Those of us who build our own electronics should have some idea of the process used to assemble modern surface-mount printed circuit boards. Whether we hand-solder, apply paste with a syringe, use a ...

Former President Donald Trump thinks that building a BMW X3 in Spartanburg, South Carolina is as easy as putting a jigsaw puzzle together. While speaking at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday, ...

A fourth operation in Everett, Wash., will aid Boeing’s effort to increase production from 38 to 42 jets/month this year, as the jet builder work to fulfill back orders ...

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, ...

People do incredible things with Lego bricks. They’re a powerful tool to turn any number of ideas into something real and functional. Cars have always been popular Lego products, but a machine that ...

A Michigan-based company is putting a new wrinkle on the decades-old concept of using automated guided vehicles (AGVs) on the factory floor. Combining a battery-free design with a smart electronic ...

Assembly line systems form the backbone of modern manufacturing, and the optimisation of their balancing and sequencing is critical to achieving enhanced productivity, reduced costs, and improved ...

You can't produce electric cars without battery packs, and getting the cells and packs isn't necessarily easy across the industry. There's not enough mining or refining, and most cells and packs are ...