Electronics Assembly | Assembly

Apple, Foxconn to Build $7 Billion U.S. Factory?

January 23, 2017

CUPERTINO, CA--Apple Inc. and Foxconn Technology Group may build a new factory in the United States to produce display panels.

Clemson, Carnegie Mellon to Develop Next-Gen Manufacturing Robots

January 16, 2017

CLEMSON, SC—Researchers at Clemson University and Carnegie Mellon University are collaborating to develop next-generation robots for advanced manufacturing across the automotive, aerospace, electronics and textile industries. Clemson will also help train the workers who will operate the robots, as part of a $253 million plan to fill roughly 510,000 jobs in manufacturing by 2025.

Dispensing Thick Materials

Precise valves and powerful pumps are essential to properly dispense one- and two-component high-viscosity materials.

Jim Camillo

January 5, 2017

Comparative claims can be positive or negative, subjective or objective. But, in every instance, their main purpose is illustrative. A common example is when someone claims that a person or process is “as slow as molasses” (which, by the way, has a viscosity of only 5,000 to 10,000 centipoise [cps]).

ERP Software Keeps Manufacturers Focused on Production, Profit

Jim Camillo

December 1, 2016

Manufacturers face a plethora of challenges every day, regardless of where they are located and the industries they serve.

Samsung to Invest $1 Billion in Texas Semiconductor Factory

November 8, 2016

AUSTIN, TX—Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC plans to invest more than $1 billion in its chip-making factory here. Samsung already employs 3,000 people there, and the company expects to add hundreds more technicians and engineers next year.

Foxconn Employs 40,000 Robots

October 24, 2016

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan—In 2011, Foxconn announced a plan to replace 500,000 mainland Chinese workers with 1 million robots over the next three to five years. So far, the electronics manufacturing services provider has installed 40,000 robots across China. MORE

Cable Manufacturer Goes From Generally Good to Specifically Great

Guided by a principle from a best-selling book, every Components Express employee focuses on one thing: making the best machine vision cables in the world.

Jim Camillo

October 4, 2016

Ray Berst is the founder and president of Components Express Inc. (CEI), a Woodridge, IL-based manufacturer that specializes in custom machine-vision cables.

Adhesives for Speaker Assembly

Light-curing adhesives can help speaker manufacturers increase efficiency.

Günther Witek

October 3, 2016

The loudspeaker market is booming. In addition to designing to an outstanding product, efficient production is crucial for a speaker manufacturer to stay ahead of its competitors. Adhesives play an important role in this, but the potential they offer for increasing productivity has yet to be fully realized.

Bullet-Proof Automated Assembly

A system that runs like clockwork doesn’t happen by accident.

Austin Weber

September 8, 2016

Multistation automated assembly systems are a wonder to behold. A well-designed system can mass-produce hundreds of assemblies per minute with minimal human intervention.

What’s New With Servo Presses

Needing more precision, energy efficiency and traceability data from their assembly presses, manufacturers are increasingly turning to servo-driven models.

Jim Camillo

September 8, 2016

When an assembly press supplier meets with a manufacturer to discuss its next purchase, both parties focus on one question: Which type and model of press is best for the current application? Mike Brieschke, vice president of sales at Aries Engineering Corp., recalls how two such meetings in 2006 with automotive OEMs led the supplier to ask itself another question: Which type of press is best for the future of assembly?