A software-powered simulation for assembly behavior can compensate for the gap in automation by building intuition in the safety of a high-fidelity digital twin. The best way to align a screw is a ...

Skoda says it is pressing ahead with the implementation of technologies in line with Industry 4.0 principles and has opened an ‘automatic small parts warehouse’ at the main plant in Mlada Boleslav. It ...

On December 18 of last year, inside the small assembly process area at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Yongyeon Factory in Ulsan ...

The design stage of a product’s life cycle is arguably one of the most crucial decision making periods, as 70 to 80 percent of the overall manufacturing cost can be projected at this stage. Engineers ...

More than 50% of total production time is spent on assembly or fastening. However, mechanical fastening usually represents less than 5% of the total in-place or assembled cost of a product. When ...

The 18 XPlanar movers on the assembly machine built by Automation NTH travel over 18 motor tiles to present the blood test kits to the various reagent filling ...

Rochester Institute of Technology recently installed a MIRTEC MV3 OMNI automated, optical inspection machine in its Center for Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly (CEMA). The equipment enables ...

Figure 1. Transfer of current manually performed drilling processes at CFRP vertical tail planes (VTPs) to mobile cobots. Photo Credit, all images: Fraunhofer IFAM At its 4,500-square-meter research ...

As technology continues to advance, scientists and engineers are constantly searching for more efficient and effective ways to create new materials and devices. One increasingly popular method is self ...