Agile assembly systems allow manufacturers to react quickly to shifting customer demands and shorter product life cycles. With flexible automation, manufacturers can produce a wider variety of products; alter the mix of options or features; add new processes or assembly stations easily; and change volumes with minimal investment and changeover loss.
In addition to its Indianapolis facility, International Truck and Engine Corp. (Warrenville, IL) operates engine assembly plants in Melrose Park, IL, and Huntsville, AL. The later facility is the company's
Blister pack: a thermoformed cavity in plastic that is then sealed to an insert card with a product in between. Blister packs are a cost-effective packaging solution that allows a
Cavity: the space inside a mold into which material is injected. Molds can contain a single cavity or multiple cavities to produce more than one part in a single shot.
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