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2022 Assembly Plant of the Year: Continuous Improvement Culture Thrives at Brose

Employee participation and productivity shine bright in Vance, AL.

Austin Weber

October 6, 2022

Brose Tuscaloosa Inc., Vance, AL, is the recipient of the the 2022 Assembly Plant of the Year Award.

Conveyor Case Studies

With the right conveyor, manufacturers can greatly improve their assembly, part feeding and packaging processes.

Jim Camillo

July 15, 2022

Conveyors do more than simply move parts from point A to point B. They serve as the backbone of an assembly line, and, as such, help manufacturers move forward on their road to success.

Optimizing End-of-Line Packaging Systems for Medical Devices

Bob Euteneuer

July 7, 2022

The primary purpose of secondary packaging is to ensure the safety of a product during storage and transportation. The integrity of secondary packaging is particularly important with medical devices.

GE Healthcare Achieves Lean Efficiency With Autonomous Mobile Robots

Jim Camillo

May 17, 2022

‘Nothing lasts forever’ is an expression, and a reality, that manufacturers of all sizes know all too well. When a product stops working—for whatever reason—the end-user must either repair it or replace it.

Ease Mental Strain on the Assembly Line

Matilda Wollter Bergman

May 9, 2022

While assembly work has always been physically demanding, little is known about the overall consequences of cognitive loading on assemblers' performance, well-being, and the speed and quality of production. Cognitive under- or overloading can cause a lack of focus or distraction on one hand, or overwhelm on the other.

Powering Through Evolving Times: How Track Busway Systems Can Boost Flexibility of Assembly Plants

Doug Moore

April 29, 2022

If manufacturers are to survive in today’s dynamic and unpredictable world, they must be more flexible than ever. Track busway systems provide a competitive edge, allowing manufacturers to quickly make changes to power delivery with little to no interruption.

Assessing the Current State

Before attempting to automate an assembly process, engineers should have specific goals to achieve or problems to solve.

John Sprovieri

March 22, 2022

Poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou wrote, “You can’t really know where you are going until you know where you have been.”

Five Things: AGVs and Autonomous Mobile Robots

January 18, 2022

Automotive supplier Continental AG has developed its own line of autonomous automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for transporting parts in its assembly plants and warehouses. The autonomous AGVs can transport loads weighing more than a ton.

Circular Car Factories

Austin Weber

September 1, 2021

Over the past 120 years, the automotive industry has experienced several transformative paradigm shifts that have dramatically changed the process of mass-producing cars and light trucks.

What’s New With Conveyors

Conveyors remain essential for getting parts to the right spot at the right time. Here’s a look at the state of the art.

July 8, 2021

Transportation, moving parts or assemblies from place to place in a factory, is one of the seven wastes specified in the principles of lean manufacturing. Transportation does not add value.