For over 40 years, Ray Jacobson's sculptures have appeared in galleries and are often commissioned by architects, civic organizations and private individuals.
For almost 100 years following Thomas Edison's first recording, not much changed in audio technology. Then high fidelity, stereo, 8-track and cassettes, compact disks and digital audio tape emerged.
Increasingly, responsibility for automotive assembly and quality is being pushed down the supply chain, and parts suppliers with little or no assembly experience must often become assembly experts.
When Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany) was planning and designing its new engine assembly plant, the company initially counted on the skills of its own internal production machinery department. This department, however, had to compete with external offers.
Diagraph Corp. (Earth City, MO) manufactures high-performance labeling systems for high-speed, high-volume industrial applications, such as product identification, tracking, shipment addressing and bar-coding.
For years, management experts have praised Japanese companies for using daily calisthenics to reduce workplace injuries. However, workers at three manufacturing facilities belonging to Steelcase Inc. (Grand Rapids, MI) also have an effective ritual.
It can be difficult to hear inside an ambulance as it races to the hospi-tal. When critical and potentially life-saving information is communicated to the hospital dispatcher, it is imperative that noise doesn't block the message. When seconds count, a paramedic should not have to strain to hear what to do or not to do.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. (Fort Worth, TX) has used an advanced resin transfer molding (RTM) process to fabricate a unitized component for an advanced fighter aircraft.
Only 6 months ago, ASSEMBLY's annual Capital Spending Survey suggested that spending on capital equipment for product assembly would increase approximately 2 percent in 2001.
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