IMI: Digital Manufacturing 2016 Conference
May 11 - 13, 2016 - Scottsdale ME USInformation Management Institute, Inc
susan@imiconf.com
Phone:207-235-2225
Fax:207-235-2227
IMI’s Digital Manufacturing 2016 Conference will explore current digital manufacturing technologies, ancillary manufacturing infrastructure requirements, application opportunities, challenges, needed improvements to enhance implementation, economics and other factors essential to the growth and expansion of Digital Manufacturing. What is Digital Manufacturing? Digital Manufacturing is a collective term that encompasses numerous technologies utilized to produce products from digital files. Examples of terms which we define as being various forms of digital manufacturing include 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Manufacturing, Personal Manufacturing and Layered Manufacturing among others – all of which manufacture end products from a digital file using computer controlled devices in a primarily additive process – rather than subtractive processes typically utilized in traditional manufacturing (milling, machining, etc.). Technologies currently being utilized for digital manufacturing include stereolithography, ink jet printing/deposition, selective laser sintering, fused deposition modeling, aerosol jet deposition, solid ground curing, laser engineered net shaping and ultrasonic consolidation among numerous others. But Digital Manufacturing has many important aspects other than the “output technology,” such as design software, high powered computer capabilities, data and materials handling systems and much more. Why is Digital Manufacturing Important to You? Digital Manufacturing is being utilized in numerous industries including aerospace, automotive, biomedical (dentistry, prosthetics, tissue, etc.), composites, construction, consumer goods, energy, jewelry, machine tool, military/defense and many others. Manufacturers cite advantages and benefits such as the following for their implementation of Digital Manufacturing technologies: • Precision Individualized Products • Minimal Inventory Costs (Space, Overhead & Product Costs) • Materials Conservation (No or Minimal Machining/Finishing Waste) • Increased Design Flexibility • On-Demand Production • Time Savings (Design, Prototyping & Production) • Production of Products Not Conventionally Manufacturable (Complex Shapes, Internal Voids, Layered Structures, etc.) • Centralized Design & Remote or Distributed Manufacturing • & More! IMI conference programs bring together delegates from diverse cross sections of the topic industries and are designed to enable attendees to obtain the latest technical, market and application information while allowing time to network with other attendees in a time and cost efficient manner. Conference participation will enable attendees to meet with the digital manufacturing industry’s leading experts in a single location over a short period of time thus maximizing information transfer efficiency and minimizing travel and time expenses.