving energy along the way.

by John Sprovieri

Assembly Presses: Crimping, Staking, Swaging, Clinching
With the right press, tooling and design, engineers can assemble parts without fasteners or other added materials.

by John Sprovieri

Assembly In Action: Automated Cart Enhances Assembly of Volt Batteries
On Jan. 11, 2010—exactly three years to the day that the Chevrolet Volt concept car debuted—General Motors manufactured the first advanced lithium-ion battery for the Volt at its Brownstown Battery Pack Assembly Plant in Brownstown Township, MI. 

by Jim Camillo

Assembly In Action: Design Software Shows Potential of Lightweight Composites
In late 2009, the NASA Engineering and Safety Center completed a series of critical, full-scale, physical tests to help predict how the Composite Crew Module would perform under simulated flight conditions. Performed at Langley Research Center, the tests focused on material tradeoffs between metals and composites in space structures.

by Jim Camillo

Assembly In Action: Laser Scanners for Dummies…and Air Bag Performance
Crash dummies are crucial in evaluating the performance of side curtain air bags in a rollover. First Technology Safety Systems Inc. manufactures crash test dummies and computer crash simulation models for automotive, military and aerospace applications. To confirm that the new design matched dummies built from the original mold, FTSS used a hand held laser scanner.

by Jim Camillo

Most Emailed Articles

  1. Wire Processing: Auto Industry Goes Metric
  2. This Is Not Your Father's Retirement
  3. Wire Processing: Auto Industry Goes Metric
  4. New Great Dane Plant to be Built in GA
  5. Assembly Automation: The Trouble With Springs
  6. Web Exclusive: More Techniques to Reduce Robot Cycle Times
  7. Assembly Automation: The Trouble With Springs
  8. The Hawthorne Works
  9. Hoffman on Testing: Cheap Fixtures Cost More in the Long-Run
  10. Budde on Assembly Automation: Getting the Most Out of Your Assembly and Test Equipment Provider

Top Searches

  1. Lean Workstation
  2. leak testing
  3. torque
  4. lean
  5. wave solder
  6. Plants
  7. model t
  8. fuel cell
  9. robots
  10. ritter

Most Popular Articles

  1. Mind the Gap 2/20/08
  2. Leading Lean: Build on Your Success 12/17/07
  3. Assembly in Action: Supplier Key to Machine Builderís Success 5/25/07
  4. Ball Grid Array Soldering 1/25/08
  5. Putting the Squeeze on Rivets 12/17/07
  6. Nanotechnology Transforms Lithium-ion Batteries 2/4/08
  7. Successful Design For Assembly 2/26/07
  8. Leading Lean: Make Everything Visual 6/25/07
  9. Leading Lean: Your Lean Library 11/27/07
  10. Select a Workstation for Lean Manufacturing 7/16/07
© 2010 BNP Media. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy