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Quality In Assembly: Step Up to the Bar

John Sprovieri
February 23, 2009
The goal of analyzing this data is to identify variation in the fastening process before faulty joints can be assembled. One way to do that is with statistical control charts called X-bar and R charts.
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Automation Profiles: Rotary Dial System Solders Switches

February 23, 2009
Rotary indexing dials have been a mainstay of automation systems for decades. They are simple, inexpensive, precise, reliable and durable. What’s more, they can assemble a lot of product in a relatively small footprint and with a minimal number of fixtures.
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Robotics Notebook: Three-robot Cell Welds Crane Outriggers

February 20, 2009
Like many heavy equipment manufacturers, Manitowoc Cranes (Manitowoc, WI) is having a difficult time finding enough skilled welders to meet its production needs
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Assembly in Action: Coiled Spring Pins Improve Trigger Assembly

February 20, 2009
Founded in 1917, Norica Laurona (Eibar, Spain) manufactures shotguns, and compressed-air pistols and rifles.
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Assembly in Action: Pallet-Based Conveyor Facilitates Flexibility

February 20, 2009
HJS elected to go with the TS 2plus system because of its fast belt speeds, flexibility, modular design, and durability with the respect to some of the abrasive materials used in the filters.
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Assembly in Action: Robots, Machine Vision Cut Defect Rates

February 20, 2009
The Meister Group (Sprimont, Belgian) manufactures components for the automotive industry, including steering systems, injectors, valves and safety systems.
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Editorial: Think Opportunity

Don Hegland
February 18, 2009
Even though the economy today looks more like the green of gangrene than the green of profit, a brief look at history reveals that a recession-even a depression-is by no means a bad time to launch companies and products.
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Leading Lean: Win as a Team

Jamie Flinchbaugh
February 18, 2009
A real team is a group of people who leverage each other’s strengths, and overcome each other’s weaknesses, while working toward a common goal.
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Quality in Assembly: How Capable Are Your Power Tools?

John Sprovieri
January 26, 2009
With some simple statistical analysis, engineers can obtain valuable insight into the fastening process.
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Bonding Lines: Composite-Metal Hybrids

Dr. George W. Ritter
January 26, 2009
What if you could take the best materials available, combine them anyway you need to, and produce the most efficient, light-weight structures imaginable? What if you could assemble those structures with adhesives? You can, with fiber-reinforced composites.
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