Plastics & Metal Welding Assembly

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A new study compares laser technologies for removing the enamel coating from magnet wire prior to welding.

An assembly process that once required seven people now needs just two.

Robotic assembly of steel pool panels helps Latham Pools control costs and labor challenges.

HORNELL, NY—Alstom opened a state-of-the art railcar assembly plant here.

The American Welding Society predicts that 330,000 new welding professionals will be needed by 2028. Thankfully, automation can pick up some of that slack. Welding is one of the fastest growing applications for collaborative robots.

Advancements allow the process to create larger, higher quality welds in less time.

Mercedes is testing humanoid robots at its assembly plants in Berlin, Germany, and Kecskemét, Hungary, and the automaker plans to bring them to other factories in the near future.

BRUSSELS—A coalition of 17 European manufacturers, technology suppliers and research organizations are collaborating to develop the next generation of laser-based production systems.

Simulation software enables Stellantis engineers to save time and money when commissioning a robotic welding line.

DETROIT—LIFT, the Department of Defense-supported national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, has officially opened its state-of-the-art Advanced Metallic Production and Processing (AMPP) Center here.