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Speaker at EAST: John Carpenter, Founder, Owner, President, Excellerant

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EAST Session: Show Floor: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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EAST Session: Abstract : Enterprise-scale manufacturers continue to expand the use of precise 3D data and connected annotations, called Model-Based Definition (MBD), in place of traditional engineering drawings. The extent to which downstream suppliers are able to respond effectively to this ongoing, cross-industry change will be a significant determining factor on the structure of the manufacturing supply change in future decades. Guidelines from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) are major agents for change in this process. The DoD recognizes that MBD's capacity to support interoperable reuse of data across multiple production systems can accelerate engineering and manufacturing, improve quality, and reduce costs. When major private sector institutions like Deloitte produce findings showing how larger enterprises can gain efficiencies through these practices, expectations grow for the downstream suppliers to align themselves to these changes. For example: Lockheed has already made public that it expects its suppliers to be able to provide inspection data generated in downstream processes to be returned to them, a level of data exchange — the Digital Thread — only possible through integrated MBD processes. Understanding the factors that are currently limiting the expansion of MBD practices, and how technologies are being deployed to overcome those limits, gives perspective to today's manufacturing supplier on how they can prepare for the most imminent developments likely to arise. Significance/Importance : Industry advancement towards model-based definition (MBD) grows with each passing day in many key industries; leading the way are aerospace and defense. Major OEM manufacturers are deeply invested in this process evolution, and there are few if any market pressures influencing factors towards any other direction. Only inertia and cost of entry are acting to constrain this fundamental change.

EAST Exhibitor: Mitee-Bite Products, LLC began in 1986 in an oversized 2 car garage with the original Mitee-Bite hex clamp created to save time on a reoccurring production job and grew to become the innovator of compact, low-profile edge clamps for CNC machining. Fast forward more than 30 years later and we continue to develop new products providing customers with a wide assortment of high-density low profile clamping solutions and assistance with clamping recommendations. We have expanded to also provide top level CAD designs and complete turn-key projects. We place our focus on what matters most on your shop floor… making chips! Keeping the spindle running, cutter engagement, reducing idle spindle time, saving on material cost, reducing set-up times and standardization, all contribute to our belief “let the machines work harder while you lower your labor cost and increase capacity.” Mitee-Bite Products are available through many qualified distributors around the world. For contact and product information visit our website at MiteeBite.com.

EAST Exhibitor: At Linde, we are a trusted provider of industrial gases, applications, products, equipment and services that support welding, cutting and other processes. Our PROSTAR® product line includes welding supplies, cutting machines and automation from a large variety of manufacturers, and our strategically distributed plants and hubs allow us to efficiently supply our customers with our full range of industrial and process gases. We are an overall solutions provider and through our exclusive StarSolver® Productivity Enhancement Program, we work with you to reduce manufacturing costs, increase productivity and improve quality. We also have five R&D centers dedicated to developing new technologies that help you do just that.

EAST Exhibitor: The mPower line includes the SpeedLoc™ precision mounting system, ModLoc™ modular tooling columns and SpinLoc™ indexers, the SpinSelect™ Multi-pocket Selectable Tool Holder, and the advanced technology engineered into this unique product line offers you numerous exclusive benefits including: • SpeedLoc Pricision Ficture Mounting System gives you the power to make set-up and fixture changes in just seconds • ModLoc Modular Tooling Columns are quick change hydraulic fixtures that allow you to construct a precision tooling column from existing fixture plates in less than 30 minutes. • SpinLoc Indexing Systems help eliminate operations by getting at more surfaces of the part. •

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