Baja Marine Corp. (Bucyrus, OH) manufactures high-performance speedboats, and it takes pride in its nontraditional boat designs.

"We use industrial robots to perform the adhesive trace operations on our assembly lines. We have more than 20 robots using a crash protection device, and we have virtually eliminated downtime and retraining on these systems," says Bert Britton, technical engineering supervisor for Guide Corp. (Monroe, LA). "

Capacitors, switches, transducers, temperature sensors—and even complete circuits—often need potting. Here’s an overview of potting materials, and the manual and automated potting methods commonly used in assembly.

To turn recent immigrants into productive and highly skilled workers, companies should assess workers’ skills and capabilities.

The Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) is a coalition of different organizations from all sectors within manufacturing that has developed a common set of skill standards, assessments and certifications for manufacturing.

No longer the province of the home workbench, cordless power tools are increasingly found on assembly lines.

An innovative surface mount assembly machine performs screen printing, post- printing inspection, pick-and-place, post-placement inspection and reflow.