Inspiration through Innovation is firmly established as a ‘go-to’ event for manufacturers looking to find out more about the latest innovative technology solutions in the market. This year’s event is no different and with over 40 exhibitors, a full and varied seminar programme, a new series of best-practice tutorials and 18 innovative and challenging machining demonstrations planned.
This year, Inspiration through Innovation has changed focus with much more emphasis being given to the range and type of innovative and challenging machining demonstrations taking place: “This year we’ve put machining demonstrations right at the heart of the event,” explained Mike Fleming, Seco Tools UK’s sales & marketing manager.
“There are more demonstrations taking place; all are industry-specific and all are either actual ‘customer’ components or have been based on real-life applications.”
Although the focus has changed the emphasis is still very much on collaboration, best-practice and knowledge-sharing with every demonstration being the result of a collective working partnership between Seco Tools and its technical partners.
All technical partners, representing machine tool builders and leading CAD/CAM, workholding, cutting fluid and metrology specialists, are directly involved in at least one machining demonstration taking place at this year’s event.
Making the machining demonstrations more relevant and partnership-led isn’t the only change: “In previous years, the machining demonstrations took place in the main exhibition area, surrounded by technical partner exhibition stands. This arrangement meant that visitors didn’t always have good access to the demonstrations taking place,” Mr Fleming affirms. “For the 2018 event, a large and specific machining demonstration zone has been created, totally separate from the exhibition area.”
There are nine leading-edge seminars planned over the two-day event – each delivered by a recognised industry-expert and each focused on a relevant manufacturing and/or machining issue.
In addition to the seminars a new series of tutorials is also planned. These tutorials, more focused in scope and scale, tackle specific challenges that include best-practice machining of different workpiece materials such as stainless and nickel-based alloys.
“Inspiration through Innovation 2018 is about teamwork and cooperation and how both can help manufacturers raise their game,” Mr Fleming concluded.
The event is free to visitors, and doors open on both days at 9am, closing at 7.30pm on the 9th October and 5pm on the 10th October. Manufacturers wishing to attend can register by visiting Seco’s website.
Inspiration through Innovation 2018 www.secotools.com/ITI
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