Satellite Sessions

With all the buzzwords and hype surrounding Industry 4.0, the aerospace and defense manufacturing sector has continued to lag behind other industries in its urgency for the adoption of automation.

Paired with an ever-growing talent shortage, this lack of operational technology has left many Aerodef manufacturers small and large making decisions mostly on gut instinct alone, leading to remarkable inefficiencies that affect every component of a company’s operation from significant downtime and production losses. With mounting competition and increasing pressure on pricing, it’s never been more important for Aerodef manufacturers to deliver the best product faster than ever, meaning help is needed and it’s needed it right now.

Enter Industry 4.0, the silver bullet to solve manufacturing’s problems right? Not exactly. In fact, 81% of IIoT implementations fail (McKinsey, 2020) due to the time-consuming and prohibitively expensive nature of implementation and deployment.

Organizations are now realizing that data needs to be used constructively and appropriately enterprise-wide– even by non-technical end-users – to make informed decisions quickly and uncover opportunities for the business to improve. We have on our hands a whole new arsenal of tools to drive the shop floor with. This session is designed for the manufacturer who is tired of inaction and is ready to start leveraging or accelerate their usage of these tools to make an impact on their bottom line right today and into the future.

Moderator: Graham Immerman, VP of Marketing, MachineMetrics

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Various organizations within the Department of Defense (DoD), its contractors, and research partners have been developing and implementing cold spray technology for nearly two decades. The technology improves operational readiness, sustainment and maintenance costs. Additionally, it is being evaluated for aerospace use and building new parts from scratch. Although cold spray technology is sufficiently advanced, it is in the early stages of implementation. Join this panel session to gain a better understanding of the ongoing and planned DoD cold spray programs and how the DoD intends to broaden cold spray applications and benefits.ancasr

Moderator: Keith DeVries, Program Manager – Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Manufacturing Science and Technology Program (MSTP)

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This webinar will discuss the connected technologies used to monitor real-time knowledge including the health and availability of all IIoT assets. Experts will provide an understanding about how capturing data and utilizing information will drive actions that keep assets running at optimal utilization, as well as minimizing the failures and unexpected down time.

Establishing a manufacturing command center provides visibility of all connected assets and ability to response to change in production plan based on the asset’s availability instead of traditional MRP plans, which can become obsolete if assets availability changes. These command centers can deliver up to 40-60 % asset utilization improvement in a typical aerospace manufacturing environment and millions of dollars in capital avoidance as productions are required to ramp up.

Ramping production from the downturn of internal production and supply chain response relies upon the skilled labor rehire and retraining success. Panelists will discuss how the successful integration of an IIoT strategy will lessen the effects of inconsistent skilled labor by implementing technology, which plays a critical role to mitigate risks and make the infrastructure more agile and quick to response.

Moderator: Bill Bigot, Vice President, Business Development, JR Automation

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This webinar will discuss aerospace coatings, selection and applications. Detection, responsiveness and self-repair properties of smart coatings potentially reduce costly malfunctions by enhancing both functionality and durability; therefore, extending the service life of final product.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn the availability of latest coating technologies and Smart materials with improved performance, multi-functionality, and long-term durability
2. Develop in-dept knowledge of Smart materials’ properties, functionalities, tolerance levels, responsiveness, and safeguarding techniques
3. Learn, what works, what doesn’t, and develop rational justification for selecting materials for specific functionality and properties with reduced complexity and costs

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