Articles

10 Sep 2012

Future of Manufacturing on Display in Emerging Tech Center

No one is promising that everything you see on display in the Emerging Technology Center (ETC), Booth N-650, will be in your shop next year. But based on past IMTS ETCs, it’s a good bet that something there will directly impact your company’s future.

10 Sep 2012

Coming Home: Reshoring is Real

The reshoring worm has turned for many manufacturing businesses. Work is coming home from distant shores, and it’s a good time to learn how best to take advantage of the trend.

Automation 10 Sep 2012

Industrial Automation Show Debuts in North American with IANA

In a first for IMTS, the well-regarded Industrial Automation show is now on site in the East Hall of McCormick Place.

Basics 10 Sep 2012

Why Your Time at IMTS 2012 Can Make a Big Difference

“Wow." That’s the reaction that Douglas K. Woods, president of AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology, the organizer of IMTS 2012, wants you to have when you leave McCormick Place after your visit to the show.

Workforce Development 10 Sep 2012

Meet the Teacher with a Bold Idea about Manufacturing Education

Craig Cegielski, a high school teacher who leads one of the most innovative manufacturing education programs in the country, is appearing in IMTS’s Advanced Manufacturing Center (Booth W-160) Monday starting at 3 p.m.

10 Sep 2012

Gibbs Supports Record Number of Machine Tool Builders

Gibbs and Associates has been offering CAM software to its customers for 30 years and is making the most of its ample experience in the metalworking industry this year.

Data-Driven Manufacturing 10 Sep 2012

MTConnect is Fast Becoming Factory Floor Lingua Franca

Would you buy a computer that could only “talk” with just a couple of other devices, like a printer and one other desktop? Neither would most people. They’d make sure their new unit has all the ports and protocols that will get them to the whole outside world.

IMTS 10 Sep 2012

New Machines Are Only Part of the Story

Haas Automation has sixteen machines on display in its booth (S-8119), but those tell only part of the story for a machine tool builder that markets its products globally. “Building the brand” is a consistent effort that goes well beyond introducing new models at every major manufacturing show.

IMTS 10 Sep 2012

Creative Demos Showcase Capabilities of Both Micro-Scale Machine Tools and Machines for Massive Parts

Makino’s Booth S-8700 is full of various machine tools performing live cutting demonstrations in applications including a medium-to-high-volume automated production system for automotive parts, a robot-tended small machining center for orthopedic part production, and a machining center with grinding capability performing aircraft blade and vane machining.