A Michigan-based company is putting a new wrinkle on the decades-old concept of using automated guided vehicles (AGVs) on the factory floor. Combining a battery-free design with a smart electronic ...

Lean manufacturing seeks to make clear what adds value by reducing everything else. Lean is clearly not a fixed-point objective; accelerating global market competition demands operational flexibility ...

In today’s highly competitive manufacturing landscape, designing an efficient assembly line is not just about improving production speed—it’s about optimising costs, enhancing quality and maximising ...

In recognition of the National Association of Manufacturers’ Manufacturing Day 2021, let’s take a look at more than a century of advances in automotive manufacturing at Ford Motor Co. Ford founder ...

Automotive assembly line designer Preh said it has agreed to acquire IMA Automation Amberg from Switzerland’s Feintool International Holding AG. IMA Automation develops assembly lines for Tier 1 ...

Companies choose manufacturing processes -- such as job order, batch process, assembly line and continuous process -- based in part on the level of product individualization allowed. Manufacturers use ...

To get its engineers thinking about design for assembly back in the 1980s, Westinghouse made a video about a product optimized for assembly: the IBM Proprinter. The technology may be dated, but the ...

HERNDON, Va., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman has teamed with a commercial automation and assembly line integrator to design the assembly line for the U.S. Air Force Trainer X program. The company ...