Assembly eMagazine

Automation cuts cycle time from 5 minutes to 5 seconds.

Artificial intelligence technology energizes manual assembly lines.

Adhesives are crucial for assembling the sensors in advanced driver assistance systems.

Automatic screwdriving system decreases costs, increases quality, and improves ergonomics at Danfoss.

A soft fixture prevents marring of the device’s hard plastic shells.

Three new clinching technologies use heat to join fiber-reinforced composites to metal parts.

A new type of database can facilitate cost-saving activities, such as predictive maintenance.

A short timeline and space constraints were among the challenges faced by automation engineers.

A poll asked Koreans what they would prefer to be: an automotive assembler with a high school degree earning a good salary or an office worker with a liberal arts degree earning less. Some 76 percent chose the automotive job.

PRINCETON, NJ—Engineers at Brown University, Princeton University and Rice University have developed a low-power, inexpensive way for machines in factories to share information wirelessly.

SEOUL—Engineers at the Seoul National University have developed a gripper that can move multiple objects.

COLLEGE STATION, TX—Engineers at Texas A&M University have developed functional interlocking metasurfaces that provide more structural strength and stability than nuts, bolts or adhesives.

The chain pallet conveyor (CPC) from Gate Technologies Inc. can be controlled using different drive packages, depending on the application requirements.

All the robots in the world won’t help your assembly process if your parts are not in the right place or the right orientation for pick up. Vision systems can help. Here’s a look at four of the latest technologies.