Purpose – To relate how even a smaller manufacturing operation can benefit from the application of robotic methods to manual operations. Design/methodology/approach – A maker of fibreglass automobile body kits called in a robotic systems integrator with 20 years of experience to automate his...

Purpose – To highlight the application and to compare the effectiveness of the Taguchi and Shainin experimental design processes as applied to aerospace structural components. Design/methodology/approach – This paper applies both the Taguchi and Shainin experimental design techniques to...

Purpose – In looking to ensure that engineers receives the recognition they deserve, the Royal Academy of Engineering, which provides a voice for Britain's engineering community, annually awards a number of medals to the very best of British engineering talent. Design/methodology/approach –...

The literature indicates that a 20% reduction in the weight of empty 40-foot shipping containers would result in $28 billion of fuel savings, along with a 3.6 exajoule reduction in the energy demand over containers’ 15-year lifetime. Decreasing the energy demand and thereby greenhouse gas...

Introduction -- Founding a company and formulating a basic narrative -- The prior experience of Henrik Thorning and the context of the start-up -- Putting resources to service and strengthening the basic narrative in the start-up process -- How should the profiles of fiberline be sold? -- The...