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Short items explaining how manufacturers are using assembly technology to solve problems or improve processes.

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Video Analytics Help Auto Parts Assembler Improve Cycle Time

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John Sprovieri
December 18, 2022

Contrary to widespread public concern about robots taking away jobs, people still play a key role on assembly lines. In fact, people still perform 72 percent of manufacturing tasks.


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Software Keeps STIHL’s Assembly Machines Up and Running

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John Sprovieri
December 18, 2022

STIHL is a German manufacturer of chainsaws, trimmers, blowers and other handheld power equipment. Founded in 1926, the family-owned company is only chain saw manufacturer to make its own saw chains and guide bars. The company’s factory in Virginia Beach, VA, is ASSEMBLY magazine’s 2014 Assembly Plant of the Year.


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Robot Automates Assembly of Cricket Balls

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John Sprovieri
December 18, 2022

Under the laws of cricket, it is illegal for players to rub any substance other than saliva and sweat onto the ball, let alone scuffing it with their fingernails. Similarly, strict rules apply to the manufacturing of cricket balls.


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Signaling Technology Boosts Efficiency at Metabo

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John Sprovieri
December 2, 2022

In 1923, Albrecht Schnizler designed a hand-cranked drill dubbed the Metallbohrdreher, or “metal drill driver.” That drill became the inspiration for the brand Metabo.


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Box Latches Enhance Warehouse and Manufacturing Efficiencies

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John Sprovieri
December 2, 2022

When Ken Turzinski, president of TYRI Americas in Stevens Point, WI, returned from a local trade show a few years ago, he came back with a small, innocuous plastic product. Little did he know that the product would help his company become more lean and sustainable.


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Robots Automate Aircraft Conversion Process

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John Sprovieri
December 2, 2022

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic hit the airline industry particularly hard. Thousands of flights were canceled. In some cases, entire aircraft fleets were parked and mothballed.


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Software Programs 111 Welds in 9 Minutes

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John Sprovieri
October 24, 2022

Based in the Chicago suburb of Wheeling, IL, Precision Zone Inc. specializes in repairing electric motors and industrial electronics, such as AC and DC drives, power supplies, controls and displays. 


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Tool Changer Improves Efficiency of Robotic Inspection

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John Sprovieri
October 24, 2022

Assembling the world’s most advanced air defense missile requires technological innovation, especially when annual production is set to increase to 500 by 2024.


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Servo Press Installs Plugs in Transmission Cases

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John Sprovieri
October 24, 2022

An automatic transmission case is a complex casting that includes a sophisticated valve body with many channels and passages. These channels and passages must be precisely connected to ensure smooth, accurate shifting.


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MTU Aero Engines Uses UWB RTLS to Track and Trace Production, Parts

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John Sprovieri
September 26, 2022

Knowing exactly where to find things is essential, whether it’s a custom-made part, an urgent production order, or the last few modules required to reassemble an engine after maintenance.


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