I’ve always been a planner, and a new calendar feels like a blank slate of possibilities. 2025 promises an exciting year for AGMA Emerging Technology, with a packed schedule of programs. We began the year with a webinar featuring Noel Mack, CTO of LIFT: The National Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Institute. If you missed it, it is available on-demand on the AGMA website. Alongside committee meetings, we’ll host eleven webinars (first Wednesdays) and live presentations at key AGMA events, including the Annual Meeting, SNL, and the Motion + Power Technology Expo.
RoboDK, founded in January 2015, is proudly celebrating its 10th anniversary. Since then, the company has grown from an academic spin-off into a global leader in robotic simulation and programming software. RoboDK now supports over 1,000 robots from 90 manufacturers and remains committed to making robotics accessible, affordable, and efficient for industries and educational institutions worldwide.
As manufacturers continue to face shortages of skilled labor, Mazak helps them address the issue with the opening of its new Customer Solutions Center located in Florence, KY. The secure facility specializes in the development of production-ready, custom automation solutions that allow manufacturers to overcome existing labor issues while increasing production output.
By acquiring READY Robotics’ automation IP, Standard Bots is able to accelerate the development of their AI-powered platform, and their mission to improve accessibility in robotics space. This IP purchase includes all the software, patents, and trademarks owned by READY Robotics.
The Industrial IoT Conference (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) explores the potential of intelligent machines, prescriptive analytics, sensor driven analytics, and block chain solutions. Attendees learn about the industrial IoT technologies that are driving the transformation in manufacturing, supply chain and operations. Attendees include implementors, manufacturing companies, supply chain professionals, service providers, IoT manufacturers and more. Topics include implementation, warehouse logistics, robotics, sensors, cybersecurity, data analytics and more.
Attracting a diverse range of professionals, including executives, engineers, designers, and entrepreneurs, CES (Las Vegas) is an excellent opportunity to connect, collaborate, and grow your professional network. Keynote addresses and panel discussions from industry experts offer valuable insights into market trends, consumer behavior, and emerging technologies that can help guide strategic decisions and future planning. Attendees can interact with new technologies firsthand, gaining a deeper understanding of their features and potential applications. The broad range of exhibits and industries represented at the show can inspire innovative solutions. Industries include 3D printing, AR/VR/XR, AI, cloud computing/data, construction tech, cybersecurity, e-Mobility and more.
From drive and fluid technology to digital platforms and IT security to industrial internet and robotics, Hannover Messe reflects the manufacturing industry’s broad scope and provides important economic and social impulses every year. Additional 2025 topics include 5G technology, additive manufacturing, automation, sensors, e-mobility, material handling and more.
From the digital construction site to alternative drives and tomorrow's construction methods, the most important topics will be discussed, and innovative solutions will be presented during Bauma 2025 (Munich). Topics include climate neutrality, drive concepts, digital construction, sustainability, and mining challenges. In view of the high-quality standards of innovation and relevance, it is not surprising that nearly 70 percent of Bauma visitors are top decision-makers in their companies. Bauma offers attendees the ideal opportunity to establish lucrative business relationships and to profitably network with the industry.
With its unique concept, Smart Production Solutions (SPS) covers the entire spectrum of smart and digital automation – from simple sensors to intelligent solutions, from what is feasible today to the vision of a fully digitalized industrial world. SPS, located in Nuremberg, Germany, is an innovative platform for the automation industry with topics on control technology, electric drive systems, HMIs, software, sensors and mechanical infrastructure.
United Grinding recaps a successful Aerospace Summit 2024 where the industry showcased the latest aerospace technologies and innovations. Demos included grinding of nonferrous advanced aerospace material with dressable super abrasives on the MÄGERLE MFP 30, improving grinding performance through optimized dressing techniques, single-step finishing of multifeature and mixed-material shaft components containing hard coatings on the Studer S41 and much more!
Although gears have been indispensable components in various areas such as mechanical engineering, the automotive industry and industrial gear production for many decades, increasing requirements and current market developments are constantly presenting the drive technology sectors with new challenges. The aim of the Aachen Conference on Gear Production is an exchange of knowledge and experience between engineers who work in or are responsible for the design, development, production, assembly and application of gears.
The 10th WZL Gear Conference - USA is being hosted by Gleason Corporation in Rochester NY and will provide the opportunity for North American companies to connect with WZL and learn about current research activities. For more than 50 years the annual WZL Gear Conference in Aachen, Germany, has been fostering technical collaboration and communication among the members of the WZL Gear Research Circle. The two-day conference is devoted exclusively to the presentation of the latest research in gear design, manufacturing and testing.
Clean energy employees are the heart and soul of the industry and keeping them safe is a top priority. American Clean Power's (ACP’s) Operations, Maintenance and Safety Conference (OMS) is the place where leaders from headquarters to the field come together to talk about retention strategies, recruitment techniques and training best practices in an effort to make clean energy stronger and safer. Key exhibitors include Applied Industrial Technologies, ExxonMobil, Intertek AIM, ONYX Insight, Shell Lubricants, Vestas and more. The event takes place in San Diego at the Manchester Grand Hyatt.
The Industrial IoT Conference (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) explores the potential of intelligent machines, prescriptive analytics, sensor driven analytics, and block chain solutions. Attendees learn about the industrial IoT technologies that are driving the transformation in manufacturing, supply chain and operations. Attendees include implementors, manufacturing companies, supply chain professionals, service providers, IoT manufacturers and more. Topics include implementation, warehouse logistics, robotics, sensors, cybersecurity, data analytics and more.
Visit DMG Mori's "Home of Innovation" showroom and find out how to optimize your processes with MX - Machining Transformation (Pfronten, Germany). Experience solutions for process integration, automation as well as digital and green transformation. The open house includes 45+ high-tech machines and more than 20 automation solutions, including a world premiere and innovations from various sectors: the DMF 400|11, a new traveling column machine with 4,000 mm travel, and the new PH Cell 500, a modular pallet handling system with a transfer weight of 500 kg. Attendees can also view CELOS X, the holistic digital and data-based ecosystem for optimizing production processes.
IPTEX 2024 (Pune, India) is an important event for all relevant stakeholders in automobile, aerospace, or energy as well as manufacturers, buyers, partners, and consultants. Focus industries include mechanical power transmission, electrical power transmission, linear motion drives, fluid power and IoT/smart technology. IPTEX will provide a consistent channel of communication to the members of this industry to come together under one roof and participate in technical seminars, share knowledge and expertise with industry leaders and to be a part of discussion on policy codes, standards and challenges faced by the industry.
Join dynamic keynotes and discussions from industry and policy leaders on Digital Design, Digital Manufacturing, Workforce Development, Sustainability and Supply Networks. Current speakers include the CEOs of Rockwell Automation, GE Digital, Formlabs, Autodesk, Re:Build Manufacturing and leaders from Hasbro, MIT, AWS, Steelcase, Atlas Copco, and the State of Massachusetts. Connect with like-minded organizations pushing the limits on digital transformation.
As an accompanying event to the International Conference on Gears 2023, the 5th International Conference on Gear Production is one of the most important biannual meeting points for the gear manufacturing industry both for technical experts and for decision-makers. Current challenges and solutions are presented and discussed, strongly emphasizing new potentials in productivity and/or the flexibility of gear manufacturing processes.
At this year's traditional Chicago Innovation Days 2023, hosted at DMG MORI USA's headquarters in Hoffman Estates from April 11–14, Machining Transformation (MX) was the omnipresent highlight, including Technology Integration, Automation solutions, Digital Transformation (DX), and Green Transformation (GX).
In the fast, cost-effective, sustainable future, smart software is paving the way to optimized production and improved decision making. Digital technology and smart software have already transformed the machining industry with unprecedented access to actionable data for better results in less time. With a wealth of data generated from production processes of all kinds, shops need to understand how to use that data to their advantage. Now, progressive manufacturers can move toward even greater benefits with software that fulfills the promises of Industry 4.0.
It’s little wonder there’s more and more interest in the potential of lights-out or unattended production. The benefits seem immediately obvious. Staffing costs fall significantly if you can run equipment unsupervised, or with far fewer operators. Production capacity of the business greatly increases, offering the opportunity to add more customers without the expense of adding new equipment or staff.
The closed-loop concept has become widespread in recent years, especially in relation to the Industry 4.0 concept. The term “closed loop” will be used herein to refer to the pairing of specifications and checking (Figure 1) which all ISO standards, starting with ISO 1, the “mother” of all standards, use in relation to GPS (Geometrical Product Specifications).
Leela AI will present a webinar – Visual Intelligence for Industry 4.0 – to demonstrate Leela Platform on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 12 p.m Eastern time.
State of the Gear Industry Perspectives takes an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities in gear manufacturing today and in the future. Our sixth installment online is an interview with Shane Hollingsworth, vice president of sales, Kapp Technologies.
Gear Up for Precision will take place April 12-13, 2023. Both Wenzel and Nidec Machine Tool America, located across from each other in Wixom, Mich., will be open to visitors with displays, technical discussions, presentations, and demonstrations.
State of the Gear Industry Perspectives takes an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities in gear manufacturing today and in the future. Our fifth installment online is an interview with Adam Gimpert, president, Helios Gear Products.
State of the Gear Industry Perspectives takes an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities in gear manufacturing today and in the future. Our third installment online is an interview with Peter Wiedemann, managing director, Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH and Scott Yoders, vice president sales, Liebherr Gear Technology, Inc.
State of the Gear Industry Perspectives takes an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities in gear manufacturing today and in the future. Our second installment online is an interview with Christof Gorgels, vice president, innovation and technology at Klingelnberg.
State of the Gear Industry Perspectives takes an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities in gear manufacturing today and in the future. Our first installment online is an interview with Udo Stolz, vice president of sales and marketing at Gleason Corporation.
Since founding in 1989, the China International Machine Tool Show (CIMT) held in every odd year has been successfully held 17 sessions so far. CIMT is the most prestigious, largest scale and most influential professional machine tool exhibition in China, regarded by the global machine tool industry as with the same popularity of EMO in Europe, IMTS in the United States, and JIMTOF in Japan.
With the myWFL operational data acquisition system, you can maintain an overview around the clock and exploit the optimization potential for the smart factory. The software not only has a user-transparent display, but also improves machine utilization. All data in the production environment is collected and analyzed to achieve higher productivity. Shorter production times and a more effective design of the Smart Factory processes thus go hand in hand.
Marposs has announced MAINDO, its new digital platform that integrates Marposs monitoring, measuring, testing or other manufacturer device/solutions throughout the entire production process, combining quality and process into a holistic production monitoring view.
IMTEX is a flagship event for the Indian metal cutting industry. It is South Asia's apex exhibition showcasing the latest trends as well as technological refinements from India and other global players. The event attracts visitors from a wide spectrum of manufacturing and ancillary industries including key decision and policy makers as well as industry captains who are keen to source latest technologies and manufacturing solutions for their product lines.
PowerGen is the largest network and business hub for electricity generators and solution providers engaged in power generation. Power producers, utilities, EPCs, consultants, OEMs, and large-scale energy users gather at PowerGen International to discover new solutions as large, centralized power generation business models evolve into cleaner and more sustainable energy sources
The International Production & Processing Expo is the world’s largest annual poultry, meat and feed industry event of its kind. A wide range of international decision-makers attend this annual event to network and become informed on the latest technological developments and issues facing the industry.
From its creation in 1963, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has organized conferences to serve the aerospace profession as part of its core mission. Spanning over 70 technical discipline areas, AIAA’s conferences provide scientists, engineers, and technologists the opportunity to present and disseminate their work in structured technical paper and poster sessions, learn about new technologies and advances from other presenters, further their professional development, and expand their professional networks that furthers their work.
Formnext (Frankfurt, Germany) is more than an exhibition and conference. It’s an entire platform for companies from the world of additive manufacturing. Here, a veritable who’s who from the realms of design and product development, industrial tooling, production solutions, quality management, and measurement technology comes together with leading providers in basic materials and component construction.
Seco and its technical partners will host the company’s first hybrid (physical and virtual) Inspiration Through Innovation (ITI) event on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. The event will be focused on the aerospace manufacturing segment, with machining demonstrations, an inspiring seminar program, and networking opportunities.
Training and employee development can seem daunting to manufacturers still playing catch-up post-COVID and trying to move product out the door. Management wants to implement new IIoT and smart manufacturing strategies to increase manufacturing productivity, but a lack of time, money and available resources can complicate these goals.
EMAG will highlight productive, and at the same time, flexible manufacturing solutions for electromobility at IMTS. Among other things, the focus is on the vertical pick-up lathes of the VL series, which EMAG now delivers IoT-Ready.
When it comes to an early identification of noise problems in the drivetrain one has to take data analytics and its integration in the manufacturing process into account. The big vision here, in particular, is preventive quality. By evaluating sensor data of the machining process, it promises to predict whether a gear is ok or not ok.
Mahr Inc. recently introduced a new generation of electronic digital comparators, the Millimess 2000 W(i) and 2001 W(i). The new digital comparators combine practical and reliable operation with maximum precision. Using a unique inductive measuring system, measurements are more precise than ever with added probe linearization—whether it’s a static or dynamic measurement task.
The ANCA Integrated Manufacturing System (AIMS) optimizes cutting tool production through streamlined manufacturing, automation, and connectivity. With ANCA and AIMS, customers can achieve continuous, unattended production that dramatically reduces non-productive machine time, with smart automation that connects sequential tool production processes and offers connectivity across the whole factory.
Big Daishowa specializes in modular workholding that provides flexibility, efficiency and functionality. UNILOCK zero-point workholding provides value through versatile solutions that are simple to integrate into existing machinery and setups. Here, the company examines four tips for choosing the right workholding device.
With the new PGL-plus-P, Schunk is introducing a flexible and robust gripper that provides certified safe gripping force maintenance.
MC Machinery will showcase its latest EDM and precision milling technology, including wire and sinker EDMs, machining centers and automation during IMTS 2022.
Kapp Niles will highlight a variety of machine tool technologies at IMTS 2022 for areas like mobility, automation, energy, and more.
Klingelnberg will be featuring the latest gear production, calculation and measuring technologies during IMTS in Booth #236935.
Although gears have been indispensable components in various sectors such as mechanical engineering, the automotive industry and industrial gear manufacturing for many decades, increasing requirements and current market developments are constantly presenting the drive technology sectors with new challenges. In the case of modern gear drives, competition is determined not only by price but also by load capacity, operational reliability and noise behavior. In automotive engineering in particular, reliable torque transmission is required with high power density, low weight and minimal noise emissions. The current trend towards e-mobility as well as general ecological and economic challenges to improve resource efficiency lead to increased demands on the entire process chain.
Liebherr Gear Technology will be displaying a variety of technologies at Booth #236914 (North Hall) during IMTS 2022.
In the course of the mobility transition, electric and hybrid drives will gradually replace the traditional combustion engine. The battery is a key element in electrification: More and more manufacturers are starting their own production of battery systems and are looking for suitable solutions to do so. Liebherr has looked into the processes extensively and offers system-capable, modular concepts for the automated assembly of battery packs.
The Big Kaiser EWA Automatic Fine Boring System from Big Daishowa performs closed-loop boring operations without a human operator. This breakthrough eliminates the need to stop the spindle to manually adjust the boring tool, which results in considerable time savings. Also, eliminating human interaction reduces cost, improves accuracy, and minimizes scrap. The adjustment range of this fine boring head allows for the handling of multiple bore sizes with the same tool and ensures a repeatable boring process.
Sandvik Coromant offers its CoroPlus Productivity Improvement Program to provide in-depth analysis of the production cell.
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division recently announced the winners of its first cohort of start-ups selected to help the manufacturing industry operate more sustainably and efficiently. The company launched its Sixth Sense open innovation platform in January 2022 to challenge how multinationals approach innovation and help nurture creative solutions to emerging manufacturing challenges by connecting with world-class companies to solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges.
Wintriss Controls Group has announced it will be demonstrating new, advanced features in its ShopFloorConnect OEE and Data Collection Software at IMTS Booth #135073 located in the East Building, Level 3, in McCormick Place, Chicago IL from Sept 12- 17, 2022.
SMW Autoblok sets a new standard for power chucks with the introduction of the CC e-motion electric 4-jaw chuck featuring wireless power and signal transmission.
EMCO caters for customers from industries which are as versatile as the company's range of products. Traditional small and medium-sized companies have been an integral part of EMCO's customer base for many years.
DMG MORI’s new Technology Center in the heart of Somerville, in Northeast USA, will be a hub for research and development of new digitization solutions and processes for customers worldwide.
The International Forging Congress (IFC) is a global event that brings together key players from the international forging community to exchange information and experiences. IFC features forging industry technical and business-oriented presentations. In addition, exhibitors display their forging-related products and services to IFC attendees.
IBS Quality GmbH has launched the new PAM-System (Portable Automated Measurement System), a portable cobot-based 3D scanning and measurement solution, at Control, Stuttgart, Germany, May 3 -6, Hall 3, Stand 3312. The launch is in collaboration with Verisurf Software, Inc., and its integrated 3D measurement software for automated quality inspection, reporting, scanning, and reverse engineering.
Automatica (Munich, Germany) is a trade fair for smart automation and robotics. The show brings together all key technologies in the international technology hub of Munich for an exchange between industrial, research and political representatives.
The metalworking fair (Stuttgart, Germany) promises developments for metal-cutting and metal-removing, machine tools, precision tools, measuring systems and quality assurance, robots, workpiece and tool handling, industrial software & engineering, components, assemblies and accessories.
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