Auto assembly is among the most complex operations in existence, and it requires thousands of parts, people, and machines to make it all work. While early automobiles were built individually by hand, ...

Design-for-assembly (DFA) and design-for-manufacture (DFM) techniques can be applied to products assembled manually or automatically or manufactured by specific techniques, such as machining, die ...

A software-powered simulation for assembly behavior can compensate for the gap in automation by building intuition in the safety of a high-fidelity digital twin. The best way to align a screw is a ...

KENT, OHIO — Brazilian rotational molding machinery maker Rotoline Industrial Equipment Ltda. has started U.S. assembly, at a 38,000-square-foot plant in Kent. The Kent facility will handle final ...

Nearly every successful company passes through the difficult transformation of being small to being large. As this transition occurs, there are many product development decisions to be made. For ...

Hand-soldering a few PC boards is surprisingly popular given how many components come only in surface-mount technology (SMT) packages these days, especially when you consider just how small some of ...