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Tugger AGVs Rejuvenate AER Engine Production

July 18, 2019

When a customer learns that his car's engine needs to be replaced, the shop mechanic typically mentions three options, new, rebuilt or remanufactured, with the latter two being much less expensive because they contain new and recycled parts.

Tougher customer requirements drive investment at Bendix

John Sprovieri

August 2, 2018

Trucks moved roughly 71 percent of the nation's freight by weight in 2016, according to the American Trucking Association. That's 10.55 billion tons of freight or $738.9 billion in gross freight revenue. To move all that stuff around, some 34 million trucks logged more than 450 billion miles.

GE Stays on Track by Rebuilding Locomotives

Flexible assembly lines turn tired workhorses into modern machines

Austin Weber

August 1, 2018

In the Chicagoland area, the home of ASSEMBLY Magazine for the past 60 years, freight trains are a daily fact of life. It's hard to drive anywhere without encountering at least one long train with numerous cars pulled by powerful locomotives.

Detroit Diesel Tracks, Traces and Controls Module Assembly

July 1, 2013

Sitting under the hood of every new car—and many older cars made since 1990—is the engine control module (ECM). Often referred to as “the car’s computer,” it usually employs the most powerful and expensive microcontroller in the vehi-cle.

Canon Earns Certification for Responsible Electronics Recycling

April 11, 2013

NEWPORT NEWS, VA—Canon Virginia Inc., a manufacturer of cartridges for printers and copiers, has become the first OEM to be certified in responsible electronics recycling practices.

Automated Screwdriving with Collaborative Robots

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.

How to Cut Production Costs of Assembly with Software-Driven Automation

The manufacturing of today’s products requires assembly skills such as screwdriving, pick and place, dispensing, insertions of heat sinks and DIMM cards, soldering, labeling and dozens more. The costs of implementing these skills on the factory floor directly impacts the competitiveness of the product when it’s sold in the market

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