Five separate groups of amateur aviators are vying to walk in the footsteps of aerospace pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright. The goal of each organization is to build a reproduction of the Wright Flyer, the first aircraft to achieve the age-old dream of controlled and powered flight.
Anne Stevens, vice president of North American vehicle operations at Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI), referred to mass customization during her recent keynote speech at the 2002 Assembly Technology Expo in Rosemont, IL. According to Stevens, "customization" means making products in small lots or batches with volumes as little as one.
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Air ionizer: a device that produces large quantities of both positive and negative ions. These air molecules are directed in areas where electrostatically charged objects require neutralization. Antistatic: an obsolete
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Automated optical inspection does not have to be performed in-line. In some cases, off-line inspection may be more cost-effective. We asked Todd LaMarche, sales manager with Scienscope International Corp.'s Capital Div., for his thoughts on off-line AOI technology.
Adept Technology Inc. Livermore, CA 925-245-3400 www.adept.com Assembleon Alpharetta, GA 770-751-4420 www.assembleon.com Autosplice Inc. San Diego 858-535-0077 www.autosplice.com Fuji America Corp. Vernon Hills, IL 847-913-0162 www.fujiamerica.com Integrated Production & Test
Bliss Industries Fremont, CA 510-490-8401 Conveyor Technologies Inc. Sanford, NC 919-776-7227 www.conveyor-technologies.com Dynapace Corp. Arlington Heights, IL 847-398-5757 www.dynapace.com Integrated Production & Test Engineering Alpharetta, GA 770-360-5523 www.ipte.com Jot Automation