MACH 2024 SHOW
robots in manufacturing – lagging not just behind the economic superpowers, but also the likes of Spain and Finland. The Automation and Robotics
Knowledge Hub will showcase how easily the technology can be adopted into existing manufacturing operations, automating repeatable processes, improving accuracy and consistency, and reducing repetitive and monotonous tasks. MTC Chief Automation Officer, Mike
Wilson, comments: “Robotics and automation is key to solving the UK’s productivity puzzle. This under-pinning technology will help manufacturers achieve high productivity and net zero aspirations while solving some of the UK’s labour shortage issues. It is also a significant contributor to strengthening the UK’s supply chain and securing resilient UK manufacturing capability.” The Sustainable Solutions Knowledge
Hub, sponsored by Lloyds Bank, will guide manufacturers on how investing in energy efficient technology now, backed by government incentives, can help offset energy cost increases, improve business fitness for the future and help balance the ‘cost of doing business’. Dave Atkinson, UK Head of
Manufacturing SME & Mid Corporates, Lloyds Bank comments: “Understanding how to get to Net Zero is one of the biggest hurdles for UK manufacturers. Many are looking for help and advice with the challenge they’ve been set by their supply chain and customers
to improve sustainability and reduce their carbon emissions. Lloyds Bank are delighted to be partnering with the MTC to deliver the Sustainable Solutions Knowledge Hub at MACH 2024, providing impartial guidance on how small and medium sized businesses can accelerate their journey to Net Zero.” The Additive Manufacturing Knowledge
Hub is designed to help visitors looking to learn how to develop, adopt and use additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology in their manufacturing processes. Expert advice and wayfinding will be on offer from AM-UK on how to use the technology for making production parts and products directly from design data – building accurate components by adding layers of material to obtain the final shape with minimal waste.
The Consumable Tooling Knowledge
Hub is where visitors should head to receive impartial advice on how to optimise their machining processes and how to deal with real-life machining challenges. The Hub will offer advice on matching the most suitable cutting tool material and insert geometry with the workpiece material to be machined, through to key considerations such as tool paths and cutting data. Visitors can meet experts from the AMRC who will be on-hand to help visitors with the complexities of metal cutting. The Data and AI Knowledge Hub
will explore how SME’s can use this technology to drive growth and innovation in manufacturing by measuring the output of their current operation, looking for opportunities to improve and ensuring supply meets demand. The aim of the Knowledge Hub is to provide advice and wayfinding, addressing the manufacturing applications that can be supported by data, technology and automated processes. James Selka concludes: “The UK
must adapt to the global environment, accepting there will be partial de- globalisation. Greater adoption of the latest, most powerful technologies will therefore be vital to achieving this, helping improve manufacturing efficiency and optimising productivity. Through our Knowledge Hubs at MACH 2024, the MTA are doing everything we can to help UK manufacturers focus on the new technology, explain when to adopt it and how to implement it to best effect.”
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