Learn how smart technology such as RFID tool management and adaptive tool monitoring is changing the world of manufacturing.

About the presentation For this presentation, we’ll discuss the innovative technology and collective solutions changing the face of manufacturing. From RFID tool management to adaptive tool monitoring to automated tool compensation and offset adjustment, we’ll discuss the data-driven solutions available to optimize and automate each step of the manufacturing process. Some of the immediate benefits from implementing the technologies for discussion include process automation and unmanned operations, error elimination, setup and cycle time reduction, real-time monitoring of all tools, data analysis, and shop floor connectivity.

Meet your presenter In 1986, after working in the CNC machining industry for many years, President Rob Caron, (P.E.), identified a gap in the CNC tool monitoring and machine control market. He started his own company in the basement of his home to pursue the development of these conceptual technologies. Caron Engineering has a 12,000ft2 facility with more than 35 employees, and a dynamic product line of smart manufacturing solutions that are unmatched in the industry.

About the company At Caron Engineering, our mission is to transcend the industry standard by developing advanced sensor and monitoring technology to optimize performance, productivity, and profitability. As an employee-owned entity (ESOP), we work together to bring the best possible service and quality to our customers. It’s our goal to provide leading smart manufacturing solutions to reduce cycle times, promote unattended operation, drive down tooling costs, and minimize expensive damage to machines and work-holding. Our people are in the business of developing “Adaptive Solutions for the Future of Manufacturing” through strong leadership, foresight, and diligence. At Caron Engineering, innovation is what drives us.

Will lead team to provide new spacesuit for ISS crew and Artemis moon missions.

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies business – along with teammates ILC Dover and Oceaneering – have been selected to produce NASA's next-generation spacesuit, which astronauts could wear when working outside the International Space Station and – within the next decade – on the moon.

The new suits were designed by astronauts for astronauts and offer enhanced mobility and weigh less than the current generation spacesuits, allowing for increased mission times. The suits are also designed to accommodate nearly every astronaut body type and can rapidly incorporate new technologies.

"Astronauts returning to the moon and venturing beyond need a spacesuit that's as modern as their new missions," said Dan Burbank, senior technical fellow at Collins Aerospace and former NASA astronaut. "The next-gen spacesuit is lighter, more modular, a better fit and easily adaptable, which means that wherever the journey into space may lead, our crew will be ready."

Collins Aerospace designed the first spacesuit that allowed astronauts to walk on the moon, as well as the suit NASA astronauts currently use when operating outside the International Space Station.

"Collins was there when the first man walked on the moon, and we'll be there when humankind goes back," said Phil Jasper, president of Mission Systems for Collins Aerospace.

"We are excited to return to the moon and build on our 50-year legacy of supplying EVA suits to NASA from the Apollo program to today on the International Space Station," said Patty Stoll, president of Space Systems at ILC Dover. "We look forward to partnering with NASA as their lunar spacesuit provider and inspiring the next generation through Artemis as we work to send the first woman and next man to the moon."

Learn how to use advanced 3D scanning techniques to solve additive manufacturing challenges.

About the presentation Companies are rapidly developing additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities within their digital transformation strategies because it helps make better parts faster while optimizing processes and keeping costs down. From aerospace and automotive, to consumer goods and medical, companies use 3D printing to increase production efficiencies, deliver greater customization, and achieve an overall shorter time-to-market. However, implementing industrial 3D printing comes with challenges such as transitioning from low volume to high volume production, increasing part complexity, and maintaining product quality when scaling a project to meet the industry’s growing requirements. This session reveals how advanced 3D scanning technologies resolve challenges and facilitate the development of strong digital manufacturing strategies to support AM. Audience members will learn how to perform efficient dimensional verification on the complex and free-form shapes 3D printing enables, including GD&T analysis and material thickness. Attendees will also understand how to achieve near-net-shape optimization using warpage and shrinkage compensation to create an accurate model for 3D printing, how to use 3D scanning technologies for 3D printer calibration, and how to leverage PMI/MBD within digital engineering tasks to streamline manufacturing workflow. In addition, this session explores 3D scan data use throughout all AM stages, from design and 3D printing, to post-processing and the final part. It also shows how to use accurate data to perform trend analysis and move from low and high-volume inspection requirements.

Meet your presenter Steve DeRemer is an application specialist at CAPTURE 3D, a ZEISS Company. Since joining CAPTURE 3D in 2010, he has helped diverse manufacturers, including automotive companies, aerospace companies, and additive manufacturers, solve critical challenges with 3D metrology solutions. With more than 25 years of industry experience, he understands his customers' unique needs in order to deliver the optimal tools to achieve a faster time to market.?He holds an MBA from Walsh College and a Bachelor of Science in Computer-Aided Design from Eastern Michigan University.

About the company We want to change the way you think about and experience measurement by providing high-tech 3D measurement solutions that deliver meaningful data to drive our customers’ success. We envision our technology in every area that develops, engineers, and manufactures products.

Speeder AUV offers compact powerful, optionally piloted, fast VTOL.

Mayman Aerospace unveiled a flight-ready prototype of its Speeder air utility vehicle (AUV) at this year's annual Draper Venture Network CEO Summit in northern California. The debut appearance of the P2 Speeder, an aviation disrupting aircraft, represents a significant milestone for the compact, multi-use vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle. Boasting eight jet engines, the aircraft generated significant attention from investor and entrepreneur delegates attending the invitation-only event, many of whom, including Summit host Tim Draper, jumped on the Speeder to experience what the future of flight might feel like.

Comparable to a motorbike in size, the Speeder prototype marks the next steps on the journey toward the final aircraft which is being designed and modeled to lift 1,000 lb and fly 400 miles at over 500mph in unpiloted cargo mode. Speeder P2 is the third full scale prototype developed by Mayman Aerospace and will begin test flights in Q3 2022. The company is currently working closely with the FAA toward flight certification. Initial test flights will be remotely controlled, with piloted tests anticipated toward the end of Q4 2022.

Once certified, Speeder aircraft will enable an operator to jump on, press start, and take off. Everything from the glossy, aerodynamic carbon fiber body to the ergonomic pilot position is developed to provide Speeder operators with maximum flight efficiency and ultra-safe system redundancy. This includes a proprietary onboard computer system developed to immediately rebalance engine thrust in the unlikely event of an engine anomaly. This will form an essential part of the aircraft safety systems.

Faster and more powerful than electric drones and eVTOLs, smaller and dramatically less expensive than a helicopter and powered by regular, Zero Net Carbon or Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), the Speeder AUV defines a completely new class of aircraft. The technology enables economies of production scale over a very short timeline.

Mayman Aerospace is currently in advanced conversations with potential customers in national defense, critical cargo, wildland firefighting (coordinated swarmed support for air tankers), and disaster relief (delivery of medical supplies, water, generators, and medevac), with letters of intent from qualified non-retail customers being accepted.

Tim Draper, a primary investor in the project said, “The Speeder AUV is a total game changer. It is one of the most exciting, industry disrupting technologies we’ve seen, and we were thrilled to provide this platform for its first public unveiling. We believe Speeder is the future of VTOL flight and I’m personally looking forward to flying one myself.” Company CEO David Mayman added, "Working with Tim Draper is a great honor and pleasure. Tim's guidance, vision, and wisdom makes him an essential member of the Speeder Team."

JetPack Aviation Corp., founded by entrepreneur Mayman, has created a new brand group called Mayman Aerospace which will initially focus on developing Speeders for a variety of practical applications. The existing JetPack Aviation brand group will continue to design and market JetPacks, JetPack Flight Experiences, JetPack Racing Series, and JetPack Entertainment Flights.

Mayman said, “We launched JetPack Aviation a decade ago, and the name has served development of our JetPack technology well, but as we look to the future, we needed a brand that clearly defines our professional, as opposed to consumer, Speeder product and markets. Mayman Aerospace is pushing the outer limits of VTOL flight and will continue to innovate and incorporate new technologies including hydrogen powered turbine engines, electric fanjets and turbofan propulsion, complex sense and avoid sensors for autonomous swarming, and potentially even supersonic flight."

Learn how surface intelligence can be implemented at your company.

About the presentation Manufacturers struggle with intermittent failures around cleaning, coating, welding, and bonding operations. These challenges lead to issues with supply chain robustness, warranty risks, damage to brand image, dissatisfied customers, and frustrated employees. This presentation explores advanced inspection technologies, new methodologies, and expertise allowing manufacturers to implement a new type of data across every aspect of their operation – surface intelligence. Join us to learn how surface intelligence data will properly equip your R&D efforts, align your supply chain, guarantee mission-critical decisions, and enable advanced innovation. We’ll delve into real-world case studies that demonstrate how manufacturers remedied long-standing issues and unlocked breakthrough performance by leveraging this new surface intelligence data.

Meet your presenter Science's sales manager, Lucas Dillingham, has more than 15 years of materials science experience. He helped a variety of organizations create specifications, set up workflows, advise on surface preparation techniques, and discover non-obvious variables causing lost time, material, and undue warranty cost. Currently, Dillingham leads the Brighton Science sales team delivering surface intelligence to manufacturing organizations around the world.

About the company Brighton Science is a cutting-edge materials science-based company that delivers effective adhesion quality control for manufacturers who are concerned with adhesive bonding, painting, coating, printing, and cleaning.

Brighton Science equips manufacturers with the insight to reduce scrap, recalls, and rework caused by adhesion failure. Our action-oriented surface lab services, coupled with fast, easy, accurate, and non-destructive surface inspection products provide quantifiable, repeatable tests that produce results that allow manufacturers to fix adhesion problems.