Q: Can you apply OEE to a manual assembly line? We have established takt times for each of our manual assembly lines, and each assembly station has been balanced so that it can be completed within the ...

In recent years, human-robot cooperation – also known as human-robot collaboration, or HRC – has taken center stage at trade fairs. The term applies to any situation where robots work directly ...

Klaus Brinkrode, Sales Manager of Med. Tech Device Assembly & Labeling at Syntegon, explains their RMA machine and how it improves auto-injector assembly. The RMA is being used for R&D and small batch ...

Mainly used for rapid manual assembly and disassembly, quick-release pins use a mechanism to provide a locking action. They use a clearance fit in holes formed to nominal diameters and are divided ...