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North American Lighting Accelerates Assembly Line Production with MakerBot 3D Printers

Dinesh Mishra

NAL engineers print end of arm tools, assembly line jigs, fixtures, and more with METHOD X 3D printers. North American Lighting (NAL), a Koito Group Company, has been manufacturing automotive lighting systems for vehicle manufacturers since 1983. Caption: “Anything I look at now can be 3D printed.

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Electrification Brings Changing Demands to Automotive Manufacturing

Modern Machine Shop

Source: ZF North America The central challenge around electrification in the automotive industry is “the challenge of transformation,” says Vaden Lillard, director of operations for ZF North America. Current assembly lines at ZF are about 33% automated; Lillard says that for the EV products, lines will be closer to 70% automated.

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HP Supply chain and additive manufacturing opportunities in Spain

SMMT

We are facing a global supply crisis, strongly affecting the automotive sector, hindering its production chains and, therefore, its sales. Thus, we have learned that we must evolve towards more diversified supply chains, where components manufacturing sites are closer to assembly lines and consumer markets.

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Factories of the Future Take Shape on a Foundation of Digital Transformation and Digital Twin concepts

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

As a leading German luxury automaker showcases the multiple benefits of modular assembly, automakers are leveraging transformative digital technologies that accommodate the demand for mass personalization. It is being seen as the next big, digitally-enabled leap in automotive manufacturing – modular assembly. Our Perspective.

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Navigating Outsource Manufacturing

Trimantec

Outsourcing is utilized by both large and small manufacturers to complete work, which may include assemblies, sub-assemblies, custom parts, etc. . . Automotive, truck, and heavy equipment. Assembly Line. Assembly lines are designed to connect workstation activities and pace products through a fixed sequence.

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Robotics in Manufacturing

Trimantec

In 1961, Devol deployed Unimate at General Motor’s assembly line at a die casting plant. This revolutionized the automotive industry. Assembly line robots pick products off conveyor belts and place them at a desired location. They are common in the automotive industry because of their accuracy.

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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 6: Why, and How, Hardinge is Reshoring Machine Tool Production

Modern Machine Shop

So really taking that technology and that competency for building assembly lines, leading them out optimizing production and assembly, and then working on supply chain and quality. We've recently acquired a high production automotive machine manufacturer. Jones and Shipman at the time, Hardinge UK at the time.