From Silos to Symphony: How Ecosystems Accelerate Smart Manufacturing
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SOUTHEAST Session: Digital twins are rapidly becoming a cornerstone of advanced manufacturing, enabling companies to simulate, optimize, and validate their production processes in a virtual environment before committing to physical execution. This presentation explores the value of digital twins specifically in the domains of CNC machining, robotic automation, and the broader virtual factory. In CNC machining, digital twins replicate the behavior of machines, tools, and part geometries, allowing for precise simulation of toolpaths and real-time detection of potential collisions, over-travel, and inefficiencies. By simulating the exact machine kinematics, spindle dynamics, and tool libraries, manufacturers can reduce setup times, improve part quality, and significantly lower the risk of costly rework or downtime. In robotic work cells, digital twins mirror robotic behavior, motion, and task sequences. This enables manufacturers to program, test, and optimize robot trajectories and tool interactions virtually - ensuring safety, cycle time optimization, and maximum utilization of expensive automation assets. Collision detection, reach analysis, and process synchronization can all be handled digitally before deployment on the shop floor. At the virtual factory level, digital twins provide a holistic view of the entire manufacturing environment - integrating machines, robotics, material flow, operators, and logistics into a unified simulation. This enables strategic decision-making, accurate capacity planning, and the ability to test process changes in a risk-free virtual environment. The result is greater agility, resilience, and efficiency across the entire production lifecycle. Attendees will gain insight into how digital twins reduce risk, increase productivity, and enable smarter planning across manufacturing operations. By harnessing digital twins in CNC machining, robotic systems, and factory-wide simulations, companies can accelerate their journey toward digital transformation and fully realize the promise of Industry 4.0.
SOUTHEAST Exhibitor: Newman M2M is an integrator for Caron Engineering. We specialize in assisting customers with process automation and improvements centered around; tool monitoring, tool breakage prevention, adaptive feed rate control, automated tool offsetting, and RFID tool data management. Products: TMAC 3.0: Real-time tool wear and breakage detection system with adaptive control feed rate optimization capability. TMAC maximizes tool life, reduces cycle time, and allows unattended operation. ToolConnect: A customizable tool data management system that reads and processes RFID and 2D barcode data and updates offsets automatically, without any data-entry or interaction with the CNC control. ToolConnect reduces setup time and eliminates human error by automating the tool load process. AutoComp: Processes electronic gauge data and calculates and compensates tool offsets in the CNC control automatically; providing fast, error-free tool offset control. DTect-IT: A CNC sensor analysis system used to detect and correct anomalies occurring in the normal machining process. Prominent applications include vibration analysis, bar feeder vibration detection, bearing analysis, signature analysis, and surface roughness detection. MiConnect Technology: A flexible application builder used by our integration specialists to design custom automation and process control solutions that are unique to a manufacturer's operations. CEI Smart Light: Intuitive status light system with over 1000 available modes and programmable audible alarm; to indicate any machine status or condition. www.newmanm2m.com www.caroneng.com
SOUTHEAST Exhibitor: JM Performance Products, Inc, the industry leader in Milling Machine Optimization, manufactures a complement of products designed to improve the performance of CNC milling machines and improve the performance of every tool used in these machines by eliminating the flaw in V-Flange tooling: Toolholder Expansion. JMPP's products, featuring the patented High Torque© retention knobs, maximize toolholder-to-spindle contact, thereby eliminating vibration and chatter, run-out, poor tolerances, and poor finishes, decreasing setup time, reducing or eliminating costly polishing and bench time, and increasing tool life 15% - 300% while increasing production on existing equipment 10% - 40% GUARANTEED. If you want the best performance from your machine and tools, demand the best knobs. Retention knob sockets made to fit our over-400 different knobs, along with torque wrenches and set-up tool holders, make JMPP your one-stop retention knob shop. JMPP's spindle maintenance products, including the Deluxe Spindle Cleaning and Ultimate Spindle Restoration Kit, make CNC spindle maintenance affordable and easy to implement in any shop. Made in the USA.
SOUTHEAST Exhibitor: SIC Marking is a proven supplier of permanent identification and complete traceability solutions. SIC Marking has been designing, manufacturing and distributing laser, dot peen and scribe marking machines since 1986. With more than 30 years of experience in the industry, we respond to marking applications for a wide range of materials like steel, carbide, titanium alloys, aluminum and plastics. SIC Marking offers standard, custom and turnkey traceability solutions for all industry professionals. Leading players of various industrial sectors have already placed their trust in equipment developed by SIC Marking's engineering team. Today we deal with professionals from automotive, aerospace, energy, metalworking, railway, medical, construction, defense and many other industries. SIC Marking is prepared around the world to help you Mark Today...Identify Tomorrow!
SOUTHEAST Exhibitor: Digitize Designs offers professional and metrology grade 3D scanning solutions and services for a variety of applications and industries including but not limited to: Reverse Engineering, Inspection, Quality Control, Custom Tooling, Custom Design, Retrofitting, Custom Packaging, Investment Casting, Rapid Prototyping, etc.
SOUTHEAST Exhibitor: Positrol Designs and Builds Workholding POSITROL Application Engineers will analyze your workholding problem and recommend a comprehensive solution to suit your manufacturing operation. While POSITROL custom workholding devices are tailored to meet the specifications of your individual application, a selection of standard expanding mandrels and chucks are also available to accommodate many workholding requirements.
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