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“It simply looked too clean.” That was Juan Puente’s first thought as he researched the robot arms from Universal Robots. Puente is the thermal spray supervisor at Aircraft Tooling Inc. (ATI) in Dallas, Texas. The company was looking into...

Developed as an open-standard wireless networking technology, WirelessHART process field devices are most often powered by batteries.   However, with hundreds – even thousands – of these devices at a single plant site, the cost and resources to replace batteries...

Silence… The sound no manufacturing general manager wants to hear. When a power transformer that supplies a plant goes bust, everything comes to a grinding halt. At such times the only thing audible is the sound of net profit...

Removing wipes, rags, plastics, hair and other stringy material at the headworks of a WWTP is very important. A traditional ¼” (6.0mm) screen will remove some of this material but as any operator knows a lot will still pass...

Challenges and Successes Going From Shirt printing to Custom Metal Home Decor In 2008, Tance Hughes – a senior in high school at the time – began Southern Designs in Vidalia, LA with a small screen printing press purchased by...

Binder + Wöhrle is convinced that inevitably, the time comes for even the most tried and tested technology to retire. The manufacturer of plastic pipes, profiles, and Bowden cables, which are used in cars from VW among others, has...

For most businesses, automated quality assurance systems such as machine vision are rarely promoted as competitive advantages, much less as revenue centers. Instead, quality control activities often fall into the same category as risk mitigation, IT security, and maintenance...

A leading manufacturer of A.S.M.E & standard tank heads, hot-formed tank heads, cones, manways and rolled shells, needed a way to wrap heavy, odd-shaped loads while the pallet remains on the forklift. Varying in size and material, tank heads...

For manufacturers, maximizing production speed while maintaining high part quality is critical for success. Jigs and fixtures are used to make manufacturing and assembly processes simpler and more reliable, reducing cycle times and improving worker safety. In this white...