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Additive manufacturing (AM) and advanced materials continue to dominate the conversation about transforming industrial production. The need to inspect and evaluate internal and external integrity of additive parts and composite materials has driven a parallel evolution in non-destructive testing (NDT), robotics, metrology, and inspection software. For more than 20 years, industrial robots have been used to automate the use of NDT in factories, along with sophisticated hardware and software systems supported by highly skilled automation engineers. The level of complexity and associated costs involved are limiting factors in proliferation, in addition to the diversity of the commercial and custom software components required. This session presents a new approach to semi-manual and robotized NDT based on a new-generation integrated software workflow. The latest advances in robotics, as well as position encoding and 3D metrology technologies, enable this transformative progress. A flexible software architecture is revealed, and a new workflow is demonstrated for aerospace composite testing and automotive resistance spot weld applications.

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Powered by AMT and managed by GIE Media, The IMTS 2022 Conference features 69 different sessions you won’t want to miss so register today. Focused on a range of topics that include process innovation, plant operations, quality/inspection, and automation, The IMTS 2022 Conference addresses improving productivity; improving part quality; and developing a stable, competent workforce to lower the cost of manufacturing in the United States and create new levels of market demand.

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François Mainguy worked at R/D Tech from 1995 to 1998 as their first applied physics technician working with phased array and EMAT ultrasound technologies. He left to eventually found HARFANG Microtechniques in August 2001. He introduced the first portable ultrasound phased array system for nondestructive evaluation in June 2002. In 2005, he sold his company to The Sonatest Group (Milton Keynes, UK), where he spearheaded the development of next-generation instruments and probes. In June 2008, he founded UNGAVA in Québec City to offer design, engineering, prototyping, and OEM production for industrial customers involved in instrumentation. In 2013, he started his third start-up named PRAGMA, specialized in the design, manufacturing, and selling of portable instruments and systems for nondestructive testing (NDT). Mainguy has technical training in applied physics engineering (Cégep La Pocatière), an electrical engineering degree from École de Technologie Supérieure (Montréal), and a specialization in microelectronics at École d’Ingénieurs du Canton de Neuchâtel (Switzerland).

Scott Everling drives the creation of new measurement solutions through integration and automation of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence’s core products. This portfolio includes coordinate measurement machine (CMM) technology, laser tracker, and white light (WLS) solutions that integrate with machine tools, robots, and within other automated environments. Everling has worked in the metrology industry for more than two decades, solving precision manufacturing measurement problems in a wide variety of industries. His background includes several years chasing precision at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, as well as operating a measurement consulting and programming firm concentrating on automotive and aerospace powertrain applications. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from Cornell University.

About the company
Hexagon works with digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software, and autonomous technologies. We’re putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality, and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications. Our technologies are shaping production and people-related ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future. Hexagon’s manufacturing intelligence division provides solutions that use data from design and engineering, production, and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.

Curbell Plastics Inc. published a technical paper for engineers and machinery designers about environmental stress cracking (ESC), the premature brittle failure of plastic materials caused by the combination of stress and chemical contact. The plastic part failure caused by ESC white paper discusses how certain plastics are susceptible to failure when exposed to adverse conditions. The paper combines knowledge from scientific literature and industry experience to outline common causes of ESC and how to contend with them. “Due to the nature of polymeric materials, their structural integrity can be compromised by adverse environmental factors such as chemicals, cyclic loading and vibration.  We are cautious when selecting and assembling plastic parts in order to prevent premature failures,” said Timothy Buchanan, the paper’s author and Technical Service Engineer for Curbell Plastics. “This white paper is a good primer for engineers who work with plastics in challenging conditions, especially those involving chemicals.” The paper includes charts, graphs, and illustrations explaining the most common environmental stress cracking issues that engineers and designers encounter. It concludes with techniques to reduce environmental stress cracking, tips on proper cleaning, and how to minimize physical stress.

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Surface data not only contains information about functionality of a product but also gives hints about the environmental conditions, like processing parameters or vibration. There are different methods to obtain such information and white light interferometers are accepted to be one of the most powerful tools for surface metrology. Besides other metrological characteristics, its vertical resolution at the nanometer level enables the acquisition of important details in topography. At the same time, effects of environmental factors like uncontrolled movement or vibrations can be seen in the measurement data if some precautions are not taken. In this presentation, a new method which reduces the effects of environmental disturbances is described.

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Powered by AMT and managed by GIE Media, The IMTS 2022 Conference features 69 different sessions you won’t want to miss so register today. Focused on a range of topics that include process innovation, plant operations, quality/inspection, and automation, The IMTS 2022 Conference addresses improving productivity; improving part quality; and developing a stable, competent workforce to lower the cost of manufacturing in the United States and create new levels of market demand.

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Özgür Tan is the strategical product management (SPM) lead for optical surface metrology at Polytec GmbH, Germany. Before that, he was a product manager at Leica Microsystems GmbH from 2011 to 2015 and an expert for metrology and inspection at BOSCH GmbH from 2003-2007. He has a master’s degree and Ph.D. in metrology from University of Erlangen, Germany.

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Polytec has more than 400 employees worldwide. We develop, produce, and distribute optical measurement technology solutions for research and industry. Our quality innovative products have an excellent reputation internationally among the expert community. We find solutions tailored to our customers’ requirements on a day-to-day basis.

 

Bantam Tools, the desktop CNC manufacturer, is launching turnkey solutions, giving designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs a proven process to turn designs into physical parts. Bantam Tools engineers will develop a process for machining parts using the Bantam Tools desktop CNC milling machine, then provide the know-how directly to customers so they can then make parts on their own.

“Our engineers build a bridge to help designers and engineers learn how to machine parts on our Bantam Tools desktop CNC milling machine with confidence,” says Ron Lorentzen, general manager of Bantam Tools. “This helps parts survive the journey across the challenges and chasms of DFM, CAM, filtering, speeds and feeds and tooling.”

The turnkey solutions are set up to help companies make parts faster using the Bantam Tools desktop CNC milling machine. The service gives designers, engineers, and companies a shortcut for figuring out a process to mill on a CNC machine. Depending on the parts a client needs, Bantam Tools will deliver items, such as:

• Work instructions to set up and run your job
• Fusion 360 file with vetted CAD model and CAM toolpaths
• BTP file that saves job setup in the software
• G-code files that were exported from the Fusion 360 file
• Expertly engineered custom fixturing (either designs or fabricated)
• The finished part(s)
• A list of suggested machine tooling and accessories used to mill the part