New technologies are helping medical device manufacturers solve challenging leak-testing applications.

America’s No. 1 forklift manufacturer excels at material handling.

FAIRFIELD, CT—A metal sensor housing has become the first 3D-printed part certified by the Federal Aviation Administration to fly inside a commercial jet engine.

FAIRFIELD, CT—Henry Ford was fond of saying that “nothing was particularly hard if you divided it into small jobs.” He followed his own advice, built the world’s first large-scale assembly lines that cranked out millions of Model Ts every year, and left his competitors in the dust. GE engineers are now taking Ford’s advice to the extreme and breaking down the factory into even smaller pieces: bits and bytes.

LONDON—The ‘Poo Bus,’ which is powered by biomethane gas generated from human and household waste, is set to go into regular service on the roads of Britain this month. The bus produces less emissions than traditional diesel-powered buses.

RLS LLC, a Marmon/Berkshire Hathaway company, announces the launch of RLS Refrigeration Press Fittings, the world’s first press-to-connect fittings engineered for high-pressure copper refrigeration connections.

In applications relating to refrigeration, air conditioning and ventilation technology, users frequently notice that the selected fan installed in the device does not run as quietly as expected.

Every decision involving fastening and joining can impact the early stages of appliance design, affect the assembly process down the line, and influence the integrity and performance of appliances in service.

While manufacturers agree that the quality revolution that began in the 1980s is a good thing, quality does not seem to have improved as a result.

Design engineers have used reed switches in low-power, battery-operated applications for four key reasons.