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Screw-driven linear actuators need extra support in long-stroke applications.

Nearly 3,800 manufacturing professionals converged on Rosemont, IL, in October to see the latest assembly technology.

New tools allow engineers to conduct in-process verification.

Innovative EOAT—ranging from magnetic grippers to micro tool changers—provides robots with many helping hands.

Wide bandgap semiconductors will spur new demand for power electronics.

Today’s car buyers typically order a number of custom options for their vehicles at the time of purchase. In turn, the automaker must identify and track each vehicle throughout the production process to ensure that all options are installed. Volvo Car Corp. uses RFID tags to meet this challenge.

To most people, cupcakes are a pleasant treat or a momentary diversion. But to Freed’s Bakery, one of the largest cupcake makers in the United States, cupcakes are big business.

If a federal agency helped reduce the trade deficit, increase U.S. manufacturing jobs, and returned a profit to the Treasury, you might think that was a good thing. Unfortunately, it’s not the case in topsy-turvy Washington.

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

"Faster, higher, stronger” is the Olympic motto. It’s also the underlying philosophy behind the $25 billion U.S. sporting goods industry.