Articles by John Sprovieri

American Grippers Inc. Trumbull, CT 203-459-8345 www.agi-automation.com Applied Robotics Glenville, NY 518-384-1000 www.arobotics.com Barrington Automation Crystal Lake, IL 815-477-1400 www.barrington-atn.com Bimba Manufacturing Co. Monee, IL 800-442-4622 www.bimba.com Festo Corp. Hauppauge,

Automated optical inspection does not have to be performed in-line. In some cases, off-line inspection may be more cost-effective. We asked Todd LaMarche, sales manager with Scienscope International Corp.'s Capital Div., for his thoughts on off-line AOI technology.

Rotary actuators have many uses in automated assembly systems. They orient parts.

Automated optical inspection is increasingly necessary on today’s electronics assembly lines, but not everyone uses it the same way.

Screen legend Cary Grant once called the stage his factory. Had he been a manufacturing engineer, he might have been understood literally, instead of metaphorically.

Advances in robots, grippers and machine vision are enabling electronics manufacturers to automate odd-form assembly.

Adept Technology Inc. Livermore, CA 925-245-3400 www.adept.com Assembleon Alpharetta, GA 770-751-4420 www.assembleon.com Autosplice Inc. San Diego 858-535-0077 www.autosplice.com Fuji America Corp. Vernon Hills, IL 847-913-0162 www.fujiamerica.com Integrated Production & Test

Cellular assembly can slash work-in-process inventories and cut response Arial dramatically. But, it’s not always the answer.

In the first of our three-part series on pneumatic cylinders, we reviewed various cylinder types.

When choosing a cylinder for a motion control application, engineers must find the right combination of stroke length and bore size to get the job done.