The 2023 September Assembly features our cover story, Automotive Assembly: A New Look at the Toyota Production System, plus much more. Check it out today!
Underwriters Laboratories (UL), which is officially known as UL Solutions, has now turned its expertise to electric vehicle batteries and charging stations.
Because automation can produce more with less, it can help domestic manufacturers compete with low-cost overseas labor. It’s certainly a valid premise. But, like golf, dancing, baking bread or cutting dovetails by hand, implementing automation is harder than it looks.
The TL50 andon tower light can be used to indicate changes in status at workstations, such as a need for parts replenishment or a request for managerial help.
