Join us at Manufacturing Technology Conference 2024

Come to our stand to learn more how Hexagon solutions can improve your manufacturing efficiency, sustainability and profitability.

Manufacturing Technology Conference brings together technicians from the design and manufacturing industry to share knowledge about manufacturability. This conference will increase knowledge about manufacturability  for developers and help you look for possibilities that are previously unknown.

When: 16 April 2024
Where: NH Conference Centre Koningshof

Be inspired, learn and network

Discover the future of manufacturing with Hexagon at the Manufacturing Technology Conference on April 16, 2024 and learn more how our solutions today take data from design and engineering, production and metrology and use it to make manufacturing smarter.

Design - Unlock the potential of Additive Manufacturing (AM) with our groundbreaking Designing for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) solution. Learn how to optimize designs and ensure manufacturability while maximizing performance and minimizing weight. 
Make - Explore how AM process modeling and simulation can help mitigate manufacturing issues, ensure production of parts within tolerance, and thus revolutionize your AM process development workflow.
Inspect - Finally, experience the next evolution of Statistical Process Control (SPC) with our Enhanced SPC solution, integrated with cutting-edge AI/ML technology. Witness how we combine NDT data, metrology data, process data, and simulation data to detect defects early and perform root cause analysis. Join us to discover how AI/ML methods can empower you to reduce failed parts in production, streamline operations, and elevate your manufacturing capabilities to new heights.

Don't miss this opportunity to join our masterclass and round table sessions during the event to be at the forefront of innovation. We are confident we can help you to take your business to the next level. Simply fill out the form on this page, and we'll be in touch to arrange the best time for you.

We are thrilled to present the following topics:

Title: Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) - Supporting your product and associated AM process development to achieve "first time right" production.
Bio: Mathieu Pérennou is Additive Manufacturing Solutions Director at Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division. In this role, he oversees all Hexagon’s Additive Manufacturing (AM) activities, coordinating technical and business development with stakeholders across its Manufacturing Intelligence division and industrial markets. He also supports the development of AM ecosystem partnerships and drives the strategy and development of end-to-end additive manufacturing solutions that address the need for improved productivity and quality from design to finished part.
 
Based in France, Mathieu has more than twenty years’ experience in the modelling and simulation of manufacturing processes (Simufact, Hexagon, ESI Group, Autoform), with a specific focus on metals.		         

 

Abstract: 

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is well known for pushing the boundaries when it comes to product design. To unleash this unprecedented design freedom, generative design using topology optimization techniques can be used to define the geometry of your product such as to maximize its performance while reducing its weight by optimizing the material use and distribution in order to sustain the predefined load cases and meet the product performance objectives.

However, not everything can be 3D-printed. Like conventional manufacturing processes, AM also has process limitations. Deigning for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) means taking these AM-specific manufacturing constraints into consideration while design a product, so that the product can indeed be produced.
For this, AM process modelling and simulation can be used to design the AM process and virtually produce a part in order to identify potential manufacturing issues, mitigate these, and in return adapt the product design to improve and ensure its manufacturability.

Additionally, process simulation can be used to identify distortions and generate the distortion-compensated geometry to be fed to the printer in order to ensure a final part that will print within tolerance.

Title: Enhanced Statistical Process Control applied to AM
Bio: Sven Gondrom-Linke, a physicist with PhD in material science, started his career at the Fraunhofer Development Center X-Ray Technology. There he was member of research staff and Deputy Group Leader before he changed to industry in 2004. He developed 3D-CT systems and methods as Manager R&D and as General Manager Technology. Since 2013 he is working as Head of Technical Consulting at Volume Graphics, a Hexagon company.   

 

Abstract:Conventional Statistical Process Control (SPC) alone is likely to fall short for AM applications.
By combining Non Destructive Testing (NDT) data, metrology data, process data, and simulation data, we are able to perform a root cause analysis that will help identify correlations between process parameters and occurring defects using AI/ML methods to meet Industry 4.0 expectations.
This enhanced SPC approach allows us to detect potential defects earlier or even before they happen and thus reduce the number of failed parts in production.
Potentially, this approach may also help reduce the efforts in Computed Tomography (CT) and NDT activity.

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Design and Engineering

Learn something new and make your design and engineering processes smarter by joining a demonstration of our computer-aided engineering (CAE), finite element analysis (FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and multi-body dynamics (MBD) software solutions.

Production Software

Speak to our experts who will be on hand to learn about your production process, and demonstrate our CAD CAM and CNC simulation software solutions, which can help you keep your business running at optimal efficiency.

Metrology and Inspection

Scanning will be taking place throughout the day using the Hexagon Absolute Arm, a portable coordinate measurement solution that enables you to measure accurately in a variety of environments.