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Automating the finishing processes of manufactured parts  3/23/2006
Automating the finishing processes of manufactured parts
A look at the development of compliant force technologies for automating the finishing processes of manufactured parts.
What does the future hold for robots?  3/17/2006
What does the future hold for robots?
The World Technology Evaluation Center has recently published a report based on its assesment of international research and development in robotics. This article explains the purpose ...
Grinding out more business  3/9/2006
Grinding out more business
The pioneer of boneless lean beef is taking the ground meat production to a new level with machinery never seen before. After 24 years of producing its unique lean beef trimmings, ...
Manufacturing - the Foundation of Australia’s Future  2/10/2006
Manufacturing - the Foundation of Australia’s Future
I have written articles in the past about the nature and direction of the industrial design profession in Australia. In my last piece, ‘The Way Forward for Industrial Design’, I ...
Proof that Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) works for SMEs  2/6/2006
Proof that Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) works for SMEs
There is a perception in some quarters that the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) program is not suited to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). In this article we examine ...
Inspection programme to ensure machines are guarded  1/31/2006
Inspection programme to ensure machines are guarded
Concerns about the number of workplace injuries involving unguarded machinery have prompted WorkSafe to launch a targeted inspection programme to check on machine guarding.
Lean Production: the End of History?  11/29/2005
Lean Production: the End of History?
One of the most influential books that have been published in recent years is the MIT study The Machine that Changed the World by Womack et al. (1990).
What is Kanban?  11/24/2005
What is Kanban?
Kanban is often seen as a central element of lean manufacturing and is probably the most widely used type of 'Pull' signaling system. Kanban was derived from the Japanese language ...
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