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Measurement Tools Help Joe Gibbs Racing Achieve Peak Performance

February 13, 2020

Rarely does a person win multiple championships in one sport. Even rarer does a person win multiple championships in multiple sports. But, Joe Gibbs has achieved this feat; first as a head coach in the National Football League, and now as the owner of a NASCAR stock car racing team.

Manufacturers Master Data Management With MDM Software

Jim Camillo

February 12, 2020

Obtaining and interpreting the right data is essential to the success of any company, regardless of the industry it serves and the size of its business.

Bentley Motors Drives its Future Car Design With 3D Printing

Jim Camillo

February 11, 2020

Planning for the future is necessary for every manufacturer. Sometimes it involves making plans for the next year or two, or maybe the next five or 10. But, looking 20 years into the future? That's reserved for select companies, like luxury-car manufacturer Bentley Motors Ltd.

Automated System Installs Electric Vehicle Power Trains

Five Things: Electric Vehicle Assembly

John Sprovieri

February 5, 2020

Nissan has invested $305 million in its factory in Tochigi, Japan, to develop new technologies for assembling electric vehicles.

Hot-Gas Welding of Plastic Parts

A new noncontact joining method uses hot nitrogen flowing through custom-built nozzles to soften the weld area

John Sprovieri

February 4, 2020

The shop floor was hopping in mid-January at Dukane Corp.'s headquarters in St. Charles, IL, 35 miles west of Chicago. Technicians were busy assembling, tooling and testing a variety of machines, including the latest product in the company's arsenal of plastics assembly technologies: a hot-gas welding system.

Assembly Jobs and Public Health

John Sprovieri

February 3, 2020

Idle hands are the devil's workshop, or so my folks would like to remind me when I was growing up. Now, there's scientific evidence of just that.

Advanced Materials Push the Envelope in Aerospace Assembly

Aerospace engineers face numerous lightweighting challenges

Austin Weber

February 3, 2020

Materials are important in every industry. But, they're critical to aerospace manufacturers. If companies select the wrong material for a particular application, it can have catastrophic consequences.

Florida Poly Drives Autonomous Vehicle Research

Austin Weber

January 16, 2020

The 1920s was a golden age for the automobile in America. Millions of people jumped behind the wheel for the first time and transformed mobility, not to mention just about every facet of life. History may repeat itself during the 2020s. But, this time around, cars will be driving themselves.

Optical fiber requires delicate handling and precise alignment

Assembling Fiber Optics

Optical fiber is less finicky today, but it’s still challenging to attach

Austin Weber

January 15, 2020

Optical fiber is the backbone of today's digital economy. Global financial transactions, high-speed Internet access, online shopping, video gaming and other things that most people take for granted are possible because of thin strands of glass that transmit massive amounts of data every second.

ERP Software Keeps Bearing Manufacturer Rolling

Jim Camillo

January 15, 2020

Bearing manufacturers face a plethora of challenges every day, regardless of where they are located and the industries they serve. One such company is Philadelphia-based Kingsbury Inc., which has been around for 108 years, and is recognized as a technological leader in the development of all types of bearings for rotating machinery.