Jim Camillo

Medical Device Manufacturer Uses Adhesive to Encapsulate Sensors for Prosthetic Limbs

May 8, 2020

Implantable orthopedic devices and the wireless sensors that monitor them are highly specialized products that regularly come into contact with body tissues and fluids.

Outlet Assembly is Optimized With Cascading Conveyors

Jim Camillo

May 7, 2020

Many products installed in a home are taken for granted as things that should always work properly. A good example is the electrical outlet.

Optical Micrometer Directly Detects Defects in Stamped Metal Parts

Jim Camillo

April 15, 2020

High-quality carbide cutting tools are essential for CNC machines such as lathes and routers. Possehl France SAS knows this quite well, and has specialized in precisely stamping metal parts used in these tools for more than 45 years.

Mini Bearings Keep Radio-Control-Car Driver in Winner’s Circle

Jim Camillo

April 14, 2020

Remote radio-control car racing has experienced tremendous growth over the past two decades. There are even national (Remotely Operated Auto Racers) and world governing bodies (International Federation of Model Auto Racing), the latter having been established in 1979.

Illuminated Steering Wheel Equipped With 3D-Printed Electronics

Jim Camillo

April 13, 2020

Production-ready, 3D-printed automotive parts have been slowly entering the market the past few years. Now, they’re as important as the thousands of metal and plastic parts produced using traditional casting, injection molding, stamping and machining processes.

Options for Tinning Wire

Whether applied manually or by a machine, the tinning process improves the mechanical strength of bare copper wire

Jim Camillo

April 10, 2020

Like any assembly skill, manual soldering of wire can be learned through proper training. This training begins by teaching the person how to cleanly strip, tin and solder the wire to a connector, PCB or terminal.

Fixtures, Mobile Robots Ease Assembly of Jet Wings

Jim Camillo

April 9, 2020

Developing new aircraft is always a challenge, but one that engineers at Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. (GAC) have successfully dealt with for more than 60 years. GAC produces state-of-the-art corporate jets for companies and governments all around the world, with hundreds of them currently in operation.

Alternatives to Pallet-Transfer Conveyors

Need to linearly index parts and subassemblies with accuracy and repeatability? Consider precision-link conveyors and walking beams

Jim Camillo

April 3, 2020

There are many ways to linearly move an object from point A to point B on an assembly line. But, not all of them are designed to optimize speed, accuracy and repeatability while performing the task.

Gripper Rapidly Removes Plastic Parts From Eight-Cavity Mold

Jim Camillo

March 12, 2020

For any plastic-injection-molding tooling company, nothing is more important than making sure its molds allow for consistent, quick and clean demolding of just-made parts. So anything that helps the company achieve this crucial goal is worth pursuing.

Test Chamber Ensures High Performance of Small-Engine Equipment

Jim Camillo

March 11, 2020

In the small town of Wauwatosa, WI, sits the state-of-the-art noise, vibration and harshness laboratory operated by Briggs & Stratton. Within the lab are two anechoic chambers outfitted with sound-absorbing acoustic wedges.