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Girls in engineering.(Editorial)

Aug 01, 2008; Hegland, Don ... A "spirited disagreement" is guaranteed to be part of any discussion of whether there is a shortage--or a career-destroying surplus--of engineers in America. Some hold that the only shortage is engineers willing to work for less than what McDonald's pays its counter staff. On the other ...

MIG and TIG 101.(Welding BEADS)

Aug 01, 2008; Hegland, Don ... Both MIG and TIG welding are widely used in manufacturing, both manually and in automated and semiautomated systems. The American Welding Society (AWS) formal terminology for MIG--the acronym means metal inert gas--welding is gas metal arc welding (GMAW). Similarly, the AWS formal ...

Fiber-optic profilometer measures surface quality.(QUALITY in ASSEMBLY)

Aug 01, 2008; Sprovieri, John ... In the past, the compressor rotor for a jet engine was usually an assembly: Fan blades were attached to the disk with fasteners. Today, the rotor is apt to be a single part, the disk and blades machined from a solid piece of metal. Known as a "blisk," an integrally bladed rotor is lighter, ...

Airbus ramping up China plant.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... TOULOUSE, France -- Airbus has begun sending major sub-assemblies and other components to its new single-aisle jetliner assembly plant in Tianjin, China. The plant is set to begin assembling its first A320 aircraft later this month. Delivery of the airplane to Sichuan Airlines is scheduled ...

Caterpillar, Navistar joining forces.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... PEORIA, IL -- Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. is teaming up with truck builder Navistar International Corp. (Warrenville, IL) to create a new line of heavy-duty trucks for use in the road construction and oil industries. "We are pleased to be matching the ...

Lotus develops 'hemp' sports car.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... HETHEL, England -- Sports car manufacturer Group Lotus has created a new "eco" version of its Elise model as part of an ongoing effort to become a leader in the area of green automotive manufacturing. A product of the company's new environmental technologies consulting division, ...

Caterpillar investing $1 billion in U.S. capacity.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... PEORIA, IL -- Responding to strong worldwide demand for its products, Caterpillar Inc. is investing $1 billion to increase production capacity in a number of its U.S. manufacturing facilities, including its plants in East Peoria, Joliet, Decatur, Aurora and Mossville, IL. "This ...

Assembly webcast to cover robots, vision.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... BENSENVILLE, IL -- During the past two decades, robots and vision systems have helped U.S. manufacturers dramatically increase both productivity and product quality. The Robotics Industry Association (Ann Arbor, MI) estimates some 180,000 robots are currently at work in American factories, ...

ATExpo to highlight sustainable manufacturing.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... ROSEMONT, IL -- This year's Assembly Technology Exposition (ATExpo), set to take place Sept. 22-25 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center adjacent to Chicago's O'Hare Airport, will include a dedicated conference track on the environment, titled "Green Manufacturing: Business ...

Windmills take to the seas.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... STANAVGER, Norway -- Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) is collaborating with Norway-based StatoilHydro to develop the world's first floating wind turbine. Capable of anchoring in waters as deep as 2,100 feet, the turbine will employ a partially submerged steel and concrete buoy to keep it ...

UP, Norfolk Southern team up on automotive deliveries.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... OMAHA, NE -- Norfolk Southern (Norfolk, VA) and the Union Pacific Railroad have joined forces to make it easier for automotive manufacturers to deliver their products by rail. Specifically, the two companies have created what they are calling the Automotive Interline Co-Loading ...

Schleuniger acquiring PAWO AG.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... MANCHESTER, NH -- Wire processing equipment maker Schleuniger Group (Thun, Switzerland), has acquired PAWO Systems AG (Unterageri, Switzerland). PAWO employs 100 and specializes in the manufacture of machines that are used to attach ...

Perkins investing $37 million in new test facility.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... PETERBOROUGH, England -- Diesel engine manufacturer Perkins Engines Co. is investing approximately $37 million to expand the Global Engine Development (GED) center that it operates at its headquarters in Peterborough. The expansion is calling for 12 new mechanical validation cells and five ...

Honda begins production of fuel cell vehicles.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. has begun limited production of its new FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle on a dedicated fuel cell vehicle assembly line in Japan. The new line, which is intended to weed out bugs in the fuel-cell vehicle production process, includes a number of unique workstations, ...

Ford exporting $800 million in parts to China.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... DEARBORN, MI -- Ford Motor Co. has signed an agreement to supply more than $800 million in automotive parts to China, including transmissions manufactured in Michigan. Ford will also sell more than 30,000 North American-built vehicles in China, beginning in 2009. Ford has a long ...

Henkel moves North American headquarters.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... ROCKY HILL, CT -- Henkel of America Inc., manufacturer of the Loctite line of adhesives, has relocated its North American corporate headquarters from Gulph Mills, PA, to Rocky Hill, CT. The headquarters now occupies the same site as the company's adhesive technologies business. ...

Prius bumps Highlander from new plant.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... TOKYO -- Responding to the ongoing slump in sales of larger vehicles in the United States, Toyota Motor Corp. has decided to build the Prius hybrid sedan at its new plant in Blue Spring, MS, as opposed to the ...

Airbus christens second A380 Ro-Ro vessel.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... SINGAPORE -- Airbus (Toulouse, France) has christened a second roll-on and roll-off (Ro-Ro) oceangoing vessel named City of Hamburg to transport various large sub-assemblies making up its A380 jumbo jet between different manufacturing faculties. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Medical device event coming to New England.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... LOS ANGELES -- Following the successful 2007 launch of the BIOMEDevice trade show in San Jose, CA, events organizer Canon Communications is creating a similar event in New England. Set to take place April 22-23, 2009, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, New England ...

Ford produces Russian Focus no. 250,000.(Assembly Lines)

Aug 01, 2008 ... ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Ford Motor Co. recently marked a major milestone as the 250,000th Russian-built Ford Focus rolled off the production line at the company's Vsevolozhsk plant near St. Petersburg. The car, a silver 1.8 litre Ghia Wagon, will be delivered to a customer in ...