Mo Abuali

CEO and Managing Partner 
IoTco
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Isaac Bennett

Director of IT and Digital Transformation 
SAF-HOLLAND USA, Inc.
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CASE STUDY: Toward Zero-Downtime, Zero-Defect Manufacturing

Manufacturers are still talking about digitizing their manufacturing floor and deciding if they should invest or not. In this presentation, Mo Abuali and Isaac Bennett have some key messages for the attendees:

• Act now, demonstrate leadership, build the business case for Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0, and get started.
• Data first! Digitalization is from the past; predictive analytics and artificial intelligence is the future.
• Industry 4.0 is all about people, process, and technology. Empower your operators and personnel with paperless human-machine interfacing and improve their productivity.
• Think big, start small, and think ROI (return on investment). Take a systematic path to drive the right technology adoption, and scale your digital maturity.

    

    

Fred Tillman

    

Vice President of Product Development  
ECI Software Solutions
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What Industry Data Tells Us About the Promise of Industry 4.0…and the new skill requirements of the workforce of the future

In this session, Fred will discuss what industry data tells us about how much the U.S. manufacturing industry has—or hasn’t—realized the promise of Industry 4.0. He’ll cover the challenges that manufacturers are facing when attempting to capitalize on Industry 4.0 and emerging tools, and the new skills requirements the workforce needs to handle emerging technology in the manufacturing industry. Session attendees will walk away with an in-depth understanding of the technology trends within the industry, use-case examples of how manufacturers have successfully adopted Industry 4.0 techniques and best practices to bring back to their own operations.

    

    

David Darling

    

Chief Strategy Officer  
CIMSOURCE USA
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CNC Digitization, Tooling Data, and The Big Oversight

The single biggest oversight made by CNC operators on their digitization journey may surprise you, and David Darling, Chief Strategy Officer of ToolsUnited USA will show you how to avoid making that same oversight yourself. You will see how companies both large and small have finally taken full advantage of their CNC digitization efforts by building a solid foundation of tooling data using advanced international standards. David will draw on his past experience as VP and COO of Autodie, LLC to talk about CNC digitization’s impact to the bottom line of tool and die makers, stamping die repair operations, and injection mold makers.

    

Brad Kuvin

Editorial Director 
MetalForming Magazine     

Panel Discussion:
Leveraging Industry 4.0 and IOT in the Pressroom

    

    

Pavan Muzumdar

    

Chief Operating Officer  
Automation Alley

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Industry 4.0 Transformation: Lessons Learned

While technology evolves rapidly, business models often respond slowly. Prepare your metal forming and fabrication business for the future by developing your internal software and digital expertise and marrying it to your physical expertise.

In this talk, Automation Alley CEO Pavan Muzumdar will explain how small to midsized manufacturers (SMMs) can build learning organizations prepared to manage Industry 4.0 disruption. He’ll also share findings from Automation Alley’s 2021 Technology in Industry Report—a deep dive into Industry 4.0 adoption among SMMs, including challenges, opportunities and use cases.

    

    

Gary Mintchell

    

Founder 
The Manufacturing Connection
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Laying the Groundwork for IoT Success—Building a Team, Building a Project

Business owners and executives have been told for several years that they must implement IoT for business success. Unfortunately, they are often offered little guidance to define just exactly what business problems are being solved. They also are often at a loss to know exactly how to begin. This presentation will offer some guidance along with tips from those who have already gone down that path.

    

    

Helge Hornis, Ph.D.

    

Technology Director  
Pepperl+Fuchs, Inc.

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Modern Industrial Sensors: Automation and IIoT

PLCs continue to be at the center of most machine-control processes, to retrieve instructions, configure connected sensors and actuators, verify part presence and initiate the necessary processes. Sensor enhancements result in powerful products that allow engineers and machine builders to improve metal forming part production and diagnostic processes where simple on/off and analog output devices no longer suffice.

This presentation will cover recent improvements in sensor technology and show how IO-Link is a critical component regarding setup and machine-data collection. Attendees will:

• Gain insight into recent enhancements of photoelectric and ultrasonic sensors.
• Learn about laser light section sensing, and applications for this technology.
• Get a high-level introduction to IO-Link and learn how MQTT can be used to simplify overall machine control.

    

    

Bryan Sapot

    

CEO  
SensrTrx

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CASE STUDY: What Gets Tracked, Gets Improved

Hear how battery-can manufacturer H&T Waterbury leverages IOT technology to avoid unplanned stops of its high-volume high-speed machines, eliminating scrap issues, unplanned overtime and increase downstream costs. This presentation will take a deep dive into the IOT implementation strategy, the sensor technology used and specific action items.

    

    

Chuck Werner

    

Manager Operational Excellence  
Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center

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How Industry 4.0 Will Help Manufacturers Overcome Perpetual Workforce Shortages

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has partnered with the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) and Automation Alley to create MMTC’s Real Factory 4.0. This presentation will discuss how the Real Factory 4.0 is helping small-to-medium sized Michigan manufacturers realize the benefits of smart manufacturing and overcome perpetual workforce shortages.

    

    

Hyunok Kim, Director, EWI Forming Center

    

Director  
EWI Forming Center

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The Vision for Industry 4.0 in Sheet Metal Forming

The ultimate vision for Industry 4.0 in sheet metal forming is an autonomous forming process with maximum process efficiency and minimum scrap rate. This presentation will discuss how various types of sensors can be used to monitor four variables impacting part quality: material properties, die-friction response, elastic deflection of the tool, and press dynamic characteristics.