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Hot Crimping for Joining Magnet Wires

April 02, 2012
Jim Camillo
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Hot crimping technology features specially designed welding heads that quickly attach terminals to wire from 30 AWG to 350 MCM.


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Sparking Innovation

April 02, 2012
Ed Jacques
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A new scientific study reveals the best method for maintaining a good connection between the coils and the spark plugs.


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

March 01, 2012
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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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Assembly in Action: Airbus Quickens Electrical Testing of Wing Assemblies

March 01, 2012
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Airbus has manufacturing facilities across the globe, including Tianjin, China, and Broughton and Filton in the United Kingdom.


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German Utility Installs World’s Longest Super-Conducting Cable

January 30, 2012
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ESSEN, Germany—European utility RWE Group has installed a superconducting cable between two transformer stations here. At 1 kilometer long, it is the world’s longest superconducting cable.


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German Utility Installs World’s Longest Super-Conducting Cable

January 27, 2012
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ESSEN, Germany—European utility RWE Group has installed a superconducting cable between two transformer stations here. At 1 kilometer long, it is the world’s longest superconducting cable.


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A Day in the Life of a Harness Assembly Shop

January 06, 2012
Jim Camillo
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Family-run AssemTech Inc. assembles more than half a million harnesses annually.
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Wire Processing for Electric Cars

January 05, 2012
Austin Weber
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Manufacturers must rethink the way they cut, strip and crimp high-voltage cable.
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Inline Wire and Cable Identification

January 05, 2012
Pete Doyon
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Automated marking improves harness assembly, product traceability and plant productivity.
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Insulation Affects Wire Processing

October 07, 2011
Austin Weber
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There’s an ongoing push toward lighter, smaller, thinner and more environmentally friendly wire and cable insulation in the auto industry. This affects cutting, stripping, crimping and other wire processing applications.
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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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