Rotary indexing dials have been a mainstay of automation systems for decades. They are simple, inexpensive, precise, reliable and durable. What’s more, they can assemble a lot of product in a relatively small footprint and with a minimal number of fixtures.

Like many heavy equipment manufacturers, Manitowoc Cranes (Manitowoc, WI) is having a difficult time finding enough skilled welders to meet its production needs

Founded in 1917, Norica Laurona (Eibar, Spain) manufactures shotguns, and compressed-air pistols and rifles.

HJS elected to go with the TS 2plus system because of its fast belt speeds, flexibility, modular design, and durability with the respect to some of the abrasive materials used in the filters.

The Meister Group (Sprimont, Belgian) manufactures components for the automotive industry, including steering systems, injectors, valves and safety systems.

Even though the economy today looks more like the green of gangrene than the green of profit, a brief look at history reveals that a recession-even a depression-is by no means a bad time to launch companies and products.

A real team is a group of people who leverage each other’s strengths, and overcome each other’s weaknesses, while working toward a common goal.

With some simple statistical analysis, engineers can obtain valuable insight into the fastening process.

What if you could take the best materials available, combine them anyway you need to, and produce the most efficient, light-weight structures imaginable? What if you could assemble those structures with adhesives? You can, with fiber-reinforced composites.

With the right layout and some clever engineering, automation systems can assemble families of similar products relatively easily.