Most manufacturing methods are based on bulk optical assembly using multiple technologies that require different assembly steps and expertise.
All new aircraft face delays as they become technically more complex and as manufacturing methods change in search of greater efficiency.
Manufacturers can also produce experimental or customized products previously too expensive using traditional manufacturing methods. 3D printing now gives manufacturers this latitude.
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As part of the supply chain, the demands placed on you require responsiveness and the flexibility of mixed mode and lean manufacturing methods.
Because components differ a great deal in terms of size, raw material bases and manufacturing methods, it's hard to see them as one monolithic industry.
New casting and manufacturing methods can produce lighter, stronger components.
To try to extend the lives of a pill, a company may patent it multiple times, protecting not only a chemical compound but also manufacturing methods or uses for the drug.
Head of the project Prof Val Marinov said that the process is twice as fast as current methods of manufacturing and is cheaper because there is less material used and the equipment is less expensive.
He adds that by employing such selective methods human beings could also be manufacturing nature to reflect their own image or the characteristics they admire.
Additive manufacturing can also be achieved by a number of other methods, such as selective laser sintering (SLS).
The factory offers a walk through car-manufacturing history, much of which Toyota has written, and whose successful methods the world's automakers--and other manufacturers--have rushed to adopt.
Reusing the methods learned at 20nm has also enabled Globalfoundries to reduce the risk in moving to 14nm high-volume manufacturing.
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