Gunmaker Simeon North suggested that government manufacturing contracts require interchangeable parts. The Army agreed, and he got the first-ever contract with that spec. Courtesy American Precision ...

Interchangeable Parts incorporates pre-qualified, alternative components in the design stage of your single-use assembly Alongside the full WMArchitect™ single-use solutions range, Interchangeable ...

Apple will deliver its new over-ear headphones, with interchangeable ear pads and other parts, “later this year,” claims a Thursday report from Bloomberg. The company is said to be working on at least ...

Apple Inc. is developing over-ear wireless headphones with parts that can be swapped in and out, seeking to augment its AirPods business with a high-end audio product, according to people familiar ...

We take for granted today the staggering precision of modern technology. Cars, electronics, robots, and medical equipment all come off the factory floor composed of effortlessly interchangeable parts, ...

It is perhaps already a known fact that, except for a some key hardware components, the iPhone SE is pretty much a dead knocker for the iPhone 5s, both inside and out. What wasn't immediately evident, ...

One man's desire to create the perfect gun profoundly changed manufacturing. One man's desire to create the perfect gun profoundly changed manufacturing. One sweltering afternoon in July 1785, ...

On a sweltering afternoon in July 1785, a cool dungeon east of Paris was the site of a remarkable demonstration of French engineering - and French insouciance. Honoré Blanc, a gunsmith, showed how he ...

Couplers need to be the strongest link in a train, capable of withstanding extreme forces of buff (compression) and draft (expansion). Since the semi-automatic “Janney” knuckle coupler was patented in ...