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Manual Workstation Offers Flexible Assembly of EV Charging Sockets

March 14, 2022

Electric vehicles have been a vital element of the green-energy revolution for the past several years. Nonetheless, producing key EV components continues to present great technical challensges for many large and established manufacturers.

Error-Proof Screwdriving

Technological advances in manual and power tools make repeatable error-proof screwdriving an achievable goal for manufacturers.

Jim Camillo

November 8, 2021

People are imperfect, but, on occasion, they can perfectly perform a complex task. A pitcher can toss a perfect game in baseball. A gymnast can earn a 10.0 in international competition. A student can ace an exam.

Dürr Helps Volkswagen Go All-In on EV Assembly

Flexible automated equipment drives screws, dispenses adhesive and fills refrigerants.

John Sprovieri

August 6, 2021

Preparing existing automotive factories to assemble electric cars requires comprehensive modernization. Certainly, this was the case at Volkswagen's assembly plant in Zwickau, Germany.

Automatic Screwdriving Opens Window to Productivity

A systems integrator, a motor manufacturer and a screwdriving supplier collaborate to increase productivity and quality at ROMA.

Dagmar Dübbelde

February 5, 2021

Window blinds, shutters and screens have numerous functions. They control lighting, save energy, ensure privacy, provide security, and protect against the elements.

Five Things: Automatic Screwdriving

John Sprovieri

October 9, 2020

Visumatic Industrial Products has built a robotic cell for installing clips in large automotive parts.

Threaded Fasteners for Plastics Assembly

Here are some tips, tricks and suggestions for using threaded fasteners to assemble plastic parts

John Sprovieri

April 7, 2020

With so many ways to formulate plastic to get just the right combination of color, texture, strength and durability, it’s easy to forget how the parts will be assembled. However, if the parts will be assembled with screws, overlooking such parameters as thread style, driver speed and boss design could spell disaster on the assembly line.

ASG Announces Priority Initiative for Medical Device Manufacturers

March 20, 2020

CLEVELAND—To support President Trump’s invoking of the Defense Production Act to increase production of equipment to diagnose and treat COVID-19, ASG, Div. of Jergens Inc., will be implementing an order priority initiative for all medical device manufacturers effective March 19.

New Technology for Automatic Screwdriving

Collaborative robots are among the latest products for automatic screwdriving

John Sprovieri

February 5, 2020

Threaded fasteners are, by far, the most common method of assembling parts. According to ASSEMBLY magazine's annual Capital Equipment Spending Survey, screwdriving is performed at 58 percent of U.S. assembly plants, making it more popular than welding, pressing, adhesive bonding or riveting.

Fastening systems help Rhenus reboot an axle assembly line

Jim Camillo

December 11, 2019

As the speed of innovation in the automotive industry quickens, assemblers at Rhenus SML in Genk, Belgium, do all they can to keep pace. Rhenus workers painfully learned the importance of this five years ago when Ford Motor Co. shut down its Genk plant, which sat adjacent to Rhenus's facility.

Agile Automation System Assembles Automotive Inverters

The flexible system can produce three variants of the product

John Sprovieri

November 5, 2019

The automotive industry is at the threshold of a disruption not seen since the Brass Era of the 1900s. Electric vehicles, connectivity, mobility-as-a-service, and autonomous vehicles promise to change the future of transportation in the same way that the "horseless carriage" did a century ago.

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The Critical Role of the Evolving Control Panel

Now, it’s more important than ever for modern facilities to embrace industrial automation. At the heart of automation is the continuously changing control panel. In this webinar, we’ll discuss key characteristics of an optimized design, how to exceed industry standards, and more mission-critical ways to optimize the electrical and network infrastructure on the plant floor.

How Smart Technologies are Supercharging Continuous Improvement Programs

Lean Six Sigma has been driving continuous improvement efforts for decades, but its shortcomings have become apparent. Data gathering is labor-intensive and only able to capture small sample sizes. Now it is possible to capture data over extended periods and multiple locations at a fraction of the cost of old manual methods.

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ARTICLES

Manual Workstation Offers Flexible Assembly of EV Charging Sockets

Error-Proof Screwdriving

Dürr Helps Volkswagen Go All-In on EV Assembly

Automatic Screwdriving Opens Window to Productivity

Five Things: Automatic Screwdriving

Threaded Fasteners for Plastics Assembly

ASG Announces Priority Initiative for Medical Device Manufacturers

New Technology for Automatic Screwdriving

Fastening systems help Rhenus reboot an axle assembly line

Agile Automation System Assembles Automotive Inverters

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