In manufacturing, ironclad formulas for success are hard to come by. This is especially relevant for press-fit assembly, a process whereby one part is inserted tightly into a hole in another part with a single quick stroke (1 to 2 seconds).

Millions of people visit health clubs to work out on stationary bikes and treadmills every day. In contrast, only several thousand people get their daily exercise by actually assembling these pieces of equipment.

Large lithium-ion battery packs are composed of multiple individual cells, each of which contains a pair of compacted lithium-ion powder pellets separated by a collector plate.

 Flexibility, performance and cost, (both capital and operating) have become key factors in today’s growing manufacturing market place. 

Applications for presses in appliance manufacturing include bearing insertion, gearbox assembly, and sheet-metal joining.

Manufacturers increasingly rely on press-fit pins and connectors to quickly assemble simple and complex PCBs.

When David J. Zabrosky, North American sales manager for Schmidt Technology, gets a call from a customer asking for a servo-driven assembly press, the first question he asks is, “Why?”