Machinery Assembly | Assembly

Southco Doubles Manufacturing Space at its India Plant

April 30, 2021

RANJANGOAN, India—Access-hardware manufacturer Southco Inc. recently opened its greatly expanded manufacturing facility here.

Deere Uses AI on Assembly Lines to Discover Defective Welds

April 14, 2021

MOLINE, IL—Deere & Co. is using artificial intelligence and machine vision to detect and fix porosity defects in welds on its tractors.

Equipment Maker Quickens Production With ERP Software

March 29, 2021

Makers of insulated glass use a variety of custom machines in their production facilities. Gas filling, glass handling and glass storage machines are three of the most common types.

Tooling Tech Group Builds Facility to House Growing Automation Division

March 22, 2021

LA VERGNE, TN—Tooling Tech Group has completed construction of a new 72,000 square-foot facility here to consolidate its automation division, which had been housed in two buildings in Murfreesboro, TN.

Spray Systems Simplify Powder Coating of Large Metal Parts

Jim Camillo

February 12, 2021

Custom metal fabricator Miller Welding & Machine Co. has experienced steady growth since its founding in 1963. The keys to this growth are implementing process control, creating high-quality products and always being open to using new technology.

Lean Gives Crown Equipment a Lift

Continuous improvement and a vertical manufacturing strategy enable Crown to compete in a crowded market.

John Sprovieri

January 4, 2021

If a pallet-load of stuff must be moved around a warehouse, factory or retailer somewhere in the world, chances are pretty good that the machine doing the heavy lifting was made by Crown Equipment Corp.

Viking Masek Announces Major Production Expansion of US Headquarters

December 31, 2020

OOSTBURG, WI—Automated packaging equipment manufacturer Viking Masek is significantly expanding the production capacity of its U.S. headquarters here.

How Lean Helped GE’s Turbine Factory Find Its Mojo

Lean has enabled GE’s turbine assembly plant in Greenville, SC, to save money, improve quality, and reduce manufacturing time

Tomas Kellner

December 3, 2020

In the last half century, the GE Gas Power plant in Greenville, SC, has experienced the same kind of dizzying roller coaster ride as the city where it's located.

Wind Power Inspires Engineers at James Madison University

Austin Weber

November 18, 2020

"The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind" is a popular lyric from one of Bob Dylan's most famous songs. It's also the central theme behind the Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC), an annual event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Harness Design at Nordex

Software aids design and assembly of control cabinets and wire harnesses for wind turbines

John Sprovieri

October 16, 2020

Can the length of a wire harness routed in a wind turbine tower 394 feet tall and connected to a control cabinet in a nacelle be precisely determined by a computer? Yes, it can.