Manufacturers have always had to be nimble, adjusting their production processes to meet their customers’ needs, and that means using technology to create a flexible manufacturing process in today's ...

Lean manufacturing is all about making as much money as possible and streamlining the manufacturing process. In many cases, this means limiting customer options. Conversely, flexible manufacturing is ...

For Ford Motor Co., this dream has become reality, as the company migrates 75 percent of its body shops and assembly operations from traditional production to flexible production by the end of the ...

With the increasing demand for customized manufacturing, human-robot collaborative (HRC) systems combine human adaptability with robotic precision, offering a promising solution for flexible ...

Common global manufacturing processes allow GM to build flexible vehicle architectures. While allowing for a variety of subsystems, interiors and exterior designs, the system requires that all ...

Skye Automation developed a machining solution that can handle up to 1,000 different component configurations, enhancing efficiency and reducing floorspace needs. Skye Automation is a ...

New and repurposed fabrication techniques for flexible electronic devices are proliferating rapidly. Some may wonder if they are better than traditional methods and at what point they’ll be ...

Biopharma development has long trended toward specialized and personalized therapies such as cell and gene therapies, antibody-drug conjugates, and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), among others. | ...

As electric vehicle (EV) batteries grow larger, the demand for lightweight flexible cables is increasing to replace heavy wires. A Korean research team has developed a process for the continuous ...

Fluid sensing has been an important but missing part of the massive Internet-of-Things sensor networks due to challenges including excessive manufacturing time/cost, finite wireless interrogation ...

In manufacturing, speakers demonstrated breakthroughs in additive manufacturing, advanced lithography, and sustainable printed electronics processes ...