Test and Inspection Assembly

Articles about vision systems, leak testers and other technologies for testing and inspecting parts and assemblies.

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JV to Build Automated Leak Testing Equipment

May 25, 2012

HOUSTON—USON has signed a joint-venture agreement with Innovative Products and Equipment. The new company will offer automated leak testing systems.


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Free Webinar Covers New Code-Reading Technology

May 16, 2012

BOSTON—Cognex Corp. is hosting a free webinar May 22 to present its new technology, called Hotbars, that promises to make reading bar codes faster and more accurate.


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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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Researchers Invent New Automated Inspection System

April 30, 2012

MAGDEBURG, Germany—Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF have come up with an automated visual inspection system that is reliable and economic even for one-off production runs.


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Quality Initiative Transforms Chrysler Belvidere

April 26, 2012
Chrysler Group LLC is betting big on its new Dodge Dart compact sedan, which hits dealer showrooms in June.


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Vision System Supplier to Award Grants to Colleges

April 16, 2012

BARRINGTON, NJ—Edmund Optics, a supplier of optical components for vision systems, is awarding $22,500 in grants to university programs in optical science.


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Purdue to Build Engine Test Lab

April 13, 2012

LAFAYETTE, IN—Automotive Robotics Proving Labs and Purdue University are planning to build a new, $10 million engine testing facility here.


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Multiple Cameras, One Controller

April 02, 2012
New technology lets manufacturers operate up to eight dumb cameras on a single controller—greatly enhancing their vision-system capabilities.


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Assembly in Action: Smart Cameras Solve A Pressing Problem

April 02, 2012
Every plant engineer knows that solving simple manufacturing problems can often yield great benefits. This was the case recently for Silver City Aluminum Corp., a Taunton, MA, producer of custom aluminum extrusions and finished parts since 1952.


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Assembly in Action: SPC Software Speeds Data Collection, Business Growth

March 01, 2012
For the past half century, United Gear and Assembly (UGA) has supplied precision gears, shafts and related assemblies to companies in the automotive, agriculture, forestry, construction, mining, marine and rail industries.


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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.

Podcasts

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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Lean Hang-Ups

By now, most assembly plants have at least tried lean manufacturing. But, some aspects of lean have been easier to implement than others. What tenet of lean has your assembly plant had the most trouble with?
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Welding: Principles & Practices

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