2020 Virtual Agenda
Thank You to our Pre-Event Webinars Sponsors:
August 18, 2020 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Digital Transformation of Manufacturing in a Post-Pandemic World
Sudhi Bangalore
VP of Industry 4.0
Stanley Black & Decker
September 9, 2020 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
The Innovator’s Secret Formula for Innovation, Disruption and Market Leadership
Neil Kane
Executive | Entrepreneur | Educator | Startup CEO | Author "The Innovator's Secret Formula"
October 1, 2020 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company
Arthur Byrne
Operating Partner
J.W. Childs Associates
October 28, 2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Bringing Your Factory Into the 21st Century
Leonel Leal, Director of Global Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Whirlpool Corp.
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October 27, 2020 | 1:00 - 4:00 PM ET
Workshop #1
Design for Manufacture & Assembly
This workshop will show you how to analyze and reduce the cost of your designs. At least 85 percent of manufacturing costs are determined in the early stages of design. When engineers make informed design decisions during the concept stage, they can avoid costly corrections later. In this workshop, you will:
- Learn how to lower manufacturing costs through good design.
- Discover what features make a product easy and cost efficient to assemble.
- Find out how to design to facilitate automation.
- You don’t need to outsource your product to lower manufacturing costs—you simply need a better design! This workshop will show you how.
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1:00 - 1:35 PM ET
Design for Manufacture and Assembly: An Overview
Akash Agarwal, Mechanical Engineer, Datum3D
Steve Venditti, Founder & CEO, Datum3D
2:10 - 2:45 PM ET
Robust Plastic Product Design
Vikram Bhargava, Fellow, Society of Plastics Engineers
2:45 - 2:55 PM ET
Break
2:55 - 3:30 PM ET
Design for Value
Bill Devenish, DFMA Expert and Producibility Engineer, The Devenish Group Inc.
3:30 - 4:00 PM ET
Q&A with Workshop Panelists
MODERATOR:
John Sprovieri, Editor in Chief, Assembly Magazine
October 28, 2020 | 1:00 - 4:00 PM ET
Workshop #2
Lean Manufacturing and Manual Assembly
Manual assembly remains the most popular way to put together a product. Indeed, according to ASSEMBLY magazine’s annual Capital Equipment Spending Survey, 87 percent of factories employ at least some manual operations to assemble their products. That figure has remained constant for the past 24 years, and it’s not all that surprising. After all, people are the most flexible assembly machines—just ask Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk!
Designing, equipping and managing a largely manual assembly process requires a different skillset than a highly automated one. In this workshop, you’ll learn tips and tricks for creating efficient line layouts; improving your operation; error-proofing your process; and preventing work-related injuries. If your operation is mostly manual, you won’t want to miss this workshop!
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1:00 - 1:35 PM ET
Lean Layout Do’s and Don’ts
Jeffrey Miller, PE, Managing Principal, Productivity Engineering Services LLC
2:10 - 2:45 PM ET
Best Practices for Ergonomics on the Assembly Line
Timothy A. Pottorff, CIE, ARM, Principal, QP3 ErgoSystems LLC
2:45 - 2:55 PM ET
Break
2:55 - 3:30 PM ET
Lean Manufacturing and Manual Assembly - IIoT With Manual Assembly
Ben Marsh, President and CEO, Scout Systems Inc.
3:30 - 4:00 PM ET
Q&A with Workshop Panelists
MODERATOR:
Austin Weber, Senior Editor, Assembly Magazine
The ASSEMBLY Show's Learning Theater Presentations, presented by exhibiting companies, will cover various topics and demonstrate expertise on some of the latest technological advances in assembly. All Learning Theater Presentations will be available On-Demand on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 starting at 8:00 AM ET.
Driven By Data- The Role of RFID and Machine Vision in Assembly and Production
Wolfgang Kratzenberg,Traceability Sales Specialist, Balluff Inc.
Logan Welch, Machine Vision Technical Sales Specialist, Baluff Inc.
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Active Cockpit Success Story – Plant Collaboration and Paperless Shop-floor
Andreas "Andy" Hassold, i4.0 Connected Industry Consultant, Bosch Rexroth
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Evolving from Lean Foundations to i4.0 Deployment
Jamie Fox, Bosch Technical Engineering Services, Bosch Rexroth
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The New Beltless Conveyor: The Design, Functionality & Benefits of Edge Roller Technology
Mike Hosch, Vice-President, Industrial Business Unit, Dorner Manufacturing Corp.
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Automation 201 – Clarifying Your Requirements for Project Success
Scott Marsic, Sr. Product Manager, Epson Robots
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Robotic Leak Testing
Daniel Hoffman, Sales Manager for U.S. Production Leak Detection, INFICON Inc.
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Servo Presses – Electromechanical Joining Systems Offering Maximum Energy Efficiency, Reducing CO2 Emissions and Finally Cut Operating Costs Significantly “3R-CTN”
Norbert Baeuml, Head of Business Field Joining Systems, Kistler Instrument Corp.
Alexander Müller, Product Manager NC Joining Systems, Kistler Instrument Corp.
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Leak Testing: Evolving Needs Require Innovative Solutions
Paul Chamberlain, CEO/President, LACO Technologies
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How New Fluid Dispensing Technology Improves First Pass Yields in High-End Markets
Nikhil Bhiwankar, Senior Director, Dispense Systems Unit, Nordson Corporation
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From Concept to Reality in 72 Hours, Globally
Karl Stillman, Regional Sales Director - Asia, ROSTI
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Material Dispensing and Conformal Coating Considerations
Hans Bok, Equipment Sales Manager, Specialty Coating Systems
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Evolving Torque Application Strategies
John Nigro, National Sales Manager, Sturtevant Richmont
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The Practical Application of Industry 4.0
Adam Dickson, Strategic Account Manager, Tutelar Technologies
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Why IoT Won’t Revolutionize the Manual Assembly Line
Adrian Jennings, Chief Product Advocate, Ubisense
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Resolving the Labor Crisis in Manufacturing
Joe Campbell, Senior Manager, Strategic Marketing & Applications Development, Universal Robots
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Tomorrow’s Production Today: Revolutionary Concepts for Medical and e-Mobility based on Automation, Assembly & Leak Testing
Thomas Schwoerer, President, Zeltwanger Leak Testing & Automation
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