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Monitoring Activity During Wire Harness Assembly

New technology helps engineers gather real-time data on manual assembly processes, such as wire harness assembly.

January 14, 2020

Industry 4.0 and the digital manufacturing revolution are all about collecting - and, more importantly, acting on - data gathered from the assembly process in real time.

Bonding Metal With Ultrasonic Welding

Zoe Leduc

January 10, 2020

The word "welding"; evokes a particular image - the exposed flame of a torch and red hot molten metal. Metal parts are heated to a liquid state to join them to one another. For small scale and electrical products, this isn't a viable bonding method. Ultrasonic welding allows a bond to form between metals, without requiring the metal to leave the solid state.

8,000th Apprentice Starts Career with Bühler

December 3, 2019

UZWIL, Switzerland—Bühler Group has officially trained 8,000 apprentices globally over a 100-year history of vocational training.

Wiring Harness Manufacturer’s Association Launches Spanish-Language Website

November 25, 2019

The Wiring Harness Manufacturer’s Association (WHMA) is now providing Spanish speakers quick and convenient language access through a new Spanish-language website at www.whma.org. With the launch of this new site, WHMA is now able to provide important industry information directly to Spanish-speaking professionals.

Tariffs Have Moved Some Production From China, but not to the US

John Sprovieri

November 4, 2019

Recently, I received an e-mail from a U.S. electrical products company warning me that, on Oct. 15, the tariff on power supplies and power cords imported to the U.S. from China would increase from 25 percent to 30 percent.

CAMI Research, Doyle Manufacturing Form Strategic Partnership

October 30, 2019

ACTON, MA--CAMI Research Inc. and Doyle Manufacturing Inc. have formed a strategic partnership to market the popular CableEye test system.

TPC Wire and Cable Acquires Cicoil

October 30, 2019

MACEDONIA, OH--TPC Wire & Cable Corp. has acquired Cicoil LLC., a leading manufacturer of flat cable and cable assemblies based in Valencia, CA.

Prototyping Complex Harnesses

Designing, building and testing complex wire harnesses takes planning, attention to detail - and a good tester

Jon Quigley

October 10, 2019

Vehicles have become increasingly electrical over the years. This is not just power electronics, but also sensor data, communications and many other coordinated electrical signals. For aircraft or commercial vehicles, wire harnesses can be even more complex with hundreds of interconnection points.

Soldering System is Powerful Enough for Engine Maker

Jim Camillo

October 9, 2019

Drones have come a long way in a fairly short time, commercially speaking. In less than 20 years, these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gone from being used by the CIA to attack the Taliban in Afghanistan, to soon being used by Amazon to deliver a wide range of packages to homes.

Interesting and Unusual Applications of Cable Testing

From underwater vehicles to crash dummies, these case studies showcase the benefits of using a versatile and adaptable cable tester

Christopher E. Strangio

October 9, 2019

Over the last 26 years, since the founding of CAMI Research Inc., customers and friends have asked why the company would focus its efforts on such a mundane, low-tech, and uninteresting device as a cable tester, particularly since a variety of such devices already existed.

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