Manufacturing
TMTS 2018: Automation & Integration
Taiwan's machine tool show highlight's Industry 4.0/Industrial Internet of Things.
Category: Manufacturing
Plants, production systems, automation, materials, and quality.
Manufacturing
Walk-up metrology
Semi-automated, multi-dimensional testing on the shop floor increases versatility and throughput.
Vehicle Tech
2019 Outlook: Continued commercial truck boom, flat sales or slight declines in automotive
Class 8 truck makers have nearly enough orders going into 2019 to keep them busy for the full year, and automotive sales should stay near historic highs, even with declines and production cuts.
Engineering
5 Questions with Tim Moriarty
A senior vice president of Quality Vision International (QVI) discusses how the c-vision measurement system improves motor vehicle inspection.
Engineering
Power, feedback cable
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.
Manufacturing
Forgeline Motorsports: Doubling down on race wheels
Surging demand for one-piece racecar wheels led Forgeline Motorsports to boost capacity and adopt new technology with Haas vertical machining centers.
Engineering
Camera module evaluation kit
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.
Manufacturing
WELDING SENSORS
Sensors for welding robot applications have unique advantages. Most technologies can be mixed and matched, and understanding sensor technologies can help robot users improve operations.
Manufacturing
OnRobot taps Dallas for US headquarters
Company makes plans to multiply staff eight-fold within the next two years, prepares for aggressive collaborative robot growth projections.
Industry
Jeep returns to the pickup market following 26-year hiatus
Toledo-built Gladiator mid-sized truck offers Wrangler off-road capability with a bit of cargo space.
Manufacturing
Ford boosts pickup, SUV production, cuts car output
Workers in Kentucky and Michigan will move from one Ford facility to another as the automaker rebalances its portfolio to boost production of high-profit large vehicles.
Manufacturing
GM closing 5 North American plants, chopping nearly 7,000 jobs, slashing car production
Up to $3.8 billion restructuring effort would follow Ford's near exit from the car business, slashing jobs in Ohio, Michigan, Maryland, and Canada.