Magna International's Canadian chassis plant in Milton, Ontario, uses advanced hydroforming presses, tube bending machines and robotic welding cells to manufacture truck frames and chassis for DaimlerChrysler and other customers.
Designing a motion control system is a process of calculations. Will the motor have enough horsepower to move the load? Can the structure handle rapid deceleration?
In addition to being the largest commercial aircraft in the world, the recently unveiled double-deck A380 from Airbus (Toulouse, France) is incorporating a number of innovative assembly technologies.
North American manufacturing companies purchased 14,838 robots valued at nearly $1 billion in 2004, a 20 percent increase in units over 2003 and the industry's second best unit total ever, according to a report from the Robotic Industries Association (RIA).
Charles R. McClinton, technology manager for the Hyper-X Program at NASA's Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA) will present the keynote address, "Breaking the Hypersonic Barrier," at the NEPCON East/Electro and Assembly East manufacturing exhibition.
US Endoscopy (Mentor, OH) manufactures accessories for rigid and flexible endoscopes-medical devices that are used for the exploration or biopsy of organs and tissues without performing conventional surgery.