manufacturing assembly factory
Digital Manufacturing Reduces Ramp-Up Duration and Improves the Quality of a Complex Chassis Assembly
White Paper The company's challenge was to speed ramp-up of increasingly complex factory automation systems. To meet these challenges, the group relies on digital manufacturing methods, such as the new Tecnomatix virtual commissioning solution, Process... [15 Jan 2008]
Supply chains go on-demand
Comment And the parts that make up our cars are timed to arrive in the factory on the day of assembly, minimising excess inventory that has to be stored and managed, keeping manufacturing costs as low as possible. [04 Apr 2007]
Boeing pilots RFID to track aircraft parts
News The RTLS technology, which is still in pilot phase, also helps track parts from one workstation to another in the factory and monitors if they are moving at the right speed through the assembly process. [13 Mar 2007]
Improve Programming Performance With Intel Flash Memory Enhanced Factory Programming
White Paper Using EFP, manufacturing engineers program Intel Flash memories faster than any other flash memory, which results in faster assembly-line beat-rates, lower production costs and more products per hour from production lines. [21 Sep 2004]
Geometric Design of Part Feeders
White Paper The basic tasks in a factory are manufacturing the parts, and combining them into the desired product. Let us review the various tasks of automated assembly in the light of RISC robotics and computational geometry. [02 Mar 2004]
Getting the Most from Manufacturing Cells: Through Focused Factory Engineering
White Paper A typical manufacturing cell could contain the raw material, the band saw to cut the raw material, the lathe to machine it and an assembly/inspection bench. In traditional factories, the equipment is arranged with similar machines located together... [25 Feb 2004]
Motorola shuts handset factory for two weeks after sales slump
News Motorola, which employs over 6,500 workers in three plants in Scotland, is forcing shop floor workers in its mobile phone assembly plant, to take holidays between 9 and 20 April. This decision follows hard on the heels of last week's announcement... [02 Mar 2001]
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