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February 2009 Vol. 52, No. 2 32 ASSEMBLY 66 COVER STORY 40 32 The Road to Green A new breed of components is in demand. —Austin Weber FEATURES 48 DEPARTMENTS Quality in Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Are your power tools capable?—John Sprovieri 40 Energizing Low-Surface-Energy Plastics Plasma treatment raises the surface energy of plastics to make them more amenable to bonding. —John Sprovieri Assembly Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Plant of the Year Award enters sixth year. 44 Ergo Numbers Guidelines help identify risk factors and improve productivity.—Austin Weber The Assembly Summit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 All the details on our latest technical conference. Assembly in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Workstations help electronics assembler recover after fire. 48 Building Big Boards Large, thick circuit boards pose considerable challenges for a lead-free assembly process.—John Sprovieri Product Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 In-depth profiles of the latest assembly technology. Case Studies in Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 DEPARTMENTS Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Looking ahead.—Don Hegland Learn how our advertisers have helped assemblers solve problems. Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Leading Lean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Untangling spaghetti.—Jamie Flinchbaugh Automation Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 System assembles family of car latches. New & Noteworthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 A new heavy-duty robot can lift 1,200 kilograms. Bonding Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Composite-metal hybrids.—George Ritter Assembly Plant of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Learn how to apply for our sixth annual award. 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