Susan Straley is the president of Rentapen Inc, a Wisconsin-based machine design and tooling firm that specializes in laser cutting, shims, and tooling fixtures. She is also a heckuva welder. She even ...

Automated assembly processes usually make a lot of sense from a cost standpoint-but not always. Some short-run products simply can't justify the upfront costs of creating machined robotics fixturing.

In many applications, service life is even greater. The SW Series Actuators from Tol-O-Matic, Hamel, Minn. (tolomatic.com), are based on a compact, maintenance-free design. An eight-pole Nd-Fe-B ...

Donner Industrial Developments Inc. of West Point, Nebraska, has been providing a variety of contract work and services, including weld fixture design, custom welding, stadium tables, precision ...