Articles by John Sprovieri

New technologies include a crimping tool for machined contacts and a fully automatic cutting, stripping and crimping system.

Item America’s new Ergologistics line of workbenches takes in the entire assembly process, from material supply and transport to production at the workbench.

Lawmakers in every state in the union have filed legislation to ensure that consumers have access to the parts, tools, and documentation needed to repair their stuff. This year alone, right-to-repair legislation is being actively debated in 24 states.

In this month’s “New & Noteworthy,” read about a new direct-drive linear transfer system and other motion control technologies that promise to boost the performance of your next automation project.

The HyJoin process uses induction heating to adhere plastic to metal.

Engineers help conservation group design and manufacture drones to monitor humpback whales.

An important and challenging part of the assembly process is attaching the sensor to a carrier.

U.S. manufacturers should be happier with lower tax bills. On the downside, the OBBBA repeals many of the green energy tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act.

More than 70 percent of the factory’s core operations are based on self-determined and self-managed systems.

Laerdal Medical is one of the world’s leading suppliers of models for teaching people how to do CPR, intubate a patient or even deliver a baby. To ensure that each bust is assembled correctly and shipped with the right auxiliary components, Laerdal engineers implemented Tulip Vision, a vision-based error-proofing system from Tulip Interfaces Inc.