Comprehensive conference program includes workshops on DFMA, additive manufacturing and mixed-material assembly.

A flexible pneumatic test system finds bad automotive electronics before consumers do.

Modular, flexible system promises to reduce the cost of creating a harness layout board by 65 percent.

Applications for presses in appliance manufacturing include bearing insertion, gearbox assembly, and sheet-metal joining.

As automated assembly increases, so does the need for flexible vibratory bowl feeders—and practical ways to optimize their performance.

Plastic parts with a round energy director can produce stronger, more consistent welds than parts with a sharp energy director.

New technology allows assemblers and machines to work closer than ever.

Due to their mechanical commutation, brushed dc motors have a limited operational lifetime and are confined to low operating speeds typically less than 12K rpm.

Temperature has been used for many years to accomplish work in appliances with more conventional technologies like bi-metals or wax actuators.

Ever since our ancestors first climbed down out of the trees, they promptly turned around and set them ablaze to cook the evening’s catch; humankind has had a unique and symbiotic relationship with fire ever since.