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The Basis of Productivity Improvement

May 01, 2012
You can’t manage what you can’t measure.


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Comeback of the American Fastener?

May 01, 2012
Reshoring will increase demand for American-made screws, nuts and bolts.


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Presses for Medical Device Assembly

May 01, 2012
From catheters to syringes to blood-processing equipment, presses are crucial to manufacturing quality products


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Leak Testing Large Castings

May 01, 2012
Porosity and sealing affect engine blocks, wheels and other big auto parts.


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Green Energy Drives Siemens

May 01, 2012
Solar inverters and wind turbines share a common production philosophy.


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Assembly in Action: Laser System Leaves Impressive Marks on U.S. Military

May 01, 2012
Early in 2011, Bruce O’Neill made an important decision for Detroit-based Focus: HOPE’s Center for Advance Technolo-gies.


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Assembly in Action: FDM the Creative Heartbeat of Medical Device Company

May 01, 2012
Acist (Advanced Contrast Imaging System Technology) is a medical device company that specializes in developing con-trast injection systems for use in cardiology and radiology.


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Assembly in Action: Robots Provide Chinese Automaker With Faster, Stronger Welding

May 01, 2012
Opened in August 2011 to international acclaim, the new Great Wall Motors’ (GWM) automotive plant in Tianjin, China, produces 250,000 vehicles per year.


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XYZ - Software Simplifies Programming of Kinematics

May 01, 2012
With a kinematic mechanism, the position of the end-effector is not determined by straight-line motion.


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Fastening Threads: Problems Solved

May 01, 2012
Bolted joints are the vast majority of our consulting business. Our work is divided evenly between validating joints under development and troubleshooting problems with existing joints.


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The Editorial: Belling the Cat

May 01, 2012
Earlier this year, heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. chose Athens, GA, as the site for a new factory to assemble small tractors and excavators. The company will be reshoring some 1,400 jobs to the new facility from an existing plant in Japan.


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On Campus: RPI Center Focuses on Advanced Manufacturing

May 01, 2012
Although Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is the nation’s oldest technological university, it’s on the cutting edge of advanced manufacturing.


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Assembly in Action: Process Planning Improves Volvo’s Manufacturing Flexibility

May 01, 2012
The software manages, plans and simulates production processes.


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Wire Harness

AssemTech Inc. is a busy and growing harness assembly shop in West Chicago, IL. The company has a 12,000-square-foot assembly area and employs 20 full-time harness assemblers - far cry from its early days back in 1986, when founder Chuck Hall and various family members assembled harnesses in his garage.

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A Plan to Revive U.S. Manufacturing
In December, the nonpartisan Council on Competitiveness issued a landmark report, Make: An American Manufacturing Movement, that provides dozens of recommendations for addressing the many challenges facing U.S. manufacturers. In this podcast, Jack McDougle, the council’s senior vice president for manufacturing, discusses the council’s vision for reviving U.S. manufacturing. Check out this sneak preview of McDougle’s May 2 keynote address to start Tech ManufactureXPO.

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