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Kawasaki Adds Additional Assembly Lines to MO Plant

September 5, 2020

MARYVILLE, MO—The Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing plant here is adding three additional assembly lines starting this fall.

Lean Layout Do’s and Don’ts

Flexibility and flow are critical to efficient assembly line design

Austin Weber

May 2, 2019

Optimizing flow and minimizing waste are two of the basic elements of lean manufacturing. Those concepts also play a critical role in laying out assembly lines.

MIT Focuses on Human-Robot Interaction

Austin Weber

September 3, 2015

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are studying how robots and humans can work closer together on assembly lines.

Chrysler Redesigns Assembly Line to Boost Productivity

September 25, 2014

WARREN, MI—Chrysler engineers revamped more than 350 workstations at a 76-year-old assembly plant here to boost production of the popular Ram pickup truck.

Mazda Assembly Plant Produces One Car Every 54 Seconds

August 28, 2013

HOFU, Japan—Mazda has built a super-efficient assembly line here that rolls off vehicles at a stunning rate of one every 54 seconds.

From “Fixed” to “Flexible” – How Ewellix Is Helping Manufacturers Revolutionize the Automotive Body-In-White Assembly Process

Join us for an in-depth discussion about innovative linear motion technologies perfectly suited to today’s flexible automotive assembly lines. Ewellix specializes in systems that optimize Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) body-in-white joining technologies by increasing adaptability and speed of response.

Cobot-Powered Screwdriving for Increased Productivity

Faced with labor and ergonomic issues, manufacturers are increasingly turning to automation to address their most prevalent challenges. In this webinar, Universal Robots will partner with screwdriving solution provider Robotiq to talk about how to automate a screwdriving cell with collaborative robots. With adaptability to a wide range of screwdriving applications, this solution can solve your labor issues while providing fast ROI.

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