Promess
Sensing Systems for Manufacturing
The trend toward consolidating suppliers and buying modules or assemblies rather than parts is well-established and accelerating across a broad range of industries. It started in aerospace, where typically up to 70% of each aircraft produced today is made by suppliers. It’s common for an aircraft …
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In 2004, Promess Inc.’s founder, Larry Stockline, wrote an article describing how two fairly new technologies, real-time process monitoring and signature analysis, were combined to improve the quality of an automotive wheel-stud insertion system. The system he described used linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) sensors to monitor the …
[Read more...] about Intelligent Automotive Assembly Continues To Evolve
Everyone knows that the purchase price of a piece of assembly equipment is only a fraction of the true lifetime cost. Nevertheless, the prevailing corporate culture is all too often tightly focused on minimizing the initial outlay regardless of the long-term consequences. In nearly every case this is not only shortsighted, but actually …
[Read more...] about Maybe the Wrong People Bought your Assembly Equipment
Ball joints are used in mechanical systems on everything from lawn tractors to cars and aircraft. They’re found virtually anywhere motion in more than one plane is required, and their function is very often critical to performance and safety. Aerospace Industry Application In aerospace applications, proper function can …
[Read more...] about Moving Ball Joint Assembly into the 21st Century
When Henry Ford started building the Model T, components such as bearings and gears were often assembled with hammers or an arbor press. In the hands of a skilled worker who knew what a successful operation felt like either could produce an acceptable level of quality. That all changed when hydraulic presses replaced human muscle with a …
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