Founded in 1906 on Chicago’s West Side, The Chicago Lighthouse has pioneered innovation in vision care, rehabilitation, education, employment, and technology for over 100 years. ASSEMBLY Audible connects with Simone Cook, Senior Vice President of Operations with The Chicago Lighthouse, to learn about its excellent programs and services. Did you know The Chicago Lighthouse runs the last major clock manufacturer in the US. The Chicago Lighthouse has hand-produced more than 6 MILLION high-quality c...
Apr 14, 2023•17 min
Meet Brennen Dugger, President of Blue Collar Automation. Brennen is hosting a two-part showcase at The ASSEMBLY Show South on Thursday, April 6th. During the Cobots Technology Showcase, participants will gain an introduction to Cobots, including application examples, hardware, and system control, followed by an afternoon session with time for hands-on programming activities using Cobots provided by Blue Collar Automation. Listen in advance to discover what Brennen has planned for the showcase a...
Mar 29, 2023•7 min
Meet Nikki Gonzales, Head of Partnerships at Quotebeam and Co-host of the Automation Ladies podcast. During this introductory podcast, we learn a little about Nikki and her work AND tune in for a special announcement. Spoiler: Nikki is joining us at the ASSEMBLY Show South in Nashville! Sponsored By:
Mar 28, 2023•21 min
Is there anyone with a better beat on digital media and podcasting in the manufacturing space than Chris Luecke? Manufacturing Happy Hour founder and podcast host Chris Luecke joins us for an episode of ASSEMBLY Audible. Chris has interviewed hundreds, maybe even thousands, of industry professionals throughout developing his podcast, Manufacturing Happy Hour. Listen to the world, according to Chris, as we talk podcasting, marketing, cybersecurity, and everything in between. Chris was gracious to...
Mar 22, 2023•38 min
Boston-based Seurat recently announced plans to open its first full-scale factory following commitments from three global manufacturers to produce 25 tons of key parts/year (25x the current production). Now, two more major players signed on to use Seurat's tech to usher in a renewable energy-powered manufacturing era. Listen to Seurat CEO & cofounder James DeMuth on tackling one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and rebuilding local manufacturing.Sponsored By:
Mar 14, 2023•17 min
ASSEMBLY Audible host Jennifer Pierce connects with Will Hunter, Managing Director, North America of mta automation, to learn about mta's nominated product, the Continuous Flow Dispenser. As we enter the countdown to the inaugural ASSEMBLY Show South in Nashville, find out what makes the South an exciting location, according to one of ASSEMBLY's longtime partners. Sponsored By:
Mar 14, 2023•13 min
Join us for a conversation with celebrated engineer and digital content creator Jousef Murad for a discussion about where AI fits in the current scope and future of manufacturing. For more from Jousef, check out Marketing for Engineers.Sponsored By:
Mar 14, 2023•15 min
The GX4 and GX8 robots are nominated as one of 10 "Best in Show" products which will be on display April 4-6th at the ASSEMBLY Show South in Nashville, Tennessee. We caught up with Scott Marsic, Group Product Manager of Robotics at Epson America, to learn about the technology behind Epson's high-speed, high-precision SCARA robots. Sponsored By:
Mar 09, 2023•21 min
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is history's most advanced and powerful military jet. With stealth designed from day one, the F-35 can evade enemy detection and enter contested airspace. Advanced electronic warfare capabilities locate and track enemy forces, jam radars, and disrupt attacks. It has a top speed of Mach 1.6 and a maximum range of 1,500 nautical miles. Producing such sophisticated aircraft requires equally sophisticated manufacturing technology. Learn what it takes to engineer...
Mar 02, 2023•17 min
Get a firsthand look at Panasonic's Battery Plant, which is currently in the beginning stages of construction in DeSoto, Kansas. Allan Swan, leader of the largest lithium battery plant in the world at the Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, provides details such as the current progress of the facilities build, factory plans, and the advanced battery technology that will be utilized at the plant once it's open. Sponsored By:
Feb 15, 2023•17 min
Learn about Impossible Objects 3D printing technology CBAM which uses advanced composite materials to address problems across several industries, such as electronics, aerospace, and medical fields, through advanced additive manufacturing. Sponsored By:
Feb 09, 2023•22 min
Learn from the best. Jim Barbaretta is the plant manager at Brose Tuscaloosa, the winner of our 2022 Assembly Plant of the Year Award. What is it that makes Brose a standout assembly plant? We find out directly from the source. Read about Brose Tuscaloosa, learn more about the Plant of the Year Award, and nominate a plant for 2023. Sponsored By:
Feb 06, 2023•24 min
What were ASSEMBLY Magazine's Top 10 most popular articles from 2022? Multimedia Editor Jennifer Pierce links up with Chief Editor John Sprovieri and Senior Editor Austin Weber for a countdown of the ten most-read manufacturing stories from 2022. This podcast gives an excellent overview of recent themes in manufacturing and the future outlook for the years ahead. Sponsored By:
Jan 27, 2023•41 min
There's no doubt about it, a creative, diverse, and unconventional approach to business is the way to success in advanced manufacturing. Thought leaders are developing new technological strategies in automated assembly. One such leader is Peng Cau, VP at ATS Automation. In this episode, Peng tells us about her approach to successfully developing Symphoni Technologies. Sponsored By:
Jan 16, 2023•25 min
Imagine a scenario where you can manufacture products from home—an operating Internet of Production, possible from anywhere in the world with a laptop and internet connection. How would such a platform disrupt the industry, and could it solve larger issues? That is the topic of conversation on ASSEMBLY Audible with Joel Tortolero, the CEO of Wikifactory. Sponsored By:
Jan 16, 2023•25 min
The key to attracting, hiring, and retaining talent in 2023? Flip the Script. ASSEMBLY Audible podcast host Jennifer Pierce talks to leading talent strategy advisor Alex Chausovsky. Alex is the Director of Analytics and Consulting at Miller Resource Group. Alex tells us how to find and keep the right leaders. His holistic (and data-driven) talent strategies are sure to provide insight. Sponsored By:
Jan 16, 2023•49 min
The power of social media platforms such as LinkedIn to share and spread a message is undeniable. For example, who could have guessed that people would be so interested in and opinionated about robotics? Our guest on the podcast, Lukas Ziegler, has tapped into and developed a significant following based on his passion for spreading awareness about robotics. In this episode, we chat about everything from history to common misconceptions and current standout technologies. ASSEMBLY Audible goes Rob...
Dec 05, 2022•51 min
Who could ever imagine that manufacturing would have influencers? Well, it does. And a handful are leading the movement. Jake Hall has quite a larger-than-life presence on social media which led to building an audience of over 50,000 followers and 50 million views on social in less than two years. His advocacy for the manufacturing industry is backed by over a decade of experience working with manufacturers, system integrators, and distributors in the manufacturing and automation industry. Liste...
Dec 05, 2022•16 min
ASSEMBLY Magazine's three editors: John Sprovieri, Chief Editor; Austin Weber, both of whom have been journalists with the magazine for 20-plus years, and Jennifer Pierce, Multimedia Editor and the host of ASSEMBLY Audible, put their heads together to recap ASSEMBLY Show 2022 highlights. The editors discuss the show's keynote presentation, ASSEMBLY's Plant of the Year Award, which new products stood out on the show floor, who had the most exciting booth, and how things have changed over the year...
Nov 22, 2022•25 min
In September 2022, Deloitte released its 2022 Manufacturing Supply Chain Study, "Meeting the Challenge of Supply Chain Disruption." The study examines how traditional manufacturing supply chains are evolving to balance costs, efficiency, and resilience. We're joined by Stephen Laaper, Principal and Smart Factory Leader, Deloitte Consulting, to discuss the studies' findings and how one may develop strategies from those findings. Stephen draws upon a comprehensive mix of industry, consulting, and ...
Nov 17, 2022•34 min
What does the factory of the future entail? Will manual assembly involve a preconfigured, turnkey workstation powered by augmented reality software? Our winner of The ASSEMBLY Show factory of the future product, LightGuide, has seen a 90 percent improvement in quality, 50 percent improvement in throughput, and 30 percent improvement in training effectiveness in environments with user-friendly light guide workstations in use. Chris Bala discusses LightGuide's strategic and innovative approach. Le...
Nov 17, 2022•12 min
Panasonic secured the new product award for fastening tools at The ASSEMBLY Show in Rosemont with the AccuPulse 4.0, a cordless mechanical pulse tool equipped with four onboard microcomputers and a built-in torque transducer for quality control, accuracy, and data collection on the assembly line. Panasonic's Aziz Lokhandwala joins us for a podcast recording to tell us more about the development of their assembly tool award winner. Find out more at http://na.panasonic.com/us/assemblytools.
Nov 17, 2022•4 min
Congratulations to DELO Industrial Adhesives on winning the best product award for Adhesives, Dispensing & Curing at The ASSEMBLY Show 2022. DELO developed a new process for applying UV-cure adhesives that combines dispensing and preactivation in a single step, called DELO-Activis 600. Devyesh Rana of DELO joins us from the ASSEMBLY Audible booth at the show to tell us what makes their award-winning product unique. Learn more about the process at www.delo-adhesives.com/us.
Nov 17, 2022•4 min
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, furn...
Nov 14, 2022•13 min
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...
Nov 11, 2022•9 min
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 line...
Nov 08, 2022•13 min
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...
Nov 08, 2022•19 min
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.
Nov 08, 2022•6 min
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 disassemb...
Nov 07, 2022•7 min
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. Sponsored By:
Oct 14, 2022•40 min
