When designing a new cooling display cabinet for supermarkets and delicatessens, Electrolux had to meet some complex requirements. Along with being cost-effective and meeting traditional customer expectations for product appearance and performance, the cabinet had to meet stringent targets for environmental friendliness. This article details how the Swedish manufacturer rose to these demanding challenges
The name has changed; the focus has not. Assembly East is still the only East Coast trade event dedicated to the technologies for product assembly. This article provides a sneak peak at the products on display and the special programs taking place at the show.
Lasko Metal Products Inc. (West Chester, PA), a manufacturer of ventilation devices and household appliances, needed a welding method for the assembly of reservoir jugs for its humidifiers. These oddly-shaped reservoir jugs are large and can hold several gallons of fluid.
Compared with die-cut or molded gaskets, liquid gaskets have many design advantages. This article reviews the applications for these materials and tells how best to dispense them.
The Marshalltown, IA, plant of Lennox Industries, a manufacturer of residential and commercial heating and air conditioning equipment, required automation for a new portion of their gas furnace manufacturing process.
BG Laboratories Inc. (Binghampton, NY) manufactures space-saving miniature transformers for laptop computer modems, and the thin-wall molding capabilities and other properties of DuPont's (Wilmington, DE) Zenite LCP 7130 play a key role in the manufacturing process. Zenite LCP 7130 is a 30 percent glass-reinforced resin with a heat-deflection temperature of 552 F and UL94 V-O flammability rating.
Among manufacturers of electronic products, few have been as vertically integrated as Fluke Corp. Arial change; Fluke now outsources many aspects of production. To get some insight into how electronics manufacturers make “build-or-buy” decisions, we spoke with David Gunderson, a project manager with Fluke Networks.
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