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At a manufacturer of electrical protection devices located in Wenzhou, MCBs were moved approximately 50 meters from the end of the testing line to the packing station. As a result, an operator used to push a cart between those two positions on an average of forty times per shift. In addition, although the cart was […]

Whenever there is a tripped circuit breaker which cannot be reset or when a light flickers repeatedly when an air conditioning system is turned on, one is left wondering if there is anything wrong with the circuit breaker; or what is causing this issue. The only way to determine whether or not a circuit breaker […]

Most startups commonly transition from a 3D printed model with an established profit margin to production of that product using one method: injection molding. A properly constructed injection mold can produce millions of the same piece (cell phone cases, medical syringes, car dashboards, circuit breaker enclosures etc.) for cents each. However, the injection molder is […]

The original plan for a new production line at the wire device manufacturing company included two separate areas (one for automated assembly cells to manufacture switches; and another to use pad printers for marking the assembled face plates). Between the two areas would have been a human handling chain where cartons of unprinted switches would […]

When a manufacturer of electronic control modules needed to increase production from 5,000 units per month to 20,000 units per month, their engineering team was faced with a dilemma. A fully automated assembly line would have been too costly as well as too inflexible, due to product changes every six months. On the other hand, […]

The decision regarding whether to automate the MCB assembly line at the electrical manufacturer in Wenzhou had already been made. The topic of discussion was now how much to automate the assembly line. A completely automated production line would allow the company to use only two operators per shift while producing a calibrated and tested […]