Bearing manufacturers face a plethora of challenges every day, regardless of where they are located and the industries they serve. One such company is Philadelphia-based Kingsbury Inc., which has been around for 108 years, and is recognized as a technological leader in the development of all types of bearings for rotating machinery.

Industry 4.0 and the digital manufacturing revolution are all about collecting - and, more importantly, acting on - data gathered from the assembly process in real time.

Airbus has inaugurated a highly automated fuselage assembly line at its A320 factory in Hamburg, Germany. The new line features a digital data acquisition system, 20 robots, automated guided vehicles, and automated positioning by laser measurement.

Two of the biggest trends in the auto industry today are flexible production systems and electric power. And while at first glance they may seem to have little in common, the truth is that the underlying technologies needed to implement both are, in many cases, identical.

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Producing automotive belt tensioners requires an assembly system that can monitor and control both linear and rotational motions in real-time to achieve the proper assembly sequence.

The PRO-Bot2x is a two-axis horizontal positioning system powered by a pair of brushless AC servo motors which drive a strain wave gear set in each articulating joint.

The future of manufacturing and more particularly flexible assembly solutions will be driven by advances in control technologies and control strategies. Smarter, flexible manufacturing cells are the goal.

In less than 15 years, cobots have come a long way. Not only have they gained acceptance in every major industry in manufacturing, but robot suppliers have significantly increased their cobot offerings.

A leading medical device manufacturer in North America had a problem: how to expand production without increasing its manufacturing footprint.