A fairly substantial chunk of my time is spent on technology research & industry forecasting; utilization of cutting-edge tech is embedded in our ethos. It also happens to be an area where I personally nerd out.. probably way to much. Anyway, Having Solidworks World literally steps away from our studio this year and the worlds largest design & manufacturing expo a short drive away, both in the same week, was pretty awesome to say the least!
At SolidWorks World, it was great seeing a lot of industry friends and showing face with quite a few of our vendors. The more intimate (relatively) venue allowed some great connections to be made. The food was pretty good too! Big thanks Autodesk for bringing us along.
Finally got to see one of these HP 3D printers in person. We really want one of these in house.
The J750 is undeniably one of the coolest 3D printers out there right now & we're lucky enough to have access to one! I've gotten some amazing multi-material multi-color parts from this machine.
Spent a good amount of time talking nerdy with NVIDEA, AMD, HP, & Dell and tried to finagle future product info from them.
This Markforged Metal X was to me, the most impressive additive technology at SWW. Interesting technology here but needs to mature a bit.
Of course it was great to see our friends from Haas!
I have a few friends at 3DSystems and they brought some impressive models out.
With rooms for Automation, Packaging, Electronics, Manufacturing, and Medical, the UBM Advanced Design & Manufacturing Show was HUGE! Unfortunately, I was running a tight schedule.. so outside of seeing some automation vendors from my old job at Tessy and meeting a few new contract manufacturers, the show was mostly a whirlwind of watching really cool machines.
Back when I was doing Robot End-of-Arm-Tool design at Tessy Plastics, these guys were our sensor supplier. Great to stay connected!
Robotic arms are advancing every year; cool to see the latest and greatest.
DMG is making some of the coolest machines there is right now. Additive / subtractive hybrids definitely have a bright near-term future.