Improving Continuous Improvement Initiatives with Additive Manufacturing
Advances in additive manufacturing (AM) accessibility, reliability, material offering, and part quality has made it a powerful tool for implementing continuous improvement initiatives. AM is ideal for enabling your workforce to drive 6S initiatives, fabricating custom gauges, manufacturing aids, robotic end effectors, poke yoke fixtures, and workplace organizational tools. The presenter will share key factors to consider when using AM for continuous improvement and highlight examples of manufacturers using AM to cut costs and improve efficiency.
Michael Mignatti – MakerBot
Empowering Quality Control & Inspection at Every Level with 3D Scanning
Typically, the process of creating a product is siloed into design first, then manufacture, then inspect. However, in today’s always-on manufacturing and design facilities, inspection must occur at every level to ensure the highest levels of quality control. For companies to design quality parts, more products need to be measured accurately and proactively across the company. For that to happen, technology needs to be accessible, innovative and easy to learn for any employee, no matter their core role. 3D scanning is helping companies to enhance their quality control measures by allowing inspection to happen at all levels. This session will focus on the benefits and uses of 3D scanning for quality control, while also exploring how this technology helps businesses in fact-based decision making and engages all employees for continuous improvement.
Gregory George - 3D Systems