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Check Out These Sessions on IMTS spark
Plug-In with Hexagon structured light scanners and PolyWorks
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
Tue, Jan 19 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Central
Direct Robot Control Function
Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.
Tue, Jan 19 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Central
TLC: Tom and Lonnie Chat - Concrete Printing
Thomas Kurfess, Benjamin Moses, Lonnie Love, Brian Post
Wed, Jan 20 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Central
Chat with the engineers who work hard to help you work smarter! World-renown researchers Thomas Kurfess, Ph.D. and Lonnie J. Love, Ph.D. join us from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Charged with ensuring our country’s manufacturing sector thrives, Kurfess and Love are blazing new trails by asking “what if” questions and whittling away the kinks in the last step of manufacturing technology products before market. This conversation is your chance to hear about the transformative technologies emerging within the industry; pose questions about how their research can help your business; and gain insight into their technology assessment strategies. These guys aren’t just INTELLIGENT…they’re practical, approachable, and witty.
January Focus: Imagine using additive manufacturing at its permanent site to lay concrete to build the tower of a wind turbine. Hear firsthand how ORNL’s manufacturing technology team is developing a novel, large-scale, rapidly deployable 3D printing system, named the Sky Big Area Additive Manufacturing (SkyBAAM), to be a fieldable concrete deposition machine with pick and place abilities enabling quick, low-cost and full-scale, automated construction of buildings.
Read MorePreventive and Predictive Maintenance
Okuma America Corporation
Thu, Jan 21 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Central
Optimize Material Use with Nesting in Fusion 360
Autodesk Inc.
Thu, Jan 21 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM Central
Women Make Manufacturing Move: A Conversation with Kelly Kasner, Michiana Global Mold
Bonnie Gurney, Amber Thomas, Kelly Kasner
Thu, Jan 21 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Central
Gain insight and ideas to enhance your manufacturing career, encourage women in their careers, and promote the industry to girls—all of which strengthen the industry as a whole.
Women Make Manufacturing Move features women from a variety of positions from across the industry speaking about their career paths, ideas for success, the attributes women bring to the industry, and the benefits the industry offers everyone: good pay, problem-solving, and work-life balance.
Meet manufacturing enthusiast Kelly Kasner who has decades of experience in contract machining specializing in mold making. She’ll share her story of working in her parent’s mold making shop helping customers develop tooling to shape their visions to emerging as an important voice in the industry. Kelly is connected to both the supply chain and industrial sectors who use molds in their manufacturing process. She is one of NTMA’s Emerging Leaders and was responsible for the expansion of the Midwest & Western regional chapters of NTMA. In addition to directing Michiana Global Mold’s sales and marketing programs, and her roles within NTMA, Kelly also sits on the Editorial Advisory Board of MoldMaking Technology. She’ll share her insights into changes the pandemic has brought to sales and marketing in manufacturing, the recent expansion of mold making in the U.S., and the increased role of women in the metalworking industries.
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Coffee Chat - 2021 Tech Trends
Stephen LaMarca, Benjamin Moses
Mon, Jan 25 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Central
Grab your favorite morning brew and join the IMTS spark morning Coffee Chat. Engage with industry experts, expand your network, and gain insight on a spectrum of topics pertinent to advanced manufacturers.
Join AMT Tech Trends podcasters, Steve and Ben, to discuss trends and insights for the manufacturing technology industry in the year ahead.
Read MoreLeading Today - A Conversation with Pat Walsh, Ehrhardt Automation Systems
Ryan Kelly, Patrick Walsh
Mon, Jan 25 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Central
How do manufacturers manage in this time of crisis? What are the best strategies for an uncertain future? Join the conversation as top leaders from the industry discuss how they are driving their businesses forward amid significant disruptions and learn how they are using technology to prepare for what’s next.
Ehrhardt Automation Systems’ VP Pat Walsh discusses how the 84-year old company, formally named Ehrhardt Engineered Solutions, has transformed from a premium tool and die house to become a premier automation integrator. Today Ehrhardt designs and builds custom tools, special machines, automated assembly equipment, and fully integrated solutions from concept to final specification. Hear about the choices they wrangled with to achieve change and growth, their significant investments in capital equipment, and how their strategy to broaden their customer base is paying dividends.
Read MoreTsugami TMA8F Exhibitor Demo
Tsugami / Rem Sales, LLC
Tue, Jan 26 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Central
SAP Industry 4.0 Strategy
SAP America, Inc.
Tue, Jan 26 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM Central