Discover the best practices for CNC machining automation.
About the presentation Today’s manufacturing operations are complex with increasing product variants, changes in demand, and lead time requirements. Further, as computer numerical control (CNC) machining evolves toward done-in-one processes and the supportive device and data system integrations become more common, the necessity for smart operations planning is of paramount importance. Compounding constant conditions are the sustainability and skilled labor challenges. Establishing a production environment that’s resilient and flexible is the goal, but what are the best ways to achieve that? How does a manufacturer build in flexibility, yet also profitability? The short answer: with the proper tools and mindset. Nathan Turner will present field-proven ways to produce small, high-mix batches economically by combining the efficiencies of physical movement, process integration, production planning, and employee engagement.
Participants in this dynamic session will learn:
• The three building blocks for economical batch manufacturing: automating physical movements, production planning, and process integration • How to automate multi-functional machine tools and integrate secondary operations such as finishing, washing, and metrology • The emerging and exciting automation technologies, including AGVs, 3D printing, and 5G connectivity • How factory automation helps attract and keep talented employees
Meet your presenter Nathan Turner, president of Fastems LLC, has more than 30 years of experience in automation technologies. Prior to joining Fastems, he held leadership roles at Rockwell Automation, including director of business development; director of integrated architecture – EMEA, which involved a three-year assignment in Belgium overseeing Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; and director of product development. Turner also served Beijer Electronics as director of sales, marketing, and product management of the Americas. Other engineering and management positions include Miller Electric, Automation Inc., Mitsubishi Electric, and Yaskawa America. Turner holds a BSME degree in Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University, and has continued to develop and enhance his knowledge with focused courses in product management, distribution, sales, marketing, and finance. He often speaks to international audiences on engineering and advanced factory topics.
About the company Fastems is a supplier of CNC automation solutions for variable batch production, also known as high-mix, low-volume manufacturing. We’re an open integrator with more than 40 years and 4000 installations of experience with more than 90 machine tool brands. Fastems typically automates 3-5 axis milling machines, turning and turn-mill machines, grinding machines, and more. Our MMS control connects to various data systems and is praised for its production planning and resource management features. We integrate and automate measuring, washing, marking, finishing, and various other devices or processes to be part of our intelligent CNC automation systems. We also offer deburring and robotic finishing cells (RFC) and robotic systems for automated part loading to/from pallets (ALD). Solutions for cutting tool automation including pre-setters are also included.
This new facility expands and improves the company’s three-building campus along Avion Park Drive, expanding to a total of 228,000ft2.
Norman Noble Inc., a medical device contract manufacturer, has officially broken ground on its new corporate headquarters in Highland Heights, Ohio. The 51,000ft2 facility on 12.35 acres will house sales, estimating, purchasing, and future manufacturing and product development space to meet medical original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers’ growing requirements for nitinol-based products, including structural heart implants, neurovascular devices, and vascular stent implants. The new facility is scheduled to be operational in Q4-2022.
Norman Noble COO Chris Noble explains that, “the new modern office will consolidate our sales, estimating, and purchasing teams to better support our customers. Our new corporate headquarters has been designed to facilitate more agile communication and give customers a first-rate experience as we develop next-gen products together. We are very excited to grow our facilities, expand our team of highly skilled associates, and continue to strengthen our partnerships with the world’s largest medical companies.”
Julie Bennett Lowry, Norman Noble’s director of facilities and environmental health and safety states, “This new facility expands and improves our three-building campus along Avion Park Drive, expanding to a total of 228,000ft2 of facilities. The building will have additional conference rooms that accommodate both virtual and in-person meetings as well as 1,000ft2 of multi-use training space.”
Andrew Murphy, director of manufacturing excellence at Norman Noble, adds, “The new training room will enable us to support our team members more effectively with a variety of initiatives, ranging from required quality and regulatory training to lean/six-sigma courses. The room’s design and technical capabilities will make hosting web-based training and remote team member meetings much simpler. The bottom line is that the new space will deliver an even more well-trained team, stronger customer interface, and greater opportunities for our people.”
How to apply the design process in a way that promotes the transition to a simpler workflow.
About the presentation This topic is aimed at people with familiarity with some, or all the disciplines involved, but not necessarily hands-on use of the related hardware or software. Examples of specific software will be easily understandable and transferrable to other platforms. The presentation shows how to apply the design process in a way that promotes the transition to a simpler workflow through time, as the as-manufactured condition of legacy parts are incorporated in digital models, reducing the need for prototypes and facilitating a productive approach. Covered topics include:
• The Traditional Approach • Assembling individual modern capabilities into an effective and risk-reducing approach • Assessing the range of as-manufactured condition of legacy parts to qualify fit, function, and finish that may deviate from design, but still work • Digitization of point clouds and geometry to model legacy parts in CAD • Designing new components in CAD to meet actual legacy parts • Virtual assembly of the product in CAD and iterative design refinement • Use of rapid prototypes validated against CAD to close the loop on virtual activities, such as assembly, leading to final design refinement and digitization of modifications to update the digital design • Examples including hardware and software workflows • Accelerating product design, or paralysis by analysis? Recognizing and avoiding potential pitfalls
Meet your presenter Les Baker has 15 years’ experience with FARO® as a field applications engineer, preceded by 10 years in laser scanning services and sales demonstrations with a scanning OEM. Prior to these roles, he spent time as an application engineer providing tolerance management and GD&T training to the aerospace industry, as a quality engineer for a global tier one automotive supplier of injection-molded plastics, and as a CAD designer for large-scale commercial uninterruptible power supplies and emergency lighting. Les has 28 years’ experience in 3D metrology across a variety of platforms with exposure to many industries and applications.
About the company We are an imaging company and an imagining company. We imagine a better, more insightful, and capable world realized through 3D digital means and measurement technologies. From the beginning, we’ve been helping our customers make decisions more quickly and accurately. We believe if it can be dreamed, it can be measured. And if it can be measured, it can be realized.
Pediatric innovators gain access to pediatric accelerator and will compete in October 22, 2022 final showcase.
Five finalists have been named in the prestigious annual “Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!” competition presented by the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI). Representing innovations in pediatric technologies that aim to address unmet medical needs for children, these five finalists now have access to a pediatric accelerator program led by MedTech Innovator and will compete for a share of $150,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the final virtual pitch event in October 2022. The pediatric pitch event is part of the 10th Annual Symposium on Pediatric Device Innovation, co-located with the MedTech Conference, powered by AdvaMed.
"Addressing unmet needs across pediatric populations is critical to advancing children’s health and we are delighted to once again work with pioneering companies that seek to bridge this care gap,” says Kolaleh Eskandanian, Ph.D., M.B.A, P.M.P, vice president and chief innovation officer at Children’s National Hospital and principal investigator of NCC-PDI. "As an FDA-funded consortia, NCC-PDI serves as a critical device development resource, bringing together individuals and institutions that support viable pediatric innovations and create faster pathways to commercialization. We congratulate this year’s finalists and look forward to seeing the progress made in the coming months as they navigate the accelerator program.”
The five pediatric device innovations selected for the final competition are:
In June 2022, the five finalists are participating in a pediatric-focused track of the MedTech Innovator accelerator, the world’s largest accelerator of medical devices.
“We know all too well that there continues to be an immense need for more medical devices created specifically for children. MedTech Innovator is committed to improving the lives of patients by accelerating the growth of innovative health care solutions,” says Paul Grand, CEO of MedTech Innovator. “We are grateful to have the opportunity to work with this year’s cohort of emerging technologies and look forward to providing them with the individualized mentorship they need to help them take the next strategic steps towards product commercialization.”
NCC-PDI is one of five consortia in the FDA’s Pediatric Device Consortia Grant Program created to support the development and commercialization of medical devices for children, which lags significantly behind the progress of adult medical devices. NCC-PDI is led by the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Hospital and the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, with support from partners MedTech Innovator, BioHealth Innovation and design firm Archimedic.
“We are delighted to see these five finalists take the next steps in their device development and commercialization journey,” says William E. Bentley, Ph.D., Robert E. Fischell distinguished professor and director of the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices at the University of Maryland. “For too long, children have been left behind in the innovation space with tools that do not properly address their dynamic growth and development. We applaud the efforts of these innovators and look forward to their final pitches this fall.”
To date, NCC-PDI has mentored over 160 medical device sponsors to help advance their pediatric innovations, with 12 devices having received either their FDA market clearance or CE marking. The accelerator program is the consortium’s latest addition to a network of resources and experts that it provides in support of pediatric innovators.
Eskandanian adds that supporting the progress of pediatric innovators is a key focus of the new Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus, a one-of-its-kind ecosystem that drives discoveries that save and improve the lives of children. On a nearly 12-acre portion of the former, historic Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Northwest Washington, D.C., Children’s National has combined its strengths with those of public and private partners, including industry, universities, federal agencies, start-up companies and academic medical centers. The campus provides a rich environment of public and private partners which, like the NCC-PDI network, will help bolster pediatric innovation and commercialization.
Learn how collaborative robotics can be used in advanced aerospace manufacturing.
About the presentation Aerospace companies continually struggle to successfully implement automation. Manufacturing requirements and product design, certifications, and complexity make automation more difficult than in industries such as automotive. Many new technologies and capabilities not commonly known throughout aerospace can solve past difficulties. This presentation shows real-world examples of automated aerospace processes that have helped further companies’ production needs. Plus, updates will be provided on new developments that further ease the implementation of advanced automation for some of aerospace’s most difficult processes. The presentation shows how collaborative robotics and solutions can be implemented for a successful manufacturing process. The session discusses solutions and new technology developments, including advances in collaborative robotics and automating aerospace production operations. Attendees will hear about the key project concepts common to all successful automation projects and learn how to avoid the common mistakes that cause automation failure.
Meet your presenter Rick Schultz has been in the machining, robotics, automation, and control industry with a focus on supporting advanced aerospace applications for more than 25 years. Rick supported many advanced manufacturing systems throughout aerospace and experienced successful (and unsuccessful) approaches to monitoring/analyzing manufacturing data.
About the company FANUC America offers products and services for industrial robotics, CNC systems, and factory automation solutions. As a FANUC customer, you’ll find peace of mind knowing your automation products are covered by FANUC’s ‘Service First’ guarantee: Lifetime maintenance on our products for as long as they are used - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.