Advanced Manufacturing Now

Manufacturing USA's Modern Makers program seeks to promote careers in advanced manufacturing by highlighting success stories within the Manufacturing USA network. John Louka, Application Engineer at CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute; and Rodrigo Perez, Manufacturing Systems Integration Engineer at MxD, the digital manufacturing institute and National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing, sit down with Chris Mahar, Managing Editor, to talk about their experiences in manufacturing, the opportunities that many don't know about, and the exciting careers available in the industry.

For this special Voices AMplified podcast, host John Barnes, CEO and founder of The Barnes Global Advisors and Metal Powderworks, talks with Chris Williams.

Barnes talks with Williams, who holds a PhD and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, about being an agent of change and his passion of solving problems with students and companies through additive manufacturing.

Past-Chair of SME's AM Technical Community Leadership Committee John Barnes, CEO and founder of The Barnes Global Advisors and Metal Powderworks, is guest host for this special Voices AMplified podcast.

Barnes talks with Anthony Mott, Additive Manufacturing Leader at Wabtec Corporation, who shares his story leading and propelling both rail and transit vehicles towards world-class manufacturing in the additive space at Wabtec Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Today's special Voices AMplified podcast features host John Barnes, CEO and founder of The Barnes Global Advisors and Metal Powderworks.

Past-Chair of SME's AM Technical Community Leadership Committee, Barnes, talks with Victor Champagne, Team Lead at U.S. Army CCDC Army Research Laboratory. Champagne, honored at the Pentagon in the Hall of Heroes, is the world's foremost authority on cold spray technology, among many other achievements.

Medical equipment and devices are critical to the nation's well-being—but only if they work properly and are properly validated. In this podcast, Carrie Pfeifer of Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions, shares her insights on how to choose and use the best tools to optimize performance.

To learn more about the ZEISS CMM Validation Service, visit them at ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions

If you'd like to contact ZEISS directly, send them an email at [email protected].

To fully reap the benefits of advanced robotics, manufacturers must keep them up and running efficiently. This requires proper maintenance. In this podcast, Daryl Luke, Castrol's global product manager, details how shops can best use lubrication, including the differences between oil and grease.

Manufacturers can reap myriad benefits by allowing machines to operate autonomously without having humans to stand watch, including greater efficiency, improved quality and lower costs. Unattended systems also enables line workers to focus on more value-added tasks. In this podcast, Jared Leick, Mazak's machining product group manager, explains how to best implement such strategies and overcome potential hurdles.

Learn more about Mazak by visiting them at mazak.com

John Schulz, director of sustainability operations at AT&T, joins Smart Manufacturing contributing lead editor Amy Bryson for a discussion on climate change and manufacturing, exploring ways connectivity solutions can lead to greater efficiency and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Rick Crabtree, product solution specialist, auto aluminum at Sandvik Coromant, joins contributing lead editor Amy Bryson for a discussion about how to overcome challenges on the machine shop floor to optimize operations and lower die cast aluminum manufacturing costs without sacrificing quality.

To learn more about Sandvik Coromant, visit them at https://www.sandvik.coromant.com/en-us.

Strategic coach Jeff Kimball and fractional CIO Eric Sluss from technology advisor Net at Work join Amy Bryson, contributing lead editor of Smart Manufacturing, to discuss the optimal strategic planning process and technology roadmap to achieve business outcomes such as growth, efficiency or productivity. Make sure you also check out the companion webinar: Aligning Your Technology Roadmap for Strategic Success - Net at Work - SME Resources