3:15 to 4:10 p.m. / W-193-A

Session Topic: Quality Measurement of the Push of a Button

Every manufacturing company desires to quickly get stable measurement results from an easy-to-use inspection system, and then turn ever-increasing amounts of data into meaningful information that drives quality improvement.

Recent advances in measurement and quality data management software, coupled with low-cost computers, and advanced non-contact sensor technologies, have enabled the creation of measurement solutions that enable a job shop or global manufacturer to realize this desire. The easy use of today’s software supports the development of a competent, local workforce that ultimately, lowers the cost of local manufacturing.

This conference session will cover lessons learned regarding how combinations of these new technologies are enabling manufacturing companies to measure more and faster, with trustworthy results, and use that information to drive quality improvement.

David Wick

Manager, Product Management

Zeiss Industrial

Metrology LLC

David Wick is the manager, product management at Zeiss Industrial Metrology LLC where he leads a team responsible for bringing new hardware and software solutions to solve customer manufacturing challenges.

Zeiss is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the optics and optoelectronics industries. The Industrial Metrology business group is a leader in CNC coordinate measuring machines and complete solutions for multidimensional metrology in the metrology lab and production. The microscopy business group is the world’s only one-stop manufacturer of light, X-ray, and electron microscope systems with a portfolio that includes solutions for materials research and industry.

IMTS 2016 Booth #E-5502 & #NC-506

www.zeiss.com/metrology

2:15 to 3:10 p.m. / W-192-B

Session Topic: Integration of 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing (AM) Into Production

Acceptance of additive manufacturing (AM) is accelerating throughout numerous industry sectors from aerospace to automotive, electronics, medical, and oil & gas. Companies are creating enhanced products that leverage the functional design and creative complexity capable with these technologies. As AM continues to proliferate in acceptance and incorporation through these industries, the challenge becomes how to integrate AM into existing manufacturing operations such that the companies can support the demand. Many risks exist in establishing additive manufacturing within a new or existing company, ranging from adherence to specifications and standards, thermal processing, post-processing, and dimensional and quality verification. Methods 3D has established an organization dedicated to assisting companies in mitigating these risks by providing full turnkey solutions.

Benjamin Fisk

General Manager,

3D Additive Manufacturing

Methods Machine Tools Inc.

Benjamin Fisk was appointed as the general manager, 3D additive manufacturing at Methods Machine Tools Inc. In this position he leads the group, Methods 3D.

For over 55 years, Methods Machine Tools Inc. has been North America’s foremost supplier of leading-edge precision machine tools and solutions — providing superior products, engineering and automation, parts and service.

IMTS 2016 Booth #S-9119

www.methodsmachine.com

1:15 to 2:10 p.m. / W-193-A

Session Topic: Lower Pressure Vacuum Carburizing and Vacuum Nitriding

Low pressure vacuum carburizing (LPVC) is a specialized, highly technical process pioneered by Solar Atmospheres Inc. designed to increase fatigue life and improve wear properties of your parts. The case hardened surface is supported by a ductile, shock-absorbing core capable of withstanding high load bearing applications. LPVC produces a uniform, high-quality case with minimized distortion and absence of intergranular oxidation (IGO), reducing or eliminating expensive post heat treating machining operations.

Vacuum nitriding services from Solar Atmospheres Inc. can significantly increase the fatigue strength and service life of your parts. Benefits include case depths up to 0.025” and improved wear and anti-galling properties due to a 40% to 70% increase in surface hardness. Corrosion resistance is increased through nitrogen-enrichment. A controlled processing temperature of 700°F to 1,200°F preserves the mechanical properties of the base material and minimizes distortion of the finished parts.

Tim Steber

Regional Sales Manager

Solar Atmospheres Inc.

Tim Steber began his career as a machinist and pursued his degree in mechanical technology while working. He served as a design engineer for aseptic packaging equipment, and later with Vacuum Furnace Systems designing vacuum furnace hot zones, furnace chambers, water systems, and inert gas quench systems. He is currently the regional sales manager for Solar Atmospheres Inc., a quality driven vacuum heat treater.

Solve your thermal processing challenges with our advanced technical expertise, world-class equipment, and quality assurance.

Contact us today to learn how you can benefit from our:

• 4 plant sites – Souderton (Eastern Pennsylvania), Hermitage (Western Pennsylvania), Fontana, California, and Greenville, South Carolina, serving more than 18 industries including aerospace, automotive, defense, medical, power generation, and more
• More than 60 furnaces with advanced 10 bar to 20 bar quenching from lab-sized to one of the world’s largest commercial vacuum furnace (up to 48ft long with a 150,000 lb capacity)
• Continuously upgraded, state-of-the-art furnace technology from sister company Solar Manufacturing, led by CEO William R. Jones, a pioneer in the field of vacuum furnace technology
• Expert metallurgical consultation and R&D services for custom processes and unique challenges
• Quality results and coast-to-coast, 24/7 responsive service
• On-site laboratory for hardness and microhardness testing

IMTS 2016 Booth #N-6358

www.solarmfg.com

10:00 to 10:55 a.m. / W-194-A

Session Topic: How to Stay Ahead in a Competitive Word with Millturn Technology

When we talk of multitasking machines, we mean flexible, versatile machines, with an emphasis on flexibility. Only in this way can the user’s demand for economical production, even in small lots, be fulfilled by drastically cutting or even completely eliminating retooling times in the production of complicated and close-tolerance parts. Shorter product life cycles, decreasing batch sizes, shorter cycle times, reduction of stocks, downsizing of the working capital – these are the trends that confront machine tool manufacturers with great challenges, leading WFL to present benefits of this special machining concept through examples of using Millturn machine tool technology.

Multitasking machining is engaging a big field of diverse applications and the latest trends in this field will be addressed in this presentation. By the end of this presentation the audience will gain an overview of the various technologies a multitasking machine can offer.

Ben Baggerly

Sales Manager, U.S. Market

WFL-USA

Ben Baggerly began his career in the machine tool industry 37 years ago, opening crates in the warehouse at Hermes Machine Tool in Fairfield, New Jersey. It was during this time that he made his first contact with WFL as the importer. Learning the industry from the ground up, Baggerly has been active in applications, engineering, and sales for several builders, American and European. He has had immense experience the past 12 years being employed at WFL.

WFL is a manufacturer worldwide that focuses exclusively on the production of multifunctional turning-boring-milling centers. Today, in many high tech companies, the trade name Millturn stands for the central machine tool for the production of complex components with highest precision. Both the modular structure of the millturn’s and the tailor-made special solutions guarantee the perfect solution for complex manufacturing tasks.

IMTS 2016 Booth #S-8666

www.wfl-usa.com