The fully flexible, reconfigurable Intelligent Island Manufacturing System (I²MS) supports high-mix manufacturing, enables ...

Manufacturers have always had to be nimble, adjusting their production processes to meet their customers’ needs, and that means using technology to create a flexible manufacturing process in today's ...

Lean manufacturing is all about making as much money as possible and streamlining the manufacturing process. In many cases, this means limiting customer options. Conversely, flexible manufacturing is ...

For Ford Motor Co., this dream has become reality, as the company migrates 75 percent of its body shops and assembly operations from traditional production to flexible production by the end of the ...

In recent times, process industries such as chemical manufacturing are facing many of the same challenges as those in the discrete manufacturing space. Increasingly stringent competitive pressures ...

Skye Automation developed a machining solution that can handle up to 1,000 different component configurations, enhancing efficiency and reducing floorspace needs. Skye Automation is a ...

New and repurposed fabrication techniques for flexible electronic devices are proliferating rapidly. Some may wonder if they are better than traditional methods and at what point they’ll be ...

The FLEX Conference, held again this year in conjunction with SEMICON West 2023, provided numerous examples of continued developments in flexible, printed, and flexible hybrid electronics technologies ...

A research team has developed a continuous roll-processing technology that transfers and packages flexible large-scale integrated circuits (LSI), the key element in constructing the computer's brain ...

This executive summary explores the rapid growth of the cell therapy market and addresses the key challenges faced by sponsors in advancing clinical trials and commercializing therapies. It highlights ...