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Video: What Can We Learn from the Transition from Industry 0.5 to Industry 1.0

September 15, 2022

Take a walk down manufacturing history lane as we learn about transitioning from Industry 0.5 to 1.0 during the American Revolution.

Manufacturing History Comes Alive in Pullman

Pullman perfected rail car production processes and pioneered the use of new materials.

Austin Weber

November 2, 2021

America's newest national park recently opened on the South Side of Chicago. The Pullman National Monument celebrates the unique history of a company that mass-produced freight and passenger rail cars at the site from 1881 to 1981.

The 1936 GM Sit-Down Strike Changed Labor History

Tim Trainor

October 7, 2020

On July 1, 1930, 200 metal trimmers and polishers at GM’s Fisher Body No.1 (Fisher One) in Flint, MI, laid down their tools and stormed off the job, hollering for others to follow.

Engineers Take the Spotlight in Chicago and Milwaukee

Austin Weber

February 7, 2020

Museum exhibits highlight some of the many products that were once made in Chicago and Milwaukee factories

8,000th Apprentice Starts Career with Bühler

December 3, 2019

UZWIL, Switzerland—Bühler Group has officially trained 8,000 apprentices globally over a 100-year history of vocational training.

Austin Weber

July 19, 2019

Fifty years ago, assembly lines stretching from Long Island to Los Angeles produced millions of complex parts that made the first moon landing possible.

America’s Most Destructive Industrial Fire

When an inferno destroyed General Motors’ transmission factory in Livonia, MI, it plunged the automaker into a monumental crisis.

Tim Trainor

May 8, 2019

When General Motors opened the Detroit Transmission plant in Livonia, MI, in 1949, the 1.5-million-square-foot facility sym-bolized the resounding success of the most popular component in American automobiles—the Hydra-Matic Drive transmis-sion.

New Book Examines Chicago’s Manufacturing Heritage

April 10, 2019

CHICAGO—A new book entitled Made in Chicago examines the important role that manufacturing played in the history and growth of the Windy City.

Ford's Rouge Assembly Plant Turns 100

Vertical integration once thrived at Ford’s legendary manufacturing complex.

Austin Weber

March 14, 2019

It has witnessed the production of some of the most iconic vehicles in history. It's also a veteran of two world wars and the Great Depression. And, it played a pivotal role in American labor history. Ford Motor Co.'s iconic manufacturing complex on the banks of the Rouge River in Dearborn, MI, has seen it all.

How Ford's Willow Run Assembly Plant Helped Win World War II

The Willow Run bomber plant made aviation, industrial and social history—along with new B-24s by the hour.

Tim Trainor

January 3, 2019

President Roosevelt stunned millions of listeners when he announced during a May 26, 1940, fireside chat that government must "harness the efficient machinery of America's manufacturers" to produce 50,000 combat aircraft over the next 12 months to confront the "approaching storm" of global war.

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Microlocation for Precision Assembly

Automated assembly applications have consistently demanded higher precision from robots and other mechanical devices, and higher resolution from sensors to position those mechanical devices. Humatics has developed a patented radio frequency-based technology, called Microlocation, that creates highly-precise real-time location data for high-value objects to enable three dimensional control and visibility, even in highly unstructured environments, enabling a wide range of process improvements including cycle time, quality and human/robot efficiencies.

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Build Your Automation Game Plan: Tools to Prioritize Winning Robot Projects

Automation technologies have progressed to the point where the majority of manufacturing businesses have multiple processes that are ready for robotic automation. But with so many business challenges driving automation, and so many different components, tools, and robot models contributing to automated systems, how can businesses prioritize what processes to automate first?

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Items Tagged with 'manufacturing history'

ARTICLES

Video: What Can We Learn from the Transition from Industry 0.5 to Industry 1.0

Manufacturing History Comes Alive in Pullman

The 1936 GM Sit-Down Strike Changed Labor History

Engineers Take the Spotlight in Chicago and Milwaukee

8,000th Apprentice Starts Career with Bühler

One 'Giant Leap' for Manufacturing

America’s Most Destructive Industrial Fire

New Book Examines Chicago’s Manufacturing Heritage

Ford's Rouge Assembly Plant Turns 100

How Ford's Willow Run Assembly Plant Helped Win World War II

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