Developing a closer tie between product design and assembly can yield major benefits that ultimately result in lower costs and higher quality. The closest tie between product design and assembly is actually incorporating significant adaptability of More
Cure for manufacturing downtime: MRO interchangeable parts.
Manufacturers who don’t include downtime in their total cost of operation are deceiving themselves about performance. When a student gets a grade of zero for missing an exam without making it up, it completely messes up the test score average. The More
Useful iPhone and iPad App tools for mechanical engineers in 2013
Think of mobile apps and handy tools for finding a great restaurant or catching up on your favorite team’s score probably come to mind. But Apple’s App Store can also serve as vital work task or general engineering and science reference sources in More
Reasons to be Bullish on U.S. Manufacturing in 2013
For years—decades, even—we have heard nothing but bad news for U.S. manufacturing. With this in mind, who would have thought that manufacturing has one of the most favorable long-term outlooks among American economic sectors? That might sound More
Clemson University Students Design Ergonomic O-Ring Assembly to Reduce Worker Repetitive Strain Injury
Clemson University students design ergonomic o-ring assembly to reduce worker RSI stemming from prolonged repetitive, awkward and forceful movements. Clemson University’s capstone design project provides students with a realistic design experience More
WSU Autonomous Underwater Vehicle equipped with robotic gripper
American Grippers Inc is proud to participate in sponsorship opportunities for University students majoring in Robotics and manufacturing. Washington State University Students are working on a self-operated robotic submarine to enter in the More
O-ring seal pick and place with a pneumatic gripper
O-ring gripper assembly equipment Advances in automation reduce production losses and diminishes cost to companies. AGI, a leading provider of sophisticated robotic products, releases a set of tools that automate O-Ring Installation. Both dual More
Pneumatic Gripper integrated in a Haas Machining Center
American Grippers Inc. of Trumbull, CT recently donated an innovative pneumatic gripper to Corey Stevens of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA). The AGI component – an actuator capable of gripping and rotating a part with ease and More
List of Colleges that offer degree in Robotic Engineering.
The top two Colleges that offer Robotic engineering degree are Worcester Polytechnic Institute and University of Pennsylvania. WPI’s Robotics Engineering was the first such program in the nation to receive Engineering Accreditation from the More
Robots safely crash with protection
The AGO series Pneumatic Robotic Collision Sensors features seven new models that are suited for a wide variety of applications to increase production. There are many names for the robotic safety devises, crash protectors, collision sensors, EOAT More