Ever wondered how those powerful welding machines that join metal get made? It’s quite a process, really. It starts with just ...

Design-for-assembly (DFA) and design-for-manufacture (DFM) techniques can be applied to products assembled manually or automatically or manufactured by specific techniques, such as machining, die ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Industrial production processes, by and large, rely on robotic assembly lines that place, package, and connect a variety of disparate components. While the manufacturing world is ...

• Engineers are replacing metals with highperformance plastics to cut weight and eliminate material-related failures. • Designers should reconsider conventional mechanical joining techniques and look ...