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Henkel has introduced three new potting compounds to protect automotive components from moisture and fluid ingress.

Engineers have many options for welding plastic parts, including ultrasonic, vibration, laser and hot-plate welding. Two of the newest machines for joining plastic parts will be on display at The ASSEMBLY Show this fall.

DAS Medical Holdings began operations using QuickBooks for accounting. However, as the company experienced rapid and significant growth, it soon outgrew QuickBooks’ capabilities. It was ready for a full enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that could support manufacturing, inventory control, and material requirements planning (MRP).

Rugged data acquisition technology helps a manufacturer design more reliable rock-crushing equipment.

Oxygen levels in the brain can reliably measure fatigue in assemblers.

Ironically, the tool used to reduce inflation—higher interest rates—has made investing in automation more expensive.

Next-generation machines that leverage artificial intelligence technology offer manufacturers a way to address labor shortages.

Researchers have developed a way to join steel and aluminum sheets using cold-extruded pin structures.

Threaded and nonthreaded fasteners are, by far, the most popular means of assembling parts. Here’s a look at some of the latest fasteners and the equipment for installing them.