Learn how integrated metrology influences carbon balanced production.
About the presentation Starting a new business is never an easy task. This was true for PEMBREE founder, Phil Law, who felt it was his ethical obligation to ensure his products could be carbon balanced. PEMBREE uses Fusion 360 to realize the manufacturing process, from design concepts to computer aided manufacturing (CAM) programming and machine simulation. PEMBREE identifies quality control as the key to carbon-balanced manufacturing. In this talk, we will cover how PEMBREE uses integrated metrology within Fusion 360 to keep tight process control, ensuring that if scrap parts are found, they are found early in the process. This prevents additional value being wasted on non-conforming parts
Meet your presenter Based out of Autodesk’s technology center in Birmingham, UK, you can normally find Richard Stubley on the machines putting our software to the test. Having a keen interest in CNC machines, Stubley joined Autodesk in 2017. He focused on integrated CAD CAM. You may have seen him at Autodesk University, watched one of his many online tutorials, or even tuned in for a live stream or two. If this is your first-time meeting Richard, you will see how passionate he is about manufacturing and the solutions Autodesk can offer.
About the company Autodesk specializes in design and make technology. With expertise across architecture, engineering, construction, design, manufacturing, and entertainment, we help innovators everywhere solve today’s pressing challenges. Over the past four decades, millions of people have trusted our technology to transform how their products are made, and in the process, we’ve transformed what can be made. Today our solutions span industries and empower innovators around the globe.
Top manufacturers, publishers, and organizations present scores of learning opportunities that run concurrently with the IMTS show.
Registration is open for The IMTS 2022 Conference and The HANNOVER MESSE USA 2022 Conference, along with the 10 additional conferences occurring at IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show, which runs Sept. 12-17. All conferences are co-located with the show at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
“Content is key in the information era, and we have organized the widest array of conference topics ever at IMTS 2022 to help visitors move their people, business, and technology forward,” says Bonnie Gurney, vice president – strategic partnerships for AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, which owns and produces IMTS.
The IMTS 2022 Conference, powered by AMT and GIE Media’s Manufacturing Group, is composed of multiple sessions throughout the week. Topics include process innovation, plant operations, quality/inspection, automation, improving productivity, improving part quality, and developing a competent workforce to improve the competitiveness of manufacturing in the United States.
The 2022 HANNOVER MESSE USA Conference will offer 5 topics tracks including Motion & Drives, Cybersecurity, Industry 4.0, Automation, and Supply Chain; a comprehensive conference that will provide solutions to current manufacturing concerns.
The additional AMT-partner conferences cover subjects such as additive manufacturing, 3D printing for job shops, lasers, parts cleaning, industrial interoperability standards, and technology leadership.
“Conferences at IMTS 2022 offer a deeper dive into the technologies exhibited on the show floor, the chance to network with subject matter experts and like-minded peers, and the opportunity for professional growth,” Gurney says. “Plan to take advantage of these learning opportunities for a few days, then add another day to your itinerary to walk the show floor. There is no more efficient way to gather more information in one location, plus it gives you a chance to rest your feet while stretching your mind.”
While lower from March, April orders surpassed a half billion dollars for the second month in a row.
April 2022 orders of manufacturing technology totaled $513.4 million, the second month in a row surpassing half a billion dollars, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. April orders decreased nearly 7% from March 2022 but were 27.5% larger than April 2021. 2022 orders through April totaled $1.9 billion, a 27% increase over the first four months of 2021.
“Despite these strong results, there’s clearly been a lot of news related to declining consumer sentiment, everything from inflation to high interest rates to the war in Ukraine,” says Douglas K. Woods, president of AMT. “While consumer sentiment has been low since April 2021, consumer demand continues to hit record highs, leveraging consumers’ amassed savings as well as large capital investment pools looking for high-value market opportunities.
“April USMTO numbers reflect ongoing consumer spending, particularly fueled by demand for manufactured goods, such as aerospace and other capital-heavy industries,” Woods continues. “Based on available economic projections, we had anticipated orders to gradually soften through the middle of the year. However, that pullback has not happened, and signs point to above-average orders for manufacturing technology into the beginning of the summer.
“When supply chain issues are minimized, the continued pace of consumer-driven demand could necessitate additional capacity, prolonging a potential slowdown in the industry.”
Learn how using large-FOV calibrated imaging systems with laser guidance can monitor automated production.
About the presentation As automation accelerates value-added activities in the production of complex components, a growing portion of the cycle time is taken up by quality monitoring activities, including manual inspections and those performed by coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). This trend creates an opportunity to reduce overall cycle time by accelerating inspection and corrective actions. Laser profilometers and conventional “smart camera” systems have been applied in some cases, but these technologies have limitations on both inspection type and cycle-time reductions. An automatic inspection and laser feedback system developed for aerospace composites manufacturing is currently being evaluated for application to automotive, wind, and other industries seeking to maximize throughput and minimize waste. The technology’s aimed vision system captures high-resolution images of small regions within its large field of view (FOV) (typically 3m x 3m); calibrates them using photogrammetric transforms; and analyzes them using algorithms created via machine learning. Automatic laser feedback speeds corrective measures by guiding operators to flaw locations. This presentation details the technology and shares results of current applications and ongoing evaluations.
Meet your presenter As President and Founder of Aligned Vision, Scott Blake pioneered composites fabrication digitalization efforts, including 3D industrial laser projection, automatic inspection for composites, and the use of artificial intelligence to accelerate application development. He holds three patents in the area of automatic inspection, and his composites manufacturing process control system, forerunner of Aligned Vision’s BUILDGUIDE fabrication management system, garnered him the 2000 National Tibbetts award for SBIR work. Blake is leading his team to integrate inspection and laser projection into the digital thread for aerospace and automotive composites.
About the company Since 1988, our mission remains the same: help manufacturers raise production speed and product quality. Collaborating with our customers, we innovate in ways that increase throughput, reduce the cost of production and rework, and enhance quality and traceability.
VOLLMER summarizes sustainability under the slogan "Sustainable sharpening. Because the future demands precision,” forming the basis for seven columns, which can be divided into the areas of Innovations, People, and Companies.
"A passion for perfection" – for decades, this familiar quotation has stood for reliability and quality from VOLLMER in Biberach. It embodies the sustainable handling that, across generations, has turned the sharpening specialists into international technological leaders for machines for machining rotary tools as well as circular and band saws. Now, with the slogan "Sustainable sharpening. Because the future demands precision," the machine manufacturer is consolidating their sustainability, resting on seven pillars: Sustainable solutions. Real service. Loyal customers. Reliable suppliers. Loyal employees. An environment worth living in. Our company. Sustainable solutions. Real service. Two pillars stand for ideas and innovations We started with an idea – and Heinrich Vollmer had this idea in 1909, when he invented the first saw-setting and filing machine and founded his company. His vision of developing maximum sharpness for cutting tools and saw blades, is still being lived by at VOLLMER today. The machine manufacturer is therefore looking deeper into sustainable solutions rather than merely looking at the power consumption of a sharpening machine in watts. For machine developments, VOLLMER is therefore looking to service life, energy efficiency, automation, use of resources, digitalization, maintenance services, and reuse.
VOLLMER machines are equipped with numerous energy-saving features. But it’s about so much more – and one thing is certainly true: Products with a long service life and a high capacity for repair and recycling are economically sustainable. The realization is simple – the implementation is complex. The experiences that VOLLMER has gained from its 113-year history mean it can find the perfect interaction between materials, technologies, kinematics, automation, and services. VOLLMER machines are therefore in use by customers for a very long time. VOLLMER backs up their sustainable solutions with real services for maintenance, service, training, upgrades, or digitalization. These allow for a long service life and optimal operation and ensure that defective machines are quickly up and running again – or that they do not fail in the first place. VOLLMER achieves customer proximity thanks to subsidiaries in 14 countries across the world, as well as via digital V@dison solutions for holistic machine control. Using the Visual Support app, the web-based VOLLMER help desk can be integrated into the maintenance process, and spare parts that have been available for many years can, in future, be ordered any time by a customer via their personal digital customer portal. Loyal customers. Reliable suppliers. Loyal employees. Three of the pillars focus on people for VOLLMER, people are at the heart of sustainability, starting with VOLLMER's customers and their staff, right through to suppliers and partners in associations and organizations. This involves strengthening personal relationships over the long term and developing fair cooperation. VOLLMER is therefore a reliable partner to its customers where, for example, joint product developments are involved. When it comes to suppliers, VOLLMER relies on long-term partnerships and where possible, local procurement. Loyalty is the sustainable link that connects companies and employees. VOLLMER is proud to take on an above-average number of trainees and trains young people in technical and commercial professions. They offer flexible working hours, continuous further training, in-house health days, ergonomic workstations, or even leisure activities. The aim is to have a high retention rate for trainees – more often than not, employees remain with VOLLMER for their entire working life. Appreciating performance means that families often remain loyal to the company across generations.
An environment worth living in. Our company. Two pillars for a sustainable company VOLLMER always considers the economics from an ecological standpoint. An environment that is worth living in and one's own company are the factors that have a sustainable impact on the structure and culture. This includes energy-efficient manufacturing as well as the energy consumption for buildings or logistics. VOLLMER therefore ensures that packaging material, such as pallets or boxes, are produced in a sustainable manner. Sustainability also means taking responsibility for the workforce and the region. For the company, this means recognizing perspectives early on and being open to these. This not only applies for products and services, but also for the structure of the company. As a foundation, VOLLMER is secure in the long-term and will continue to be a reliable partner for customers, suppliers, and employees across generations. Furthermore, the Sieglinde Vollmer Foundation supports the training of young people and promotes projects that focus on STEM subjects – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
"With regard to supporting young people, we have already awarded the Sieglinde Vollmer Award on two occasions to young researchers who have engaged in STEM projects outside of school," says Dr Stefan Brand, CEO of the VOLLMER Group. "For us, people are at the heart of sustainability – they always have been and always will be the key to our tradition and our innovative strength!"