About the presentation
Control loop performance monitoring (CLPM) solutions proactively identify and isolate underperforming control loops. Whereas most CLPM solutions generate analytics based on a single, generic state of operation, a new breed of CLPM solutions detail the performance associated with each of a process’s many and unique states. Using state-based analytics and an innovative measure of PID availability, CLPM solution users can improve process uptime and production throughput. This presentation distinguishes state-based control loop analytics from traditional monitoring capabilities. It also introduces the concept of overall controller effectiveness (OCE) as a proxy for process availability. Industry case-studies are included.

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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.

Meet your presenter
Heiko Wenzel is managing director and chief digital officer of Wenzel Group GmbH & Co. KG. In 2013, he took over a professorship for process management and business consulting at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences. There he teaches and conducts research in the area of optimization and digitalization of operational processes. Since 2015, he’s supported the Wenzel Group in the realignment of the company's software development and digital transformation

About the company
Based in Wixom, Michigan, Wenzel America is part of the Wenzel Group, a family-owned supplier of coordinate measuring machines and metrology equipment. As a CMM manufacturer, Wenzel is committed to CMM technology innovation, German-engineered quality, and unsurpassed customer service. Wenzel CMM and metrology machines are manufactured from solid natural granite and offer precision product testing accuracy. During the past 50 years, Wenzel metrology equipment has been used in nearly every manufacturing industry, including aerospace, automotive, and medical applications.

Thomson Inc. has enhanced its popular online ball screw selection tool to include online configurability options, expert guidance, and faster performance. 

Design engineers using the tool will now have access to more capabilities and expert guidance in configuring end machining, end fixity, thread lengths, nuts, and related assembly preferences. An interactive reference table is updated, providing one-click access to information on the safety factors for each available option. A real-time diagram displays the status of their assembly, and built-in prompts guide them through optimal design sequences.

“We know how important it is for design engineers to be able to size and select linear motion components as quickly, easily and accurately as possible. Building on iterative user feedback and the latest advancements in user interface design, we have made numerous changes in our user interface to enable designers to get to their optimal configuration as quickly and effortlessly as possible,” said Denise Goldman, global product line manager of ball screws and screw jacks at Thomson.

The following are some of the new ball screw configuration capabilities that design engineers can now perform online with the upgraded Thomson tool:

• Select cut ends or standard machined ends, with or without end supports

• Specify whether end supports should be assembled or shipped separately

• Define overall screw lengths and threading

• Configure the right product more quickly and easily with an enhanced user interface

• See all available nut options instantly

• See safety factors for each configuration with a single click

Faster processing and data loading capabilities accelerate operations and enable design engineers to download a CAD diagram of their configuration more quickly.

About the presentation
In the ever-changing landscape of workforce development, companies need to implement best practices in their attraction and retention strategies to become an employer of choice. We’ll discuss all the generations comprising the current workforce and how we need to leverage their key characteristics, implement new learning, develop programs aligning with the way different generations learn, and rethink policies with the goal not only attract, but also retain these generations.

Registration
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.

Meet your presenter
Denise Ball is a workforce development specialist for Tooling U-SME. She served as a practitioner of best-in-class learning and development techniques for the manufacturing industry for more than 25 years. Her extensive background in workforce development includes hands-on experience in manufacturing as she assisted her family in running a small machine shop for several years. For the past 10 years, she’s guided the implementation of workforce education and skills training into corporations across the globe to help develop their employees with success, as well as facilitated workshops on best practices and various webinars. She resides in Ohio.

About the company
Tooling U-SME delivers versatile, competency-based learning and development solutions to the manufacturing community. Tooling U-SME partners with customers to build high performers who help their companies drive quality, profitability, productivity, innovation, and employee satisfaction. Working directly with hundreds of high schools, communities, technical colleges, and universities, Tooling U-SME is able to help prepare the next-generation workforce by providing industry-driven curriculum.

Desktop Metal has expanded its relationship with CNC software innovator SolidCAM, creator of iMachining toolpath technology.

SolidCAM, founded in 1984, has offered Desktop Metal products in Germany since 2021. Now, it will offer Desktop Metal solutions for direct printing of metal to customers in the United States, where SolidCAM has technology centers at its US headquarters in Newton, Pennsylvania, and Rancho Cucamonga, California, as well as the United Kingdom, Israel, and India.

New CNC + AM Center of Excellence showrooms are being completed in Pennsylvania, Germany, and the UK to demonstrate how Desktop Metal’s AM 2.0 solutions complement traditional subtractive machining technology and workflows. Additional facilities are slated for completion in California, Israel, and India.

“The Desktop Metal team is delighted to announce an expansion of our relationship with SolidCAM, a brand that is long trusted by machinists worldwide,” said Ric Fulop, founder and CEO of Desktop Metal. “This expanded partnership means that more CNC professionals will learn how easy it is to 3D print and sinter complex designs on our Studio System and Shop System metal AM offerings, freeing up capacity on CNC equipment, as well as machinist’s time. Additive manufacturing technology is truly complementary to machining, and we’re eager to deliver that message to the market in partnership with SolidCAM.”

“Our Schramberg Technology Center has already added a Desktop Metal Studio System to its current CNC machines, and we’re in the process of adding more Studio System and Shop System printers to our facilities worldwide so we can demonstrate how this additive manufacturing technology is complementary to CNC machining equipment,” said Dr. Emil Somekh, founder and CEO of SolidCAM. “The growing impact of additive manufacturing has been well documented. During the COVID-19 epidemic, 3D printing played a critical role in repairing vulnerabilities in supply chains, especially in the medical sector, and we think it can help improve the throughput of supply chains that remain challenged today.”

SolidCAM will be showcasing Desktop Metal equipment and solutions at IMTS 2022 (booth 134502). Desktop Metal will be showcasing its metal, polymer, and digital metal casting Additive Manufacturing 2.0 solutions at IMTS 2022 (booth 433103 and booth 432212) as well.