From Today’s Machine Tool Industry’s Roadmap to Tomorrow’s Machine Tool Capability
May 4, 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Purpose:
  1. Learn what technologies have been targeted by The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) as critical to the Machine Tool industry’s future,
  2. Understand the needs of end users as discussed by six large end user firms,
  3. Learn what technologies have been identified by the Critical Technologies Institute as National Critical Technologies that foretell the future of machine tools, and
  4. Participate in developing a critical path, high risk R&D agenda for the machine tool industry.

Who Should Attend:

Machine tool builders, machine tool users, industry/government policymakers, industry/government R&D program executives.

Session Agenda:

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
AMT’s Roadmap Overview; R&D Gaps
Viewed as Essential for Advancing the Machine Tool Industry
Don Carlson, President, AMT; Charlie Carter, Vice President, Technology, AMT

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
End User Needs for the Next Generation Production Equipment
Dr. Thomas Rochlitz, Manager, Machining, Forming, & Heat Treating, Ford Motor Company
Dennis Miller, Manager, Mechanical Fabrication Producibility Engineering, Raytheon Systems Co.
John Rueping, Associate Director, Eastman Kodak Co.
Fred Jones, Corporate Fellow/Senior Manufacturing Advisor, Lockheed Martin/ORNL
Karl Radune, Group Manager Process Development, Torrington

4:00 pm – 4:20 pm
Case study - Collaborative R&D Between End Users and Technology Providers, Yields Commercial Product
Kevin Bevan, General Manager, Grinder Nighthawk Business, Cincinnati Milacron

4:20 pm – 4:50 pm
First the Report, Then What Happens?
Steven Popper, Associate Director, Critical Technologies Institute

4:50 pm – 5:20
Panel/Audience Discussion on Needs for the Next Generation Production Equipment
Panel of End Users, Facilitated by Ralph Resnick, Director, Extrude Hone

5:20 pm – 5:30 pm
Next Steps
John Fedor, President & CEO, Masco Machine, Inc.; Chairman, AMT

Objectives:

Examine AMT’s roadmap, "A Technology Roadmap for the Machine Tool Industry," with a view toward identifying the R&D needs of this industry. This session will also examine the Critical Technologies being identified and cited in the fourth biennial National Critical Technologies Report, due to be submitted to the President by October 1, 1998 and then to Congress, that impact the industry.

Background:

Advanced machine tools are vital to the realization of tomorrow’s Critical Technologies. Their importance is underscored by the formation in 1902 of AMT’s precursor, the National Machine Tool Builders’ Association, and the founding of the Critical Technologies Institute via 42 USC Sec. 6686. Both organizations are committed to researching, supporting and pursuing developments necessary to maintain and advance this important industry.

Technique:

Presenters from AMT, six large end users, and the Critical Technologies Institute will be followed by a panel/audience discussion to define the critical path, high risk R&D agenda. Representatives from NIST ATP, DoE, and others will be invited to contribute to the discussion and formation of this agenda.

Session Contact: Constance J. S. Philips - 734-995-7051, conniep@ncms.org
98 Conference Agenda