ASSEMBLY Audible

Without a doubt, forming and fastening are crucial elements of any successful assembly process. Jennifer Pierce, Multimedia Editor, is joined by two longtime assembly experts and ASSEMBLY Show exhibitors, Jake Sponsler, the President of Orbitform, and Bryan Wright, Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Orbitform designs, manufactures, and builds assembly machines to fasten and form parts permanently. They service versatile industries, including aerospace, automotive, medical, hand tools, furniture, sporting goods, firearms, construction, HVAC, and consumer goods, with their lines of products and real-time service providers. Equal parts excellence in technology, products, and customer service. Find out more at www.orbitform.com.

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Recorded from The ASSEMBLY Show in Rosemont, we connect with one of ASSEMBLY Audible's biggest supporters throughout 2022, Bill Eppich, the CEO of the WEISS Group. WEISS is a longtime manufacturer of rotary indexing tables, robotics, and motion control solutions with global headquarters in Buchen, Germany, and regional headquarters for the Americas in Cleveland, OH. We chat with Bill from the show floor to gain insight into his perspective on the current factory automation trends and which Weiss products address the market's demands.

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Symphoni is a mesmerizing symphony of digital assembly automation technology that operates quickly, precisely, efficiently, and even gracefully. Our guest on this episode, recorded from the energetic ASSEMBLY Show floor, is Peng-Sang Cau, Vice President of LS Emerging Markets and Symphoni. Peng is responsible for the commercialization of Symphoni™; a technology ATS acquired from Transformix Engineering Inc. Symphoni surpasses conventional assembly methods by merging the best in robotics and linear motion conveyance, continuous motion, synchronous indexing machines, and intelligent pallets. See it to believe it at www.symphonitech.com.

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The ASSEMBLY Show floor is one of the best places to connect with and learn about the most influential figures in our industry. The excitement is tangible as we discuss the many facets and history of Promess with the company's president, Glenn Nausley. Promess is a leading manufacturer of highly adaptive servo-controlled assembly presses, torque systems, and monitoring systems used by companies to assemble and test the products they produce. Listen in to the podcast to learn more about Promess's line of products, plus Mr. Nausley's expert insight on industry trends. Like what you hear and want to learn more? Visit Promess online at www.promessinc.com. Find Promess in person at The ASSEMBLY Show South in Nashville from April 4-6th, 2023.

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FANUC's High-Payload CR-35iB Cobot is The ASSEMBLY Show's New Product Award Winner in the Robotics category. Bryan J d'Ouville joins us at the ASSEMBLY Audible booth from the show floor after receiving the award to give us a rundown of what makes this lightweight, high-payload (eye-catching bright green) cobot an award winner and standout amongst FANUC's customers. For more information about The CR-35iB, visit www.fanucamerica.com.

Multimedia Editor Jennifer Pierce speaks with Kevin Konkos, VP of Sales with Launchpad from The ASSEMBLY Show floor, about Launchpad's product award winner, The Digitool. The Digitool is a standardized, modular automated assembly cell that learns and executes manufacturing tasks based on a product CAD file without custom software or fixtures. The Digitool can perform various assembly tasks, including pick and place, screwdriving, dispensing, laser engraving, labeling, testing, and even disassembly. Find out what makes The Digitool a standout product in the assembly machines and systems category. Learn more about Launchpad by visiting www.launchpad.build.

Learn about Toyota's vehicle development strategy and how TMNA R & D introduces new technology and systems directly from the source with Kristen Tabar, Group Vice President of Vehicle Development and Engineering at Toyota Motor North America Research and Development. 

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We connect with longtime Assembly Magazine columnist Harry Moser, founder of reshorenow.org. Learn more about the many facets of reshoring in this podcast episode and by visiting Moser on Manufacturing.

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What are the most significant differences between establishing manufacturing plants in rural and urban areas? What is the current state of manufacturing in U.S. cities, and why are assembly plants increasingly located in rural areas? We discuss this with Tanu Kumar and Audra Ladd, two experts from Urban Manufacturing Alliance's advisory board.

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In this episode, we connect with Dr. Olga Eliseeva, Project Engineer at EWI and ASSEMBLY Show 2022 workshop presenter, to discuss the fundamentals of her specialty and what her workshop will entail.