Cars don’t run without gas. People don’t live without food. And assembly lines don’t run without screws. When it comes to designing your production process, it’s every bit as essential to find the right screw supply solution as it is to invest in line operators, fastening tools, and a quality control system. However, there is…
Automatic screw feeder drivers are, by design, easy to use. For operators, the screw feeder (also known as a screw presenter or screw dispenser) replaces an open bin or shaker tree as their screw supply. They simply touch the tip of their tool to the screw presented by the presenter, turn, then fasten it into…
Our businesses are always moving forward into the future. Over and over again, it’s time to sit down and design a new prototype, update older designs, or reconfigure an assembly plant for a new project. But while projects and prototypes constantly change, one thing stays the same: it’s important to design your processes as efficiently…
I find that with some jobs, time can be my enemy. I used to work at a manufacturing plant that assembled electronic products, and part of my daily work involved fastening screws into circuit boards and other small components. With more and more pressing deadlines to meet, my company continuously looked for ways to help…