Stripping coaxial cables places high demands on processing equipment. Several thin, concentric layers must be carefully removed within a single cycle: insulation, metal braiding, foil and dielectric. The strip length must be exceptionally accurate, since the tolerance ranges of coaxial connectors are narrow.
Consumers spend some $1 billion to buy 2 billion lightbulbs each year in the U.S. That’s more than 6 million every day. High-speed automated assembly is the only way to meet that kind of volume.
ROSSLYN, VA—The leading trade associations representing America’s electrical supply chain united to ensure that lawmakers at the state and local levels keep the power on for everyone as they make decisions related to the current COVID-19 health crisis.
BANNOCKBURN, IL—Electronics manufacturers are feeling the impact of the coronavirus on their businesses, according to a recent survey conducted by IPC.
PALO ALTO, CA — HP Inc. and its global digital manufacturing community are mobilizing 3D printing teams, technology, experience and production capacity to help deliver critical parts in medical facilities treating patients with COVID-19.
SASKATOON, Canada — SafetyTek is offering its COVID-19 Workforce Health Analysis, an extension of the cloud-based Workplace Safety Engagement Platform, to organizations providing essential services.
MILWAUKEE, WI — Rockwell Automation, an industrial automation and digital automation provider, announced two acquisitions, one domestic and one international, that will be finalized in the coming months.
The coronavirus pandemic is leading to shortages of more than test kits, ventilators and, um, toilet paper. Due to the huge increase in demand for hand sanitizer, there is a now shortage of isopropyl alcohol—a key ingredient in some fluxes.
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC — PRC Laser Corp., an industrial laser manufacturer, plans to invest $1.4 million into a new facility in Charleston County that will create 73 jobs.