Palomar Technologies, a manufacturer of automated wire and die bonding systems for broadband communications, won the 2001 Advanced Packaging Award for its laser diode attach automated assembly cell.
More and more manufacturers are using human modeling tools to simulate assembly tasks and evaluate ergonomic risks. The technology offers many advantages to manufacturing engineers.
Growth in the automotive fuel cell vehicle market will still be strong by the end of the decade, although product availability in 2003 and 2004 will be less than Allied Business Intelligence (ABI) originally expected.
A new round of regulations aim to reduce work-related musculoskeletal injuries. But, many manufacturers have already taken proactive steps to address the problem
A team of engineering students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) has won Cognex Corp.'s first collegiate machine vision application contest.
North American robotics companies have reported a 36 percent decrease in new orders for the first quarter of 2001 vs. the same period last year, according to new statistics released by Robotics Industries Association (RIA).
ASCOR, an automation company specializing in high-speed, high precision assembly, inspection and packaging systems, has moved to a 47,000-square-foot facility.
Repetitive motion injuries have been plaguing assemblers for many years. In September 1970 (three months before OSHA was established!), ASSEMBLY Magazine first reported on a new term called "ergonomics."
Ford Motor Co. slashed its full-year 2001 earnings forecast and said it would cut 4,000 to 5,000 white-collar jobs in North America by the end of the year to streamline its business and become more competitive. The job cuts will be achieved largely through retirements.