After nine workers commit suicide at an electronics assembly plant in China, we wonder whether the world's largest Communist country truly is a workers' paradise.
Assembly professionals are working harder than ever to make themselves indispensable in the workplace. They're also using social media sites to stay connected with colleagues and friends.
Hill PHOENIX Inc. used helium leak detectors
to ensure that all welded joints, mechanical joints and externally supplied
components were tight and would not allow any refrigerant to escape. Unfortunately, the rising price and limited supply of helium presented a
challenge for the company: Find a way to cut leak-testing costs without
sacrificing quality.
For many years, EZ FX has made camera jibs for the
film and video production industries. The company’s EZ Jib and Junior Jib are
used to create sophisticated moving camera shots and also add production value
to film sets. Although both units are portable and set up quickly, EZ FX’s customers had
wanted the company to make them lighter-weight, less expensive and
maintenance-free.
Contrary to popular belief, mass production and
flexibility are not antithetical concepts. A case in point is a rotary indexing
machine designed recently by Itus-Industrietechnik und Sondereinrichtungen GmbH
of Solingen, Germany. Custom-built for a German automotive supplier, the
machine processes interior parts for right- and left-hand side-view mirrors.
An assembler was using a robot to load and unload a machine. The robot would load a part, wait for the process to finish, unload the part, and pick up a fresh one-a perfect application. And yet, there was still room to improve. This article provides tips and tricks for reducing cycle time in robotic workcells.
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