The conventional wiper blade design can be found all over the country and this one design is usually made using very similar manufacturing techniques no matter where it is assembled. The makers of wiper blade accustomedly carry a large surplus of bits which are often produced by sub contractors, as these are delivered to the factory it is the duty of the inventory man to mark them off on a check list and put them away safely for future use. The next part in the wiper blade life starts on the factory floor where assembly line workers toil to produce the pivot shaft required by each wiper blade. This bit is the part which allows the wiper blades to move through its full range of movement and a component called a knurled driver keeps it in place. Next a simple washer and nut will hold the whole apparatus on the shaft.

A bracket is then used to hold the shaft and the drive link will later drive the movement of the windscreen wipers. A motor with a worm gear is purchased whole from an external contractor and the drive link is fixed on the cam and this connection is secured using a bracket. In order to constrain the motion of the windscreen wipers to correct angles the whole apparatus is placed in something called a die set. The cam and the driveshaft are then placed together utilising screws and finally additional links are added made of springs to fix each pivot to the drive shaft. If any other bits are required such as washer fluid these will be fixed now using a system of tubes. The final product is a total windscreen wipers apparatus; this will then abide quality control testing to ensure it works as desired. This can then be put into a packing container and shipped to the buyer which is usually a large car company. In order to produce windscreen wipers of the highest quality it is necessary to conduct great quality control testing, this usually consists of checking the electric motors by turning them on and hearing the sounds they produce.

The amount of environmental waste generated from this venture is minimal and usually comprises of metal trimmings and rejected wipers which can be sold on repeatedly as scrap and recycled. Looking to the future the developements for wipers has never been as bright as things like science and consumer demand driver innovation forward. The wipers themselves have become more bendy with the addition of things like silicone to the core blue print. The motors themselves are becoming more fast and efficient and things like automated rain sensing wipers are already hitting the shops. Some wipers are even painted with Teflon and the makers are so confident with it they have issued guarantees numbering in the years. Things like silicone and Teflon coated wipers are vastly better to the normal rubber or synthetic wipers; rubber will break apart rather quickly on consideration of fragile nature and will soon become useless. Silicone on the hand resists things like temperature, ozone and ultra violet light and consequently will endure much longer.