Grob Systems Inc. to Host Tech Event With Industry Partners
The 5-Axis Live technology event will highlight new machining strategies for optimizing the production of complex medical, aerospace and mold/die parts.
Grob Systems Inc. has announced it will be hosting its 5-Axis Live technology event, together with 19 of its industry partners, on August 22 at Grob’s North America headquarters and production facility in Bluffton, Ohio. The event will include informative seminars and live five-axis machining demonstrations highlighting new machining strategies for optimizing the production of complex medical, aerospace and mold/die parts. Tours will be offered of Grob’s 400,000-square-foot facility, which features vertically integrated manufacturing of machining centers and automation. The event is complimentary and manufacturing professionals are encouraged to attend.
In addition to live demonstrations on a full range of Grob machining centers, other industry partners participating at 5-Axis Live are leaders in machining applications, software, cutting tools, automation design and integration and more. They include Blaser, Blum, Concepts NREC, Empire Dynamics, Emuge-Franken USA, Fraisa, Heidenhain, Kennametal, Mapal, Open Mind Technologies, Robb-Jack, RotoClear, Sandvik Coromant, Schunk, Seco, Siemens, ThirdWave, Walter and Zoller. Seminar presentations will be conducted by Siemens covering its Sinumerik controls; by CAD/CAM software suite developer Open Mind Technologies about HyperMill CAM strategies; and by metal cutting solutions provider Seco discussing its cutting tools for medical applications.
Attendees will also be able to see live demonstrations on a range of Grob G350 and G550 five-axis universal machining centers, as well as the PSS-T300 tower pallet storage system and GRC robot cell. Grob will also have a customer panel available for attendees to learn firsthand what it is like to purchase a Grob machine. There will also be an opportunity to learn how the Grob Apprenticeship Program boosts manufacturing workforce development to address the skills gap crisis.
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