Auto assembly is among the most complex operations in existence, and it requires thousands of parts, people, and machines to make it all work. While early automobiles were built individually by hand, ...

Van Horn, whose resume includes engineering efforts on the Madison Square Garden Sphere in Las Vegas, discusses how combining MBSE with laser metrology improves accuracy from design to installation.

By training a machine learning model on a specific process, machine vision can capture a part number, validate proper assembly (seating, alignment, screw torque, etc.) and confirm final measurements, ...

As the core technology used in modern electronics manufacturing, surface-mount technology (SMT) assembly density is increasing, the number of pins is increasing, and the pitch is decreasing. In ...

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 ...

Against this backdrop, the equipment choices manufacturers make — and the suppliers they choose to make them with — carry consequences that extend well beyond any single production line. Observing how ...