igus, a leading manufacturer of cable carriers and continuous-flex cables, recently announced the winners of its worldwide cable carrier competition. The competition, which is in its second year, rewards challenging applications that use cable carrier systems. Cable carriers—also widely known as ...

News | | May 06, 2010

More than ever, technology is being called upon to solve manufacturing’s quest for global competitiveness. Competitive manufacturing requires shorter production lead times with less inventory, making equipment utilization more important than ever to the bottom line. With advanced design and ...

Features | Ed Romaine | December 04, 2009

A custom integrator of turnkey automated inspection machines for quality control, Cincinnati Automation "saw the light," adopting a new LED backlit conveyor to convert automotive part gauging from a step-by-step to continuous process, more than tripling throughput. The AccuVision conveyor ...

Features | MA Staff | November 02, 2009

This is a four-part article outlining the many ways to evaluate a pneumatic conveying system. In choosing a system for the safe, clean conveyance of materials, it seems that the choices can be remarkably complex. Prior to such a choice, a ...

Features | Bruce Boyers | November 02, 2009

Whether running a small operation lights out to keep costs down or operating a large corporation that produces custom products, manufacturing already runs on tight profit margins and have narrow margins for error. When a process is implemented, it is ...

Features | Bruce Boyers | July 17, 2009

At Ford Motor Company, new vehicles accounted for more than half its volume in sales during the past year. Among them are the Freestyle crossover vehicle and the Ford Five Hundred mid-size sedan, which has "crossover characteristics" by way of ...

Features | Richard Rix | September 22, 2005