Increasingly, responsibility for automotive assembly and quality is being pushed down the supply chain, and parts suppliers with little or no assembly experience must often become assembly experts.

When Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany) was planning and designing its new engine assembly plant, the company initially counted on the skills of its own internal production machinery department. This department, however, had to compete with external offers.

Diagraph Corp. (Earth City, MO) manufactures high-performance labeling systems for high-speed, high-volume industrial applications, such as product identification, tracking, shipment addressing and bar-coding.

Balancing the demands of work and home is an increasingly difficult challenge.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. (Fort Worth, TX) has used an advanced resin transfer molding (RTM) process to fabricate a unitized component for an advanced fighter aircraft.

The sluggish economy is expected to improve by fall, but assemblers remain skeptical.

Whenever access is limited, blind rivets offer assemblers a unique way to see their way past fastening challenges. This article explains the advantages and limitations of blind rivets, and it reviews the various options for fasteners and installation equipment.

STEP RIGHT UP, FOLKS. See the largest collection of tools, technologies and techniques assembled under one roof. The 21st annual ASSEMBLY Technology Expo, Sept. 25 to 28, will provide the

Some things should never be tried. Like eating a taffy apple and talking on a cell phone while driving a car.

Engineers have made significant strides replicating vision and touch in automated systems. Assembly line robots may soon be equipped with other humanlike features, such as hearing, smell and taste. This article reveals the latest automated sensory technology research and explores potential assembly applications