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Exhibits Open
Halls A-C
Visit the exhibits to meet suppliers, explore new technology, and ask questions of the experts.
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11/16/2021 9:30 am
11/16/2021 5:00 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Exhibits Open
Visit the exhibits to meet suppliers, explore new technology, and ask questions of the experts.
Halls A-C
AeroDef Manufacturing Conference
The AeroDef Manufacturing conference provides diverse technical sessions to choose from and each session offers a unique opportunity for aerospace manufacturers and defense manufacturers to meet face- …
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11/16/2021 10:15 am
11/16/2021 4:10 pm
America/Los_Angeles
AeroDef Manufacturing Conference
The AeroDef Manufacturing conference provides diverse technical sessions to choose from and each session offers a unique opportunity for aerospace manufacturers and defense manufacturers to meet face-to-face with engineers, product designers, and managers to find innovative solutions to their most difficult manufacturing challenges. Presentations offer a practical look at the issues encountered at multiple levels of the extended enterprise and represent a wide spectrum of manufacturing technologies.
WESTEC attendees may add the AeroDef Manufacturing Conference Pass for an additional fee.
Technical Sessions & Featured Panels include:
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise
- Automation, Assembly & Robotics
- Composites Manufacturing & Advanced Materials
- Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0
Shifting into High Gear: The Post-Recession World
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As unexpected as the recession was in 2020 the recovery has been just as startling. The rebound brings a good deal of excitement but challenges as well. What to do about inflation, what impact does th …
Chris Kuehl, PhD
Managing Director
Armada Corporate Intelligence
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11/16/2021 11:00 am
11/16/2021 11:50 am
America/Los_Angeles
Shifting into High Gear: The Post-Recession World
As unexpected as the recession was in 2020 the recovery has been just as startling. The rebound brings a good deal of excitement but challenges as well. What to do about inflation, what impact does this have on labor shortage, supply chains and revenue? Manufacturing did better than expected in 2020 as consumers spent less on services – what happens as they return to that service orientation. Will supply chain issues drive more on-shoring and re-shoring?
SME ZONE - Booth 1145Adapt Your Manufacturing Process: DO MORE WITH LESS
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Manufacturers today face a major paradox: high demand for faster lead time and a dwindling workforce. Integrating robotic automation into your manufacturing process frees up floor space and increases …
Jake Corning
Regional Automation Manager – Standards
Acieta
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11/16/2021 12:00 pm
11/16/2021 12:50 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Adapt Your Manufacturing Process: DO MORE WITH LESS
Manufacturers today face a major paradox: high demand for faster lead time and a dwindling workforce. Integrating robotic automation into your manufacturing process frees up floor space and increases productivity, all with fewer workers. We will expand on the benefits of robotic automation and how to choose the right robotics integrator as well as share real-world examples of how automation has helped Acieta customers address labor shortages, increase capacity, and position their business for future growth.
Key takeaway point: How do you set yourself apart from other companies to attract and keep good workers? Hire a robot to do the dirty, dull and repetitive tasks.
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Survive the Labor Shortage with Modern Technology and Automation
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Labor shortages, floor space, and production demands are among the challenges that manufacturers are facing today. How can manufacturers survive, and even thrive? The answer is automation and adopting …
Ben Barton
Solutions Engineer
Paperless Parts
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11/16/2021 2:00 pm
11/16/2021 2:30 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Survive the Labor Shortage with Modern Technology and Automation
Labor shortages, floor space, and production demands are among the challenges that manufacturers are facing today. How can manufacturers survive, and even thrive? The answer is automation and adopting modern technology. Automation is not about replacing skilled workers, but rather increasing productivity and making processes more efficient to free up time to work on more meaningful tasks and more productive work. Adopting modern technology and automation is also critical in order to attract a new generation to the industry. Millennials and Gen Z are the next eligible candidates as Baby Boomers begin to retire, and this next generation expects modern technology to support their jobs.
SME ZONE - Booth 1145Designing Fixtures for Automation
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Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with y …
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11/16/2021 2:45 pm
11/16/2021 3:15 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Designing Fixtures for Automation
Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with your questions and challenges and are included with your show floor pass!
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The Applications and Benefits of Induction Heating
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Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with y …
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11/16/2021 3:30 pm
11/16/2021 4:00 pm
America/Los_Angeles
The Applications and Benefits of Induction Heating
Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with your questions and challenges and are included with your show floor pass!
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Exhibits Open
Halls A-C
Visit the exhibits to meet suppliers, explore new technology, and ask questions of the experts.
Floor Plan and Exhibitor List New Products …
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11/17/2021 9:30 am
11/17/2021 5:00 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Exhibits Open
Visit the exhibits to meet suppliers, explore new technology, and ask questions of the experts.
Halls A-C
AeroDef Manufacturing Conference
The AeroDef Manufacturing conference provides diverse technical sessions to choose from and each session offers a unique opportunity for aerospace manufacturers and defense manufacturers to meet face- …
Read more
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11/17/2021 10:15 am
11/17/2021 4:10 pm
America/Los_Angeles
AeroDef Manufacturing Conference
The AeroDef Manufacturing conference provides diverse technical sessions to choose from and each session offers a unique opportunity for aerospace manufacturers and defense manufacturers to meet face-to-face with engineers, product designers, and managers to find innovative solutions to their most difficult manufacturing challenges. Presentations offer a practical look at the issues encountered at multiple levels of the extended enterprise and represent a wide spectrum of manufacturing technologies.
WESTEC attendees may add the AeroDef Manufacturing Conference Pass for an additional fee.
Technical Sessions & Featured Panels include:
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise
- Automation, Assembly & Robotics
- Composites Manufacturing & Advanced Materials
- Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0
Smart Manufacturing: Crucial for Small and Medium Manufacturers, Critical for Large Manufacturers to Support Them
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Smart Manufacturing technologies have been around for more than 10 years. However, they have been almost exclusively deployed at large manufactures since they have been too complicated and unaffordabl …
Stephan Biller, PhD
CEO & President
Advanced Manufacturing International Inc. (AMI)
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11/17/2021 11:00 am
11/17/2021 11:50 am
America/Los_Angeles
Smart Manufacturing: Crucial for Small and Medium Manufacturers, Critical for Large Manufacturers to Support Them
Smart Manufacturing technologies have been around for more than 10 years. However, they have been almost exclusively deployed at large manufactures since they have been too complicated and unaffordable for SMMs.
In this talk, we describe the impact of Smart Manufacturing technologies on productivity, responsiveness and resiliency, explore a new way to deploy Smart Manufacturing technologies at Small to Medium-sized Manufacturers (SMMs), and discuss why large manufacturers should actively help SMMs with their digital transformation to achieve supply chain resiliency.
We end with a discussion of how Artificial Intelligence, IoT, cloud, and 5G will impact the Digital Transformation of all manufacturers.
SME ZONE - Booth 1145Digital Transformation for Small to Large Manufacturers: Optimizing the Factory Floor
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Panelists will discuss what Smart Digital Technologies are accelerating results and outline practical solutions on how and why integrating operational technology using real-time data enables speed and …
Stephan Biller, PhD
CEO & President
Advanced Manufacturing International Inc. (AMI)
Christine Barnhart, CPIM, PMP
VP of Product Strategy & GTM
Verusen
Larry Megan, PhD
Vice President, Smart Manufacturing Programs
Advanced Manufacturing International Inc. (AMI)
Ignacio Serrano
Manager, Transformation Manufacturing for Strategic Space
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Thomas Muth
Strategic Business Development & Offer Marketing Director
DELMIA
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11/17/2021 1:00 pm
11/17/2021 1:50 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Digital Transformation for Small to Large Manufacturers: Optimizing the Factory Floor
Panelists will discuss what Smart Digital Technologies are accelerating results and outline practical solutions on how and why integrating operational technology using real-time data enables speed and agility to protect your customer and your bottom line.
Moderator: Stephan Biller, PhD, CEO & President, Advanced Manufacturing International Inc. (AMI)
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Maximizing your Cost Savings when Threading
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Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with y …
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11/17/2021 2:00 pm
11/17/2021 2:30 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Maximizing your Cost Savings when Threading
Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with your questions and challenges and are included with your show floor pass!
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Quick Change Tooling
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Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with y …
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11/17/2021 2:45 pm
11/17/2021 3:15 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Quick Change Tooling
Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with your questions and challenges and are included with your show floor pass!
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Networking Reception
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Enjoy complimentary drinks, meet with exhibitors, and connect with attendees and speakers.
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11/17/2021 3:30 pm
11/17/2021 5:00 pm
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Networking Reception
SME ZONE - Booth 1145
Enjoy complimentary drinks, meet with exhibitors, and connect with attendees and speakers.
Supercharge CNC Program Optimization
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Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with y …
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11/17/2021 3:30 pm
11/17/2021 4:00 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Supercharge CNC Program Optimization
Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with your questions and challenges and are included with your show floor pass!
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Community of Manufacturing Reception
Long Beach Convention Center Outdoor Promenade
Join fellow attendees, exhibitors, speakers and industry leaders as we gather to celebrate the Community of Manufacturing. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served. …
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11/17/2021 5:00 pm
11/17/2021 8:00 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Community of Manufacturing Reception
Join fellow attendees, exhibitors, speakers and industry leaders as we gather to celebrate the Community of Manufacturing. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Long Beach Convention Center Outdoor PromenadeAeroDef Manufacturing Workshops
Immerse yourself in innovative processes, materials and best practices for aerospace and defense manufacturing.
WESTEC attendees may add the AeroDef Manufacturing Workshops for an additional fee.
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11/18/2021 9:00 am
11/18/2021 12:00 pm
America/Los_Angeles
AeroDef Manufacturing Workshops
Immerse yourself in innovative processes, materials and best practices for aerospace and defense manufacturing.
WESTEC attendees may add the AeroDef Manufacturing Workshops for an additional fee.
There are two workshops scheduled:
- Aerospace Coatings and Corrosion Control: Materials and Applications
- Multi-Disciplinary Ecosystems for Preparing Engineers and Educators for Factory of the Future
Exhibits Open
Halls A-C
Visit the exhibits to meet suppliers, explore new technology, and ask questions of the experts.
Floor Plan and Exhibitor List New Products …
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11/18/2021 9:30 am
11/18/2021 4:00 pm
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Exhibits Open
Visit the exhibits to meet suppliers, explore new technology, and ask questions of the experts.
Halls A-C
How Can Your Organization Survive in a Post-COVID-19 World?
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Dr. Ken Sullivan will discuss various factors that can impact an organization’s ability to be able survive the post-COVID-19 business environment.
The following issues will be discussed:
Wha …
Dr. Kenneth W. Sullivan, P.E.
CEO
Micro Craft Inc.
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11/18/2021 11:00 am
11/18/2021 11:50 am
America/Los_Angeles
How Can Your Organization Survive in a Post-COVID-19 World?
Dr. Ken Sullivan will discuss various factors that can impact an organization’s ability to be able survive the post-COVID-19 business environment.
The following issues will be discussed:
- What internal changes can you make to circumvent external changes (customer and supply chain)?
- Can your current culture adapt to the required changes in the long term?
- Does your organizational structure fit the “new normal”?
- Does your organization have the cash to stay in business in the “new normal”?
- Can you “pivot” your current core competencies to other market sectors without risking your current customer base?
- Exit strategies
- What if you cannot make it in the new market?
- Has the industry shifted? Can a company in your demographics survive at its’ location in the supply chain?
- Is it time to pass the torch?
- Is it time to sell?
Software for Designing Dust Collection Ductwork Installations
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Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with y …
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11/18/2021 2:00 pm
11/18/2021 2:30 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Software for Designing Dust Collection Ductwork Installations
Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with your questions and challenges and are included with your show floor pass!
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Designing Fixtures for Automation
SME ZONE - Booth 1145
Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with y …
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11/18/2021 2:45 pm
11/18/2021 3:15 pm
America/Los_Angeles
Designing Fixtures for Automation
Discover the newest methods to improve your operations and increase your profits during a variety of educational opportunities. Knowledge Bars are staffed with experts who are eager to help you with your questions and challenges and are included with your show floor pass!
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