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Manufacturing-industry professionals from all over the world attend IMTS to see more than 15,000 new machine tools, controls, computers, software, components, systems and processes that can improve their efficiency.
• Fabricating/Laser/Additive: home to waterjet, plasma-arc and laser-cutting and welding systems, arc- and resistance- welding equipment, heattreating appa- ratus, additive-manufacturing equipment and more.
• Other pavilions at IMTS include Abra- sive Machining /Sawing/Finishing; Con- trols & CAD–CAM; EDM; Gear Generation; Machine Components/Cleaning/Environ- mental and Quality Assurance.
Complementing the metalworking solutions on display at IMTS are five addi- tional co-located shows:
• Industrial Automation North America
• Motion Drive, & Automation North America
• Surface North America
• ComVac North America
• Industrial Supply North America IMTS is held every even-numbered
year in Chicago and attracts more than 114,000 buyers and sellers from more than 112 countries. Among this year’s exhibitors are several displaying additive manufac- turing technology in a new Additive Man- ufacturing Pavilion. See it all in the North Building, B Hall.
Exhibitors (as of this writing):
• ExOne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N-75
• 3D Systems . . . . . . . . . . .S-9119, N-68
• 3rd Dimension
• Proto Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N-72 • Sciaky, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N-65 • SLM Solutions NA, Inc. . . . . . . .N-71 • Stratasys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N-60 • Vader Systems, LLC . . . . . . . . . . .N-85 • voxeljet America Inc. . . . . . . .N-7097 “Additive manufacturing is incredibly
dynamic, and in order to see new mate- rials, new design ideas and new produc- tion techniques, you need to attend IMTS 2016,” says Peter R. Eelman, vice president of exhibitions & communications at AMT—The Association For Manufacturing Technology, in an IMTS press release. Eel- man emphasizes that the term additive manufacturing encompasses a collection of diverse technologies that includes material providers, 3D printers and asso- ciated equipment such as sintering fur- naces, design and production software, scanners that capture points to create a parametric design, and 3D printing service centers.
“The Additive Manufacturing Pavilion showcases essentially every component necessary for a manufacturing cell,” he says. “In addition, the technology has pro- gressed so far that you’ll also see it on the show floor. Several of the leading machine tool providers will demonstrate hybrid machines that integrate 3D printing and traditional machine tool capabilities.”
(For a roundup on hybrid machines available to manufacturers, check out
senior editor Lou Kren’s article beginning on page 26 of this issue.)
Show dates and hours:
September 12-17
East and West Halls: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. North, C and South Halls: 10 a.m.-6
p.m.
Additive Conference a Homerun
In addition to the new pavilion, IMTS introduces a special 1.5-day Additive Man- ufacturing Conference to this year’s pro- gramming. Slated for Tuesday and Wednesday, September 13 and 14, in the SKY Ballroom B (Room W375-B), the Addi- tive Manufacturing Conference covers processes, applications and materials, and give attendees practical knowledge on how to implement them in their facilities.
Cost: $650 advance (advance pricing through August 12, 2016), $725 standard. Topics Include:
• Lightweighting
• Robotic additive manufacturing
• Combining additive and subtractive
manufacturing • Software
• Automation.
Registration to the Additive Manufac- turing Conference includes full access to the IMTS exhibit halls for all six days.
Learn more and register to attend at www.imts.com. 3DMP
Industrial 3D Printing . . . .
• Cideas Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• Concept Laser . . . . . . . . . . . .
• DM3D Technology, LLC . . .
• EnvisionTEC, Inc . . . . . . . . .
• EOS of North America, Inc.
• GPI Prototype & Manufacturing
Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N-62
• HP Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N-91
• Hybrid Manufacturing
Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N-63
• Linear AMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N-61
• Optomec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N-73
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