Articles Tagged with ''automatic screwdriving''

Error-Proof Screwdriving

Error-Proof Screwdriving

Technological advances in manual and power tools make repeatable error-proof screwdriving an achievable goal for manufacturers.
Jim Camillo
November 8, 2021
People are imperfect, but, on occasion, they can perfectly perform a complex task. A pitcher can toss a perfect game in baseball. A gymnast can earn a 10.0 in international competition. A student can ace an exam.
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Dürr Helps Volkswagen Go All-In on EV Assembly

Dürr Helps Volkswagen Go All-In on EV Assembly

Flexible automated equipment drives screws, dispenses adhesive and fills refrigerants.
John Sprovieri
August 6, 2021
Preparing existing automotive factories to assemble electric cars requires comprehensive modernization. Certainly, this was the case at Volkswagen's assembly plant in Zwickau, Germany.
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Threaded Fasteners for Plastics Assembly

Threaded Fasteners for Plastics Assembly

Here are some tips, tricks and suggestions for using threaded fasteners to assemble plastic parts
John Sprovieri
April 7, 2020

With so many ways to formulate plastic to get just the right combination of color, texture, strength and durability, it’s easy to forget how the parts will be assembled. However, if the parts will be assembled with screws, overlooking such parameters as thread style, driver speed and boss design could spell disaster on the assembly line.


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ASG Announces Priority Initiative for Medical Device Manufacturers

March 20, 2020

CLEVELAND—To support President Trump’s invoking of the Defense Production Act to increase production of equipment to diagnose and treat COVID-19, ASG, Div. of Jergens Inc., will be implementing an order priority initiative for all medical device manufacturers effective March 19.


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New Technology for Automatic Screwdriving

New Technology for Automatic Screwdriving

Collaborative robots are among the latest products for automatic screwdriving
John Sprovieri
February 5, 2020
Threaded fasteners are, by far, the most common method of assembling parts. According to ASSEMBLY magazine's annual Capital Equipment Spending Survey, screwdriving is performed at 58 percent of U.S. assembly plants, making it more popular than welding, pressing, adhesive bonding or riveting.
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Agile automation system assembles automotive inverters

Agile Automation System Assembles Automotive Inverters

The flexible system can produce three variants of the product
John Sprovieri
November 5, 2019
The automotive industry is at the threshold of a disruption not seen since the Brass Era of the 1900s. Electric vehicles, connectivity, mobility-as-a-service, and autonomous vehicles promise to change the future of transportation in the same way that the "horseless carriage" did a century ago.
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