Competition has forced manufacturers and OEMs to run their machines at maximum load, sometimes leading to the breakdown of pneumatic components and the loss of uptime. In this session, Bimba Mfg. discusses how IntelliSense, its new technology platform combining sensors and software, monitors and optimizes the performance of pneumatic devices and systems. Attendees will learn:
How a stream of precise performance-related data enables users to be proactive about maintenance and system optimization
How predictive prognostics for pneumatics and up-to-date condition information predicts when a cylinder will fail
How to gather real-time data that enables users to identify whether a component is achieving its desired performance specification
How IntelliSense provides alerts about underperforming components and provides actionable insight to determine how and when to repair the component
Ways to optimize the performance of pneumatic circuits based on up to date performance data
Jeremy King
Bimba Mfg.
Jeremy King, is a fluid power pneumatic specialist, IntelliSense product marketing manager, and is an experienced product manager working with industrial sensors.
A forward-thinking innovator, Bimba provides industry-leading pneumatic, hydraulic, and electric motion solutions that are easy-to-use, reliable and ready for engineering challenges.
Process and quality engineers know the importance of measurement data. Whether for process control to prevent bad parts through data feedback to the machining operation, or to document results to verify good parts, the importance of measurement data cannot be disputed. Over the past 50 years digital gaging has greatly improved both the amount and accuracy of data collected, and reduced the time required. In this session we will look at how the wireless revolution has improved the process and made the sharing of measured information faster and easier.
We will look at how new wireless gaging technologies can be combined to facilitate the easy collection of measured values, which can reduce gaging costs, make data more accessible, improve safety in the workplace, and make the measurement of parts in the machine much easier. We will also look at the potential of cloud-based data sharing so that production and quality processes can be monitored anywhere in the world.
Examples of all these benefits will be discussed and provided for the attendees to review.
George Schuetz
Director Precision Gages
Mahr Federal Inc.
George Schuetz has been employed with Mahr Federal Inc. for 40 years in the metrology business. Presently, Schuetz is responsible for precision gage product management at Mahr Federal Inc.
Mahr Federal Inc., a member of the Mahr Group, has over 150 years of experience providing dimensional measurement solutions to fit your application needs. Mahr manufactures a wide variety of dimensional metrology equipment from handheld gages to technically advanced measurement systems for form, contour, surface finish and length. Mahr is also well known as a producer of custom engineered measurement equipment and a provider of calibration and contract measurement services. The company is registered to ISO 9001:2008 by National Quality Assurance and accredited to ISO 17025:2005.
Many aerospace components used in the high and low pressure sections of a turbine engine are made from materials such as high nickel-based super alloys and or intermetallics, such as gamma titanium aluminide. These sections that may be cast, forged, or sintered using powder metallurgy techniques are notorious for being difficult to machine due to their high strength, corrosion and fatigue resistance, and low thermal conductivity. Many of these components have as much as two-thirds of their original weight to be removed to produce the finished component; with the use of turning, milling, and broaching processes traditionally work to remove most or all of the material. However, with the use of modern grinding wheels composed of engineered grains and high strength bond technology, it has been determined that for these materials grinding can, in many instances, remove the material more quickly and economically than turning or milling. This presentation will show data/results of the following tests done on grinding of these advanced aerospace engine materials such as gamma titanium aluminide and IN718.
Speed-stroke surface grinding of gamma titanium aluminide with both engineered ceramic wheels as well as single layer and multi-layer super abrasive wheels
Creep feed grinding of IN718 and gamma titanium aluminide with engineered ceramic wheels
Face grinding and slotting of IN718 disks with engineered ceramic wheels and single layer super abrasive wheels.
Fixed abrasive polishing of contoured IN718 parts with engineered abrasive belts for robotic turbine-blade-polishing applications.
Further, with the use of gear-boxes in modern aerospace engines, there also exists an opportunity for grinding of gears from solid blanks. The presentation will show the latest data on grinding of gears from solid using grinding wheels with engineered ceramic grain technology.
K. Philip Varghese, Ph.D.
Group Leader,
Advanced Application Engineering
Saint-Gobain Abrasives
Dr. Philip Varghese has worked for Saint-Gobain Abrasives since 2011, leading the Advanced Application Engineering Group in Northboro, Massachusetts, focusing on providing grinding system solutions to abrasive customers, and the education and training of people in grinding science & technology. Prior to this, he worked as chief scientific officer for CR Foundation leading a team of scientists and engineers focusing on dental product and materials evaluation. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Utah and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has authored 23 technical papers and articles in the field of machining, dental products/materials and grinding technology.
Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions which are key ingredients in the well-being of each of us and the future of all. They can be found everywhere in our living places and our daily life: in buildings, transportation, infrastructure, and in many industrial applications. They provide comfort, performance and safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change.
World leader in habitat €39.6 billion sales in 2015 Operates in 66 countries More than 170,000 employees
Attendees of this talk will learn how predictive maintenance can be used to optimize a facilities’ uptime of machine tools, robotics, and spindles. The main areas of maintenance discussed will include: vibration analysis, dynamic balancing, thermography, alignment, a variety of tools, technologies, and methodologies. Unique to this talk is the information on how robotics can now be optimized for uptime through new wireless sensors not widely available in the past. The talk will be current and up-to-date with new technologies and welcoming for those new to predictive maintenance, but will include new trends and technologies that experienced reliability experts will want to hear about. Attendees will be empowered by the end of this talk to use a variety of predictive maintenance technologies to improve uptime and reliability at their facility.
Thomas Hoenig
President
GTI Spindle Technology
Thomas Hoenig has been in this industry for more than a decade. He has seen predictive maintenance techniques, technologies, and methods evolve through the years and is now extremely knowledgeable about how the iPad can play an important role in this industry.
GTI’s spindle repair and rebuilding services are a product of 100 years of combined sales, service, and manufacturing experience. GTI Spindle Technology has been dedicated to fulfilling one specific mission: to provide its clients with the highest quality and most extensive range of machine tool spindle repair services and new spindle applications with unsurpassed customer service.
Productivity improvements in today’s manufacturing plants and machine shops are typically derived from the evaluation of machining equipment, operating procedures, and labor allocations. Often the metalworking waste streams are overlooked as a place for productivity improvements due to an assumption that a collect-and-dump approach is the most cost effective method of scrap and fluid management.
The discussion presented by PRAB Inc. challenges the industry assumption of limited gains and payback. This interactive discussion will evaluate the metalworking by-product and demonstrate how to turn it into an environmental and economic benefit through a continuous improvement process (CIP).
Tim Hanna
Managing Director
PRAB
Tim Hanna has more than 35 years’ experience in machine shops and OEM businesses related to the automotive industry. Hanna understands first-hand the importance of establishing productive, safe, actionable operating procedures to achieve sustainable growth. Hanna’s expertise in coolant management for recycle and reuse comes from his 15 years as the managing director for PRAB. Hanna uses this experience to educate the industry on the importance of safe and effective coolant management and environmental compliance.
Ron Chapman
North American Systems Sales
PRAB
Ron Chapman is a mechanical engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in industrial metalworking and fluid reclamation for automotive, aerospace, construction equipment, and general metalworking applications. Chapman works with large OEM’s and small machine shops to fully understand current scrap and fluid management challenges and works to offer comprehensive automated options with quantifiable cost savings. Chapman is also well-versed in ISO-14001, environmental compliance and helps to guide his customers on possible risk-based scenarios and how to avoid fines related to improper transport and disposal of spent fluids.
PRAB is a leading manufacturer of engineered conveyors and equipment for processing turnings, chips and metalworking fluids. We also design and build wastewater recycling systems. Our equipment and systems are tailored to the scrap metal and fluid handling needs of each application. The equipment designed and built by PRAB not only automates the scrap handling process but also reduces labor costs, improves shop floor safety, mitigates fork truck traffic, reclaims and recycles expensive cutting fluids, and maximizes return on recycled metals.
Our engineering expertise is honed by more than 65 years’ experience and thousands of installations for the world’s leading OEMs and suppliers. PRAB continuously improves material handling, housekeeping and compliance to environmental rules and regulations within the automotive, aerospace, electronics, defense, and energy markets. For more information about PRAB visit www.prab.com
