Articles Tagged with ''conveyors''

Choosing between linear and rotary indexers for an automated assembly application depends on application requirements and space availability on the plant floor.

All cylinder locks may look alike on the outside, but on the inside, each is unique. Internal cylinder components include core pins, springs and sealing plugs—all of which require precise insertion.

New technology is often misunderstood. Manufacturers know this fact all too well.

Linear motor pallet-transfer systems have been around for more than a decade.

Lean material handling saves space, boosts quality and improves productivity.

This month marks the official celebration of the world’s first moving assembly line. On Oct. 7, 1913, 140 assemblers stationed along a 150-foot chassis line at a Ford Motor Co. plant just north of Detroit stood in place as the work came to them.

ERLANGER, KY—Jacobs Automation, which makes modular assembly conveyors based on linear motors, is slated to create 26 jobs and invest more than $1.7 million to build a new facility here.

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI—Jervis B. Webb Co. is working on a $60 million conveyor project at Chrysler’s assembly plant here.

BERLIN—Festo Corp. has invented a pneumatic conveyor belt that uses wave action to transport objects in a targeted manner and sort them at the same time.

Ford is marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henry Ford and the 100th anniversary of the assembly line.