Live from The Assembly Show, the hosts of Manufacturing Revival Radio talk power tools with Neil Maniccia of ASG and Federico Roma of Fiam. Learn about the latest technologies for error-proof screwdriving and nutrunning.
John Sprovieri was featured on Manufacturing Revival Radio, speaking about best practices and techniques, emerging trends in manufacturing, and the impact that the new Baxter Robot will have on manufacturers, as well as the capital spending outlook for 2013 and 2014.
In December, the nonpartisan Council on Competitiveness issued a landmark report, Make: An American Manufacturing Movement, that provides dozens of recommendations for addressing the many challenges facing U.S. manufacturers. In this podcast, Jack McDougle, the council’s senior vice president for manufacturing, discusses the council’s vision for reviving U.S. manufacturing. Check out this sneak preview of McDougle’s May 2 keynote address to start Tech ManufactureXPO.
Cognex Corp. makes vision inspection systems for manufacturers worldwide. Recently, John Stamos, sales engineer for Cognex, spoke with Jim Camillo, a senior editor of Assembly magazine, about the impact of lighting and 3D technologies on current and future vision inspection systems. The interview was conducted after a small-group presentation by Stamos in Chicagoland.
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, based in Mesa, AZ, makes air bag inflators for all U.S. automakers and several in Europe. Recently, Scott Detwiler—the health, safety and environmental manager of TRW—spoke with Jim Camillo, a senior editor of Assembly magazine, about bag inflators. The interview was conducted for the March 2011 article called Reaching for the Ergonomic Star.
To steal a line from Mark Twain, many people complain about outsourcing, but few of them do anything about it. One person who is trying to do something about it is Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to persuading U.S. manufacturers to bring work back home from overseas. In this podcast, Moser talks about his organization and the software he developed for calculating the total costs of offshoring. Check out this sneak preview of Moser's May 4 keynote address to start Tech ManufactureXPO.
In this third installment of Bosch Rexroth's "Lean Manufacturing Audio Series," veteran product engineer and Lean Learning Center founder Jamie Flinchbaugh talks about how OEMs and manufacturers can design their equipment to be more effective, more productive and more in tune with a lean manufacturing environment.
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