Automated Assembly Systems - Articles - Page 29

Electronic Work Instructions Come of Age

New software tools help engineers enforce production processes

March 6, 2020

Nobody's perfect. Even the best trained, most experienced assemblers can make mistakes on the line, especially in high-mix production environments. Fortunately, a variety of software products are available to help prevent assembly errors.

Shaker Table Sorts Parts for Thermoelectric Cooling Devices

John Sprovieri

March 6, 2020

Thermoelectric coolers are great for day trips, tailgating, boating or even overnight camping trips. Instead of ice, these coolers rely on a thin, flat electronic assembly called a Peltier device.

Flexible Feeding Systems

A new generation of flexible feeders are helping manufacturers cope with high-mix assembly

Jim Camillo

March 4, 2020

Flexible feeders are great at helping manufacturers accommodate product variants on the assembly line. After the feeder presents parts to a vision-guided robot, one or more cameras take images of the parts, and vision software tells the robot which parts are pickable and which are not. The robot then retrieves the parts for kitting or assembly.

Assembly Line Robotics Company Investing $45 Million in Manufacturing

February 17, 2020

WARREN, MI — The Paslin Company plans to invest $45 million to expand its operations here to supply assembly line robotic systems for electric-vehicle maker Rivian.

What’s New With Pneumatic Actuators

Available in many configurations, pneumatic actuators remain essential workhorses of machine motion and increasingly are being made adaptable to the IIoT plant floor

Jim Camillo

February 6, 2020

Keeping an assembly process simple is always a smart approach to manufacturing any product. And one of the simplest ways to implement linear or rotary motion into an assembly process is with a pneumatic actuator.

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.

Midwest Is Most Robot-Dense Region

February 5, 2020

NEW YORK—A recent study claims that states in the Midwest have the highest robot density—typically at least twice the intensity of all other regions.

System Automatically Sorts, Separates Busbars

John Sprovieri

February 4, 2020

A&H Meyer, a manufacturer of cable management systems for furniture, approached RNA Automation Ltd. to design a flexible automation system to sort, separate and feed busbars. The company wanted a system that could handle 12 different lengths of flat and crimped busbars with minimal changeover time.

CIS Global Opens Power Distribution Unit Assembly Plant in India

February 2, 2020

BANGALORE, INDIA — CIS Global offiicials recently celebrated the grand opening of its newest power distribution unit manufacturing facility in Bangalore, India.

Plastics Manufacturer Expands Vermont Facility

January 24, 2020

ROYALTON, VT— GW Plastics Inc. has completed a 30,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing and technology center here to accommodate the growth in thermoplastic injection molding and medical device contract assembly business.