National Tooling & Machining Association

Emerging Leaders Office Hours - IMTS First Timers
2022-06-20 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
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Will 2022 be your first year at IMTS? Join NTMA’s Emerging Leaders as Michelle Edmondson – Vice President – Exhibitions with the Association for Manufacturing Technology – presents about the things first timers need to know about IMTS
About the Presenter: Michelle Edmonson, CEM is the Vice President – Exhibitions for AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Her 25+ years of trade show history allows her to combine her experience with fresh ideas to all AMT events – including IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show – and content creation.

Michelle enjoys working on all aspects of IMTS from strategy and ideation to marketing, content, creation and production. In addition to IMTS, the physical show, Michelle loves being involved in other events and IMTS+, the MT content platform.
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Automation and Monitoring to Optimize Machine Utilization
2022-12-09 11:00 - 12:00
Gisbert Ledvon of HEIDENHAIN will discuss new CNC motion control and process monitoring technology, focusing on the Digital Twin with Dynamic collision monitoring as well as machine component monitoring in conjunction with overall process monitoring.
Attendees will learn how to make the digital shop floor a reality utilizing the latest CNC motion control technology and the related software and hardware components used in conjunction with modern 5-Axis machining centers. Mr. Ledvon will discuss important process steps and break them down into small bite size sections, from program preparation to part setup and in process monitoring. The presentation will conclude with an explanation on how the overall process monitoring can help improve process reliability and keep the overall machine usability rate high.
Presenter: Gisbert Ledvon is the Director of Business Development Machine Tool for HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION in North America. With over 3 decades of extensive corporate industrial machine business experience, Ledvon is responsible for growing the CNC control as well as the digital shop floor solutions side of the HEIDENHAIN business in this region.
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Digital Twins and the Impact on Small and Medium Manufacturers
2023-05-25 14:00 - 17:00
Join Dr. Michael Grieves as he discusses how Digital Twins (DTs) are impacting engineering and manufacturing in a dramatic way by moving work from the physical world into the virtual world. Product companies are moving from physical plans, 2D build-to-print blueprints, physical prototypes, paper quality control documents accompanying shipments to 3D build to digital models, digital mock-up units (DMUs), and data-based DT Instances transmitted on a continuous basis. This will require both technology and culture changes. SMMs will need to adopt DT capabilities or perish.
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Why AI in Manufacturing?
2025-04-23 14:00 - 15:00
AI is revolutionizing manufacturing by enhancing efficiency, minimizing errors, optimizing resource utilization, and enabling smarter decision-making through data-driven insights. Companies leveraging AI gain a competitive edge through automation, data-driven insights, and predictive analytics. This presentation covers how AI can be implemented across various stages of a manufacturing facility with real-world AI solutions available today.
Daniel Soderlund, CloudNC – presenter
Gavin Giguere, Pilot Precision Products – panelist
Ben Grande, Meridian Industrial Group – panelist
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