From automotive production lines to shipbuilding, robotic arms, and the software that runs them, welding automation has played an important role in producing increasingly complex parts in shorter periods of time.
DBG Canada Ltd. has teamed with Prima Power North America Inc. on advanced 3D-laser systems for its growing automotive business.
How lasers are changing metal cutting.
Shops need both chemical and five-axis laser texturing capabilities to generate patterns that were once considered unattainable.
Should you coat in-house? Factors to consider include costs, supply chain issues and the ability to make proprietary coatings.
IMTS to highlight how wide-ranging processes are finding fresh ways to work together.
The basic principles behind the universal joint are centuries old, but the methods to make them are changing.
This week’s Automate trade show in Detroit demonstrated the drive for flexibility on the factory floor.
Located on the west coast of Florida -- an area affectionately known as the “Nature Coast” -- Citrus County is best known for the beauty of its natural environment and strong ecotourism industry.
In this podcast, John Derry, senior application engineer at Promess, talks to SME Media contributing editor Michael Anderson about reducing complexity in assembly equipment. Derry discusses how assembly systems may become unnecessarily complex--and how that complexity can reduce quality and increase costs. Derry goes on to describe effective ways of addressing these issues and to reduce and even eliminate unnecessary complexity.