Assembler (retired)
General Motors Corp.
Centerville, TN

About the author: Brad Lewis was an assembler for General Motors for more than 30 years. He began at the Fisher Body plant in Kalamazoo, MI, in March 1976 and transferred to the Saturn plant in Spring Hill, TN, in January 1994. He retired in August 2006. Lewis is now a consultant specializing in fastening and error-proofing. He can be reached at 931-698-6308 or lewisbkbl@aol.com.

Torque-Control: Error-Proof Fastening at GM

Brad Lewis

October 25, 2010

In this firsthand account, a former assembler at GM’s Saturn plant, describes how he and a co-worker devised an elegant solution to a complex problem.

As more companies automate their screwdriving processes with collaborative robots, there are many factors to consider to ensure employee safety, consistent required torque high degree of repeatability and zero defect products. Join Universal Robots and screwdriving experts Atlas Copco for this joint webinar featuring the latest developments in automated screwdriving.

Few business leaders in the world have applied lean strategy as successfully as Art Byrne—and none has the ability to explain how to do it with such succinctness and clarity. Famous for turning around the wire management company Wiremold, where he rethought every aspect of operations from the customer’s standpoint, Byrne has successfully implemented lean strategies at more than 30 companies in 14 different countries.

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2020 October

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