More than 50% of total production time is spent on assembly or fastening. However, mechanical fastening usually represents less than 5% of the total in-place or assembled cost of a product. When ...

Download the PDF of this article. When a company automates an assembly process, the fastening pins that will be used during assembly are just as important as the automation equipment. Two of the ...

Nearly every successful company passes through the difficult transformation of being small to being large. As this transition occurs, there are many product development decisions to be made. For ...