Learn how to follow a blueprint in order to implement automation.
About the presentation Successful implementation of manufacturing automation projects starts with a clear understanding of desired goals, objectives, requirements, and potential short-term and long-term challenges. As with any significant investment, including automation, conducting discovery is critical to defining the scope of a project and identifying solution(s) that’ll be within budget, produced, and installed on schedule, and have the greatest return on investment (ROI). Automation solutions are best when scalable and manageable and have defined operator functions, part processing requirements, and operating environments. Purchasing an automation system with monitoring and feedback functionality will support long-term goals and continuous improvement efforts.
Dave Walton, director of engineering at Makino, has the expertise to help you make the discovery process easier and less daunting. Join him for a walkthrough of an automation blueprint developed over decades of successful implementations. Learn more about essential elements of automation and available tools and solutions.
Meet your presenter Dave Walton is the director of engineering operations at Makino Inc., Mason, Ohio. He’s been with Makino for 25 years, working in the areas of factory automation and integrating automation with the Makino machine platform, and later managing the engineering group responsible for executing the Makino automation programs. Walton’s total experience in factory automation spans more than 40 years, including stints with General Motors (GM) and GE Aviation prior to his current employment by Makino.
About the company The Makino commitment to customers starts with work in metal-cutting and manufacturing technology with horizontal machining centers, vertical machining centers, wire and ram EDM, and graphite machining centers. Helping customers make what matters also means Makino is both a software company and an engineering services company. A service company and a financing company. A turnkey engineering company and an integration services company. An automation systems company and a machine tool supply company. A training company and a process technology company. Makino is the one company you need to machine parts more accurately, productively, and at a lower cost per part. The partner you need to build and sustain a metal-cutting business that thrives by making the best for the customers that matter most.
Discover the potential of 5G.
About the presentation 5G is much more than a network – it’s a platform for innovation with the ability to provide global scale and enable manufacturing use cases we haven’t even dreamed of. And through the adoption of 5G a new tool is introduced into the lean manufacturing toolbox – taking lean production into the age of digitalization.
The limitless connectivity of 5G enables lean manufacturing processes through smart factories and the ability to take advantage of technologies such as automation, digital twins, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), and the Internet of Things (IoT). The low latency, high reliability, and increased speed of 5G are essential to support emerging technologies such as process automation, remote monitoring, and collaborative robots.
5G also allows for higher flexibility, lower cost, and shorter lead times for factory floor production reconfiguration, layout changes, and alterations, which will result in significant production improvements. And the great thing is, 5G isn’t only a promise of the future, it’s already an enabler for existing ways of working when it comes to lean production.
In this session, you’ll learn how 5G’s capacity to handle massive amounts of data with low latency supports lean methodologies in a powerful way, unlocking new value, and taking lean concepts beyond the factory.
Meet your presenter Sebastian Elmgren has a master’s degree in automation and mechatronics. He’s worked for Ericsson for the last 15 years, the first 10 years within the supply organization in different positions driving improvement and smart manufacturing initiatives. Now Elmgren helps Ericsson’s customers adopt 5G technology with initial responsibilities focused on manufacturing as the head of business development and product marketing, dedicated networks.
About the company Ericsson is a provider of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to service providers. We enable the full value of connectivity by creating game-changing technology and services that are easy to use, adopt, and scale, making our customers successful in a fully connected world.
Learn how automated washing solutions can increase production.
About the presentation Automated washing solutions have increased production and improved product quality while reducing operating costs. In this presentation, we explore cleaning processes and the benefits of robot washing for numerous applications ranging from low and high-pressure cleaning, very high-pressure deburring, degreasing, rinsing, and drying applications.
Meet your presenter Gilles Le Quilleuc serves as head of business general industry & food at Stäubli Robotics and is responsible for the strategic development and growth of the robotics activity in these industries for North America. He started his career at Stäubli in 2001. He held several engineering and technical management positions including Italy robotics division manager and executive committee member. In 2017, Le Quilleuc became the director of sales and business development of Stäubli Robotics North America. He has a Bachelor of Applied Science in BASc, electrical and electronics engineering from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers.
John Burke serves as regional sales manager of Stäubli Robotics. He joined Stäubli in 2015 and is responsible for robotic project management and sales in the food, semiconductor, metal, and automotive industries. Burke has more than 20 years of experience in the automation industry, and seven years of experience in robotics. He has a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the NC State University.
About the company Stäubli is a global mechatronics solution provider with four dedicated divisions: electrical connectors, fluid connectors, robotics and textile, serving customers who want to increase their productivity in many industrial sectors. We’re an international group operating in 29 countries, with agents in 50 countries on four continents. Our workforce of 5,500 shares a commitment to partnering with customers in nearly every industry to provide comprehensive solutions with long-term support. Originally founded in 1892 as a small workshop in Horgen/Zurich, today Stäubli is an international group headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland.
After-burner system may help propel hypersonic aircraft around the globe in one hour.
Cincinnati/Dayton, Ohio-based Velontra has partnered with Venus Aerospace in Houston, Texas, to develop a revolutionary propulsion system. Velontra’s after-burner system promises to enable Venus' hypersonic aircraft to take off from any airport in the world where it will travel to any destination on Earth in about one hour.
"This is an exciting relationship," says Velontra CEO Robert Keane III. "Our after-burner system rounds out Venus' quest to use their rocket engine to travel at the hypersonic speed of Mach 9 (nine times the speed of sound) as it travels along the edge of the Earth's atmosphere."
Keane also says that this contract with Venus Aerospace is a validation of the market need for the Velontra propulsion system that can carry passengers quickly and efficiently around the globe. Their air-breathing propulsion system is up to 6x more fuel efficient than any rocket and uses oxygen from the air which creates thousands of pounds of additional payload capacity. Velontra's development process is also quick and more economical than most traditional aerospace and defense contractors.
The Venus Aerospace Stargazer is designed as an unusually sleek aircraft, proposed to be 100ft wide by 150ft long. It is expected to weigh around 150,000 lb and accommodate up to 12 passengers. It is the brainchild of Venus founders and noted space engineers Sarah “Sassie” Duggleby and her husband, Dr. Andrew Duggleby.
"We are excited to partner with Velontra; the extra performance they can bring to our hypersonic vehicles is unmatched. Rob and Joel bring incredible experience, and we are excited to see more technologists and entrepreneurs enter the deep-tech venture arena. We (the U.S.) need more shots on goal, and innovation happens by doing. Velontra is a prime example of this," says Dr. Duggleby, chief technology officer and co-founder of Venus Aerospace.
"While Venus started their quest slightly before us, this relationship enables us to develop our flight testing faster than originally expected," reveals Keane.
The timing couldn't be better. Velontra has been accepted into the latest cohort of the prestigious Y-Combinator, an American technology and startup accelerator in the Silicon Valley. Among its graduates are such household names as Door Dash, Airbnb, Uber, and Instacart. Its technology graduates include Momentus and Boom Supersonic.
"Y-Combinator only admits just 1.5% to 2% of applicants and even fewer in the aerospace industry," says Keane. "This investment achievement and our cutting-edge work with Venus Aerospace has created a path to groundbreaking success."
"All of us at Velontra see this as a synergistic relationship with Venus where we can combine our unique technologies to develop something the world has never seen before," says Joel Darin, Velontra's chief technology officer.
Hear real-world examples of the decision-making process at work.
About the presentation Most of the focus in the Industry 4.0 journey has been on visible sensors and new software to analyze data, but underneath those outward technologies, a labyrinth of network options, synchronization tools, and data storage options exists. In this session, we’ll review deployments and use cases to analyze the pros and cons of the decision-making process that generate intended outcomes. Topics include global industry IoT, manufacturing execution systems (MES), supply chain planning, network edge, mesh networking, SD-WAN, security, data synchronization, and data storage.
Meet your presenter Scott Comroe is part of the technical sales and engineering team with a specific focus in data center/cloud and network connectivity solutions for the AT&T manufacturing vertical in the US and Asia. Comroe is based in Dallas, Texas. He’s been with AT&T since 1987 and has been recognized by the company numerous times throughout his career, winning multiple Leaders/Diamond Council awards, 11 Circle of Excellence awards, and several other awards. Comroe holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing management from San Diego State University, is a GSEC Global Security Certified Associate, and is Akamai CDN and Security certified among other internal AT&T technology and business certifications.
About the company AT&T Inc. (AT&T) is a provider of telecommunications, media, and technology services. The company offers wireless communications, data/broadband and internet services, local and long-distance telephone services, telecommunications equipment, managed networking, and wholesale services. AT&T also develops, produces, and distributes feature films, television, gaming, and content in physical and digital formats. It provides advertisement and entertainment services to household customers. The company serves individual customers and business enterprises, and markets services under various brands, including AT&T, Cricket, SKY, AT&T TV, AT&T PREPAID, AT&T Fiber, and Unefon.