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IMTS: Beyond Being There – Modern Machine Shop

by admin on July 30, 2012

Article  From:  7/30/2012
Modern Machine Shop, Matt Danford,   Editor

The IMTS balloon, which has become a veritable mascot for the biennial event since making its inaugural flight in 2004, features a new design and logo this year. Throughout the summer, it has been touring the country to appear at ballooning festivals in Michigan, Vermont, Ohio, New Jersey, Wisconsin and New Mexico. It will make its final stop on the front lawn of McCormick Place, where it will be displayed prominently during the show.

 

 The IMTS Rally Fighter, a car built by Local Motors based on input from an open-source design community, toured the United States to promote the show on its way to Chicago. Make sure to stop by the Emerging Technology Center, located in Booth N-650, to witness an identical model being built live on the show floor as part of the ETC’s collaborative manufacturing focus.

The 29th edition of North America’s premier manufacturing technology exposition is organized by AMT—The Association for Manufacturing Technology and located at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago. Exhibits are divided into ten industry-specific pavilions.

 

 MMS Publisher Gardner Business Media’s Advanced Manufacturing Center, which debuted at IMTS 2008, returns this year with a display of the Boeing Fuel Cell Demonstrator Aircraft (shown here) and a Lotus Formula 1 racecar. In addition to these displays, keep an eye out for copies of MMS and its sister publications as well as the Virtalis Virtual Reality Theater, which will enable attendees to see the power of the relationship between design, manufacture, and data — all in virtual reality.

IMTS.com is the best place to start planning for your trip. In addition to the basics—registration, parking, hotel information and so forth—you’ll find specialized resources for visitors and exhibitors, details about programs, speakers and events, and more. Be sure to sign up for the two free email newsletters, which provide regular show and technology updates. The site also links to MyShow Planner, an interactive, Web-based utility from Map Your Show (a unit of MMS publisher Gardner Business Media) that puts the entire floor plan, a personalized itinerary, exhibitor contact information, and more at the fingertips of anyone with web access or a compatible mobile device.

Perhaps the most notable new feature this year is the addition of the Industrial Automation North America (IANA) Show, a result of a partnership between IMTS and German trade show organizer Deutsche Messe. The event, which will occupy its own pavilion in the Lakeside Center (East Building), will showcase production automation technology to complement IMTS’ focus on metalworking and precision manufacturing. Educational offerings are also more extensive than in past years, organizers say, with six separate conference programs offering hundreds of unique, industry-specific sessions. Another new attraction, IMTSEdu, offers presentations and town-hall style discussions geared toward helping manufacturers make effective use of social media, among other topics. On the main concourse, the new AMT Manufacturing Stage will host such industry VIPs as AMT President Doug Woods, Local Motors President and CEO Jay Woods and Harry Moser of the Reshoring Initiative.

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