"Our customers want hydraulic presses in their assembly systems, until we demonstrate how a CNC electromechanical press can improve both the quality of their parts and the productivity of their processes," says John Burtka, president of Owen Machine and Tool Inc. (Jackson, MI).

When the best adhesive for a bonding application is a two-part formula that must be mixed before application, engineers sometimes avoid using it because they can’t be certain it will be mixed correctly. 3M Automotive has commercialized a new technology—called adhesive taggants—that can improve control over the mixing of two-part adhesives.

The potential for voltage drop is a typical, but undesired, outcome for most power supply terminations in low-voltage systems.

The Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) is a coalition of different organizations from all sectors within manufacturing that has developed a common set of skill standards, assessments and certifications for manufacturing.

The U.S. economy was already faltering, arguably headed into a recession, before the despicable and cowardly acts of murder perpetrated upon the United States on Sept. 11.

Northcote Parkinson once said members of boards of directors are "elderly, tiresome, inaudible and deaf. Relatively few were chosen from any idea that they are or could be or have ever been useful.

It will weigh 470 tons and travel 18,000 miles per hour. Involving the vision and efforts of thousands across the globe, it embodies a pioneering spirit and sense of commitment. It’s the International Space Station.

Japan has given us a mixed bag of good and bad over the years. Consider the Honda lawn mower, Pearl Harbor, the Japanese beetle, sushi and the Toyota Celica. Somewhere among these lies the concept of lean manufacturing.

Once upon a time (that is to say, back in the early 1950s) when Chevys came standard with a stovebolt six and Fords came standard with a flathead V-8, America's carmakers were kings of the hill.

Because of their ability to achieve fast speeds and high accuracy, linear motors have been used for years in semiconductor processing equipment. Now, the technology has finally found its way into automated assembly equipment.