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Westinghouse Electric Corporation, a major producer of sensor systems for all military environments, has made a substantial change in the control and configuration of the factory for production of highly complex, lowvolume electronic assemblies. Using the control of highspeed computers, coupled with the advantages of sophisticated robotic systems, a new factory has been developed which reaches beyond the upgrade of existing facilities into the modular application of the technologies of today and tomorrow. This new facility, located in College Station, TX, already has been linked with a nearby university to provide continuing synergy between student development and new technology and innovation.
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Hosier, R.N., Henderson, J.A. (1988). Factory Control And Robotic Systems. In: Riley, F. (eds) The Electronics Assembly Handbook. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13161-9_93
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