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 ...

It’s been just over 100 years since Henry Ford and his team at Highland Park assembly plant launched the world’s greatest contribution to manufacturing – the first moving assembly line. It simplified ...

36th Annual State of Logistics Report: Navigating uncertainty amid rising costs and global disruptions The 36th Annual State of Logistics (SoL) Report highlights a logistics market tested by economic ...

Software automation in PCB assembly. Advantages and disadvantages of software automation in PCB assembly. The PCB assembly (PCBA) process is becoming more complex with evolving market trends such as ...

In our last blog post we talked about how companies are looking to maximize capacity utilization for every dollar and square foot. Having been burned by the last recession, their new manufacturing ...

20 robots configured to build A321LR sections, using laser-guided positioning and digital data acquisition Airbus inaugurated an automated fuselage-structure assembly line for A320 series narrow-body ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anna Shedletsky writes about manufacturing technology, data, and AI. It’s lazy to think that a manufacturing process is better ...

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 ...

People do incredible things with Lego bricks. They’re a powerful tool to turn any number of ideas into something real and functional. Cars have always been popular Lego products, but a machine that ...