Articles Tagged with ''flexible assembly''

America’s No. 1 forklift manufacturer excels at material handling.

Plant layout is always a factor when designing and installing a new assembly line.

Systems integrators wrestle with the notion of flexibility in multistation automated assembly systems.

Instructors at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ World Class Manufacturing Academy (WCMA) have one goal: get every student focused on world class manufacturing, which is Fiat’s version of Toyota’s lean manufacturing production system.

After revamping its transmission production line, GM improved workflows, reduced changeover time, and cut costs.

SOUTHFIELD, MI—The automotive assembly line of the future will be more flexible, more capable of handling new materials, and make greater of the mobile technology, says Martin Kinsella, director of advanced materials and process technologies for systems integrator Comau Inc.

Weld nuts are installed on steel plates or sheets to provide firm, fixed threads for a mating screw or bolt.

The widespread availability of modular profile systems has made it easy for engineers to get in touch with their creative side. They enable assemblers to bolt together framing components to tailor workstations and machines to specific processes or floor space requirements.

What do lumberjacks, landscapers and homeowners have in common? They all rely on chain saws, trimmers and leaf blowers produced by STIHL Group.

There are two opposite ways to equip factories to respond quickly to downstream customer orders: One way is for sequential production, and the other is for concurrent production. Both draw heavily from best practices in lean manufacturing.