In manufacturing and design, the trend of the last several years has been towards Big Data. And Big Data, which includes generation, collection, storage, analysis and query of significantly larger amounts of data, presents new challenges for manufacturers.

Identifying the best torque tooling solution for your application is paramount in your assembly process. Not all applications require the complexity and investment costs associated with DC tooling.

Ensuring high quality is relatively easy when all you have to do is assemble one small product at a very high volume. Such an item will likely be produced on a high-speed automated assembly system. Assuming there are no issues with the incoming parts, the system will consistently produce perfect assemblies all day long.

Specifying an air cylinder might seem to be an overwhelming task when you consider all the shapes, sizes and types of cylinder products available today. A new white paper delineates the spectrum of available standard options that can quite often be your key to avoiding the need for a totally custom cylinder.

Nexen Group, a supplier of precision motion-control components, is embracing Industry 4.0 technology throughout its product line, providing capability for remote monitoring and control, human-machine collaboration, real-time yield optimization, smart energy consumption and predictive monitoring.