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THE CADILLAC CELESTIQ AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CADILLAC THINKS THIS FLAGSHIP SEDAN WILL BRING BACK ITS “STANDARD OF THE WORLD” POSITION. AND ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGY WILL HELP. by Gary S. Vasilash | 13

INVESTMENT TRENDS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: SHIFTING FOCUS by Dayton Horvath | 27

IT ALL ADDS UP: MORE ADDITIVE MACHINE DATA PROVIDES MORE INSIGHTS by Chris Chidzik | 32

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Continuity and Change: The Vital Balance “It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.”

• Fun. This may strike some people as being antithetical to work (even though they won’t admit it). Again: You and the people in your organization spend a large amount of time together doing something that is, well, hard. If it weren’t hard, then everyone could do it, and if they could, then your company is not long for this world because competing in a commodity category is a relentless race to cut price. What is helpful in an organization is to provide the opportunity every so often for people to enjoy themselves – and not “obligatory fun” because that simply doesn’t exist. If you look at companies that have been successful over time – at least 10 years – then you’ll likely find they have their own approach to the way their cultures are built. Consider Danaher, the global science and technology company. Its core values are self-explanatory: • The Best Team Wins While the company has to react to changes – the industries it competes in are health care and environment, so changes are just part of the landscape – it is hard to imagine how it can’t be successful with a motivated team that engages with customers and operates with a continuous-improvement mindset that strives to innovate while recognizing the importance of a return on investment. Dr. Deming also said something else that is germane to this topic: “I am forever learning and changing.” He realized that the more he knew, the more it helped him reconsider what he thought he knew or to change what he had been doing. Our organizations need continuity, things that are fundamental. But they also need to understand that the way things have always been done is likely not the way forward. • Customers Talk, We Listen • Kaizen Is Our Way of Life • Innovation Defines Our Future • We Compete for Shareholders

I can see a sign with that quote by W. Edwards Deming on it from the desk in my office. It reminds me – and all others who see it – that change is mandatory because survival is necessary for our organization, and I’m sure

the same is the same for yours. Of course, change shouldn’t be undertaken randomly, haphazardly, or because a podcast asserted that to not continually change is to go into some sort of stasis. Sometimes change is a choice. For example, a business might have been organized when people essentially stayed at a company for life and didn’t leave every few years as is the case today. So, it is necessary to change some aspects of the business’s organization to both attract and retain employees. Sometimes change results from something in our environment, whether it is economic (e.g., inflation), regulatory (e.g., last August, California passed rules banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035), or market-driven (e.g., a competitor comes out with a new product that makes yours less viable in the market). Regardless of whether change is driven from internal decisions or external forces, one thing that I’ve found essential for an organization is something that provides continuity, that makes the organization what it is. Call it a “mission” or call it a “North Star,” the fundamental nature of the business is something that doesn’t change, even if there are some tweaks or modifications to make it achievable. I’ve led organizations from a machine builder to a technology association (AMT), and in each, I strived to realize four cornerstones that provide the structure to how the organizations do things – not what they do. • Passion. Everyone should be passionate about what they do. Those who simply “punch the clock” or “mail it in” are not creating exceptional products or services. • Pride. This is closely aligned with Passion. When you do something, you should be proud of what you’ve accomplished. Certainly, there are aspects of your job that aren’t the stuff of amazement, but you should never feel less than satisfied for a job well done. • Family. First, there are the people at home. If what you do doesn’t allow you to do right by them, then when you come to work, you are not going to do what you should be doing. This is the case for everyone in your organization. Second, there is your “family” at work. Odds are, you spend more time with them than with your actual family members, so treat them with the same level of respect and deference as you do with the people at home.

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Manufacturing Matters Get details on the latest industry news

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AMT Upcoming Events Important manufacturing technology dates and events to bookmark

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The Cadillac CELESTIQ and Additive Manufacturing by Gary S. Vasilash

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The Big Picture Trends In Additive Manufacturing Investments

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Additive Isn’t New, But It Is Next by Peter Eelman

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A Small Distillery Built on Big Data by Michelle Edmonson

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The World According to Pat McGibbon by Peter Eelman

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Investment Trends in Additive Manufacturing: Shifting Focus by Dayton Horvath

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Manufacturing SHOT Show 2023 by Stephen LaMarca

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It All Adds Up: More Additive Machine Data Provides More Insights by Chris Chidzik

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Manufacturing Matters Check in for the highlights, headlines, and hijinks that matter to manufacturing. These lean news items keep you updated on the latest developments.

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Where Does Additive Manufacturing Add Value to the End User? There are three scenarios where no other manufacturing process or capability can beat additive: point of use and point of manufacturing; optimized fluid path; and utilizing materials that are difficult for subtractive or joining processes. This is translating to real-world applications. The defense sector is experimenting with additive machines on aircraft carriers and forward-operating bases. Products that convey gases are reaping the capability benefits of additive processes and computational designs that could not be solved in the past. End products are shifting to bimetal applications that will drive resilient, cost-effective designs. Still, not all of these have an easy going. Manufacturing at the world’s end requires an ecosystem of data and innovation. Improving gas paths requires cutting computation capabilities. New metal combinations will need certifications. Either way, additive manufacturing is revolutionizing the world, one case at a time.

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Mainstream Interest in AI Will Benefit Manufacturing Artificial intelligence has hit mainstream audiences with the recent release of a new conversational AI technology called ChatGPT. Produced by OpenAI, this online service took just five days to reach a million users and has crossed 100 million in two months. For comparison, Netflix, released in 1999, took 3.5 years to hit a million users, while Facebook, released in 2004, took 10 months. Popular innovations like these can capture the imagination of the public, who begins to understand the technology’s inner workings and how it can be applied to other areas. Could this accelerate the adoption of AI in manufacturing? It’s likely, considering how data rich most manufacturing industries are. An acceleration in the application of AI will likely impact manufacturing processes such as predictive maintenance, quality control, process optimization, and robotics as new AI innovations continue to infiltrate the general population’s vernacular. Expanding Additive Manufacturing Education and Apprenticeship Initiatives National and industry-wide initiatives to develop and expand additive manufacturing education and apprenticeship programs are growing. Manufacturers can depend on e-learning classes in additive manufacturing (AM) from ToolingU/SME to skill up their workforce, especially where hands-on programs do not currently exist at their local schools. America Makes, the Manufacturing USA Institute for AM, has developed educator training and curriculums for primary, secondary, and post-secondary education. Additionally, America Makes and NIMS have developed industry-recognized AM standards and credentials across three specific AM duty areas, including AM designer, AM machine operator, and AM materials technician. Project MFG has launched new integrated manufacturing competitions, including in AM, to expand AM training and education in the defense industrial base. A new AM apprenticeship initiative is underway in Florida with the Florida Space Coast Consortium and additional industry stakeholders, including EOS, Morf3D, and others. For more information, visit tooling.com, americamakes.us, nims-skills.org/additive-smart, and projectmfg.com. SMARTFORCE

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‘Growing’ Markets: Mexico, India Show Promise for Additive Additive manufacturing (AM) has been around since the early 1980s but has only recently made inroads into industrial production processes. Despite remaining challenges (ROI, lack of standards, skills), the future of AM is very optimistic. Medical, aerospace, and automotive are all adopters of the technology. Medical is outpacing other verticals in AM use due to the amount of customization required and the high margins achieved. It is estimated that in the next seven years, the global AM market in medical will grow to more than $5 billion, equaling aerospace and automotive adoption combined. But where? The United States, Europe, and China will remain the main consumers, but guess who else is up there – India and Mexico. Medical investment in both countries is growing by leaps and bounds, and our staff in Chennai and Monterrey are paying close attention, so stay tuned.

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The Cadillac CELESTIQ and Additive Manufacturing Cadillac thinks this flagship sedan will bring back its “Standard of the World” position. And additive technology will help. Tony Roma is the chief engineer of the Cadillac CELESTIQ, an all-new electric vehicle that will go into production by the end of this year. The phrase “go into production” may be a bit exaggerated. “Cadillac’s brand legacy was forged with hand-building the most advanced vehicles of their era,” said Roma. “We are returning to that tradition with CELESTIQ, creating a piece of automotive art with each one produced.” The car will be built at the GM Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, not in a traditional factory. GM has invested $81 million at the campus to support the vehicle. The area where the CELESTIQ will be built is called the “Artisan Center.” BY GARY S. VASILASH CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

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In December 2020 GM opened the 15,000-square-foot Additive Industrialization Center at the Tech Center. It was equipped with 24 machines of various types, including selective laser sintering (SLS), selective laser melting (SLM), fused deposition modeling (FDM), and Multi Jet Fusion. Here the objective is, as the name implies, the productionizing of the processes. Shabbir said that what they want to do is “find a home” for the equipment in manufacturing facilities throughout the GM organization, places where the equipment can be applied. An example of the benefits of rapid prototyping: The process was used to develop brake duct designs for the Corvette C8, and it took nine weeks’ time and 60% of the cost out.

While the whole undertaking is small batch (no more than six vehicles will be in production at any one time) and artisanal, GM is not overlooking contemporary tech for the vehicle, which includes some 300 approved and pending patented technologies and processes, from the tech of the propulsion system to connectivity. In the manufacturing arena, they will be using six large precision sand-cast elements (GM refers to them as “mega castings”) for the vehicle underbody, each of which is said to reduce part count by 30 to 40 components. And it should be no surprise that they are utilizing additive manufacturing for the CELESTIQ build. Additive Infrastructure Building the car at the GM Tech Center is certainly conve nient when it comes to additive. In 2019 in the Cole Engineering Center, the central engineering building on the Tech Center campus, the 4,000-square-foot Additive Innovation Lab was opened. While some companies might have hidden the lab away from crowds, GM put the lab in an area with considerable foot traffic and worked to engage people who expressed interest in what was going on because there was an understanding that while additive would be important, it wasn’t something that a lot of people were familiar with. Ali Shabbir, a GM engineer who focuses on additive, described the Additive Innovation Lab as a “maker space.” With interest in the tech, there could be interest in finding new applications among the engineers who happened to walk by and see the roughly 14 machines in action. While the Additive Innovation Lab is something of an idea generator, GM added to the site something that would put ideas into something more substantial.

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‘Rapid Prototyping’ Like many companies in industries from aerospace to medical devices, GM has been using 3D printing – a term used for the prototyping stages (which explains why there is also the synonymous term “rapid prototyping”) as distinct from addi tive manufacturing (which is more serial production) – for a

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The Cadillac CELESTIQ is considered by the company to be its “most unique and expressive” vehicle in its 120 years. The electric vehicle has a 111-kWh battery pack and a two-motor, all-wheel-drive propulsion system that provides a range of approximately 300 miles and 600 hp. While specs for the vehicle are not presently available (the vehicle is going to go into production in December 2023), to get a sense of its size, know that those are 23-inch wheels. (Image: GM)

number of years. A good example of this – and also good because of the car in question – is the development of the brake cooling ducts for the C8 Corvette. GM found that by using 3D printing during development, the timeline for obtaining prototype parts was reduced by nine weeks, and the associated costs were cut by 60%. Which goes to the point that although there is now more focus being placed on additive manufacturing than rapid prototyping (probably because the former is still comparatively new, and rapid prototyping goes back to the late 1980s, when the process started being commercialized, albeit to a limited extent), there is still a significant amount of time and money that is saved during the prototyping phase of product development – and it has serious ramifications on what will be developed. (And here’s something to keep in mind: It very well may be that whatever is being prototyped using one of the 3D printing processes may be designed in such a way that the item can’t be as effectively or efficiently produced by more traditional manufacturing processes (e.g., machining, molding) – if it can be produced by those processes at all.) So, for the CELESTIQ, there is an abundance of additive near the Artisan Center. GM’s Biggest Additive Deployment According to Roma, there are 115 parts made with additive for each CELESTIQ. There is no other car in the GM lineup that has nearly that many. It is worth noting that the first production applications for additive at GM were for the 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing and CT4-V Blackwing models equipped with six-speed manual

transmissions. There are four parts. Three are functional: two nylon-12 HVAC ducts and an aluminum bracket that is used to secure a wiring harness. The fourth part is a stainless-steel badge that’s affixed to the top of the gearshift knob. For the CELESTIQ there are a wide array of parts, including window switches, grab handles, decorative interior pieces, and vehicle structural elements. The steering wheel center has a decorative front side and a structural reverse. According to Roma, there are 115 parts made with additive for each CELESTIQ. Safety Critical One of the more interesting components that might be over looked but shows the type of advances that are being made at GM is the D-ring that is used to position the seat belt. Seat belts fall under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FM VSS) as regulated, safety-critical parts of a motor vehicle. Roma recalled, “When they [the additive team and the safety team] came to me, I had the reaction: ‘You want to do what?’” The stainless-steel component was developed. When the teams tested the ring to failure, they discovered that it would have been capable of supporting the entire vehicle “and then some.” While GM has yet to share specs of the imposing vehicle, this is a large electric vehicle. Electric vehicles tend to be heavier than those powered by internal combustion engines. Lucid Air’s Dream Edition Performance sedan has a curb

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weight of 5,812 pounds; the GMC HUMMER EV SUT pickup truck tips the scales at 9,640 pounds. Whatever the weight of the CELESTIQ, evidently that additive part has excellent performance characteristics. But There’s This There are two things to know about the CELESTIQ that we’ve kept until now: • The vehicle will have a starting price in the realm of $300,000. Roma said that because this is a hand-built model, customers will be able to have levels of personalization and customization that have heretofore not been even considered. Those choices will certainly have an effect on the price of the car. Conceivably that $300,000 is simply a placeholder that will soon have several significant digits added to it. • The Artisan Center will build no more than six vehicles at any one time. These cars will be built to order. You won’t drive by your local Cadillac dealer and see several parked on the forecourt. Even though this is a production vehicle, the volumes are comparatively small. Perhaps the best way to think about this is to know that in 2022, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars delivered a record 6,021 vehicles globally. And Rolls-Royce has an entire factory dedicated to its vehicles, including a highly popular (comparatively speaking) SUV. (Rolls-Royce’s first use of additive was for the Ghost Extended model launched in 2020; it used beam melting, Multi Jet Fusion, and selective laser sintering.) But Roma made a point about the use of additive for the CELESTIQ and what it means more broadly to GM: “This will help open our manufacturing team’s mind to what’s possible.” He believes that when it comes to deploying additive, there will be an exponential curve, going from hundreds of parts to tens of thousands. The Importance of Tools But there is another place where additive makes a difference. Roma said that they are also using it for producing tools like

check fixtures and assembly fixtures. He said that these tools can otherwise cost tens of thousands of dollars. Again, both cost and time are saved by making the tools with additive. Tools and fixtures are applications that GM is using additive for. Not only are there time and cost benefits, but by being able to make them with polymers rather than metal, they can be significantly lighter than metal versions.

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And there is another important factor: Ergonomics. Sticking with Cadillac: The Escalade is produced at the Arlington Assembly plant in Texas (along with GM’s other full-size SUVs, the Chevy Tahoe, Suburban, and GMC Yukon). To prep the plant for production of the current-generation vehicles, GM invested approximately $1.4 billion in the plant, everything from 1,450 new robots to laser scanners to precisely locate the positions on body panels where piecing is required for assembly. But another thing that they did was use additive to produce some 100 different tools used in the plant. Previously, these tools were made with aluminum. And while aluminum is light, a given tool that is handled by a worker would weigh between 10 and 40 pounds. It wouldn’t take too long before “aluminum is light” would seem an absurd statement. So, using a nylon carbon fiber composite, tools are made that weigh a more manageable three pounds. Roma has been at GM since 1993. He’s had a variety of roles, including race engine team manager for the Cadillac CTS-V racing program. He’s worked on the Camaro, Corvette, GTO. So, when he says of additive, “It’s exciting stuff,” it is clear that this is something that is more than a run-of-the-mill addition to the design, engineering, and production tool set.

Some Reasons Why GM Uses Additive

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• Permits a quick build of physical parts from digital designs

• Permits early testing of fit and function

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• Reduces overall product development time

• Reduces tooling costs, from fixtures to molds

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$5.6 billion has been invested in the last 5 years for a 3-7 year time horizon , indicating a long-term expectation for growth.

Despite the promise investors see in AM, its global install base is barely 0.1% the size of machine tools.

MACHINE TOOLS

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

*Installed units with depreciation since 1979.

U.S. UNITS SOLD IN 2021

GLOBAL INSTALLED UNITS*

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86,307 IMTS 2022 REGISTRANTS 1,815 EXHIBITING COMPANIES Additive Isn’t New, But It Is Next The premier industrial additive manufacturing trade show – Formnext – moves stateside, bringing innovations and opportunities. BY PETER EELMAN CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER Remember when additive manufacturing (AM) was new? Me too! It was the 1980s, and the future of additive seemed as promising as the U.S. hockey team and their

already secured letters of intent to exhibit from more than 20 companies. These companies represent some of the world’s premier providers of additive manufacturing technologies, as well as startup companies launching new materials solutions. Confirmed exhibitors include EOS, Desktop Metal, Autodesk, HP, Zeiss, Mazak, Markforged, 3DEO, 3D Systems, Flow Science, Oqton, Baker Industries, Dyndrite, Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, Massivit 3D, nTopology, Velo3D, Carpenter Technology, Trumpf, Ingersoll Machine Tools, and America Makes. Up Next: Attend Formnext Forum Austin 2023 Hosted in one of the world’s fastest-growing tech-forward cities, the Austin event will include a two-day conference, technology expo, networking opportunities, and tours of AM technology companies in the Austin area. Whether you’ve already embraced AM into your business or are considering AM adoption, Formnext Forum Austin will feature the full range of AM processes, materials, and experts focused on AM for industrial end-use part production. The event will feature the world-renowned AMT Emerging Technology Center with support from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and sponsored by IMTS 2024. Registration opens in March. Register at FormnextForum.com. For more information on Formnext Chicago 2025, visit FormnextUSA.com. If your company is interested in exhibiting, please visit FormnextUSA.com/exhibit.

unforgettable “Miracle on Ice.” We knew early on that this was a powerful tool for prototyping and development, but we hardly dreamed of its potential to transform industrial production. Additive manufacturing may not be new anymore, but it is certainly what’s next. No matter what sector of manufacturing you are in, industrial additive applications have the capacity to improve and expand your business. There is now a U.S.-based trade show to help manufacturers build their additive capabilities and client bases. Formnext, the premier industrial additive manufacturing trade show in the world, is expanding to the North American market with Formnext Forum Austin 2023. This debut event will be followed by the Formnext Conference, co-located at IMTS 2024, and Formnext Chicago 2025, both at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. A Powerful Partnership An innovative partnership between international AM industry leaders Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH, AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, and Gardner Business Media, Formnext Chicago will showcase the full spectrum of additive manufacturing technologies across the industrial supply chain. Formnext is the leading international trade fair for additive manufacturing and the next generation of intelligent manufacturing solutions. It is held in Frankfurt, Germany, and the 2022 event featured more than 802 exhibitors, covering 51,148 square meters, and attracted more than 329,581 visitors. By working with U.S.-based manufacturing industry partners, Formnext will now be able to deliver a customized trade show experience for the U.S. manufacturing market. A Show for All Formnext Chicago 2025 will showcase all that additive manufacturing has to offer – helping U.S. manufacturers find and implement new technologies to increase efficiencies and improve product development. From established AM providers to startups, Formnext Chicago will host an array of companies offering additive materials, technologies, software, equipment, services, and metrology. It will be the one event in the United States dedicated to all aspects of additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing. As of early 2023, organizers of Formnext Chicago have

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A Small Distillery Built on Big Data

KOVAL smartly deploys advanced monitoring technology in the service of creating a reliable, consistent (and delicious) product. BY MICHELLE EDMONSON VICE PRESIDENT, EXHIBITIONS

It’s All in the Details Smaller distilleries that don’t use this technology, or that don’t have sensors on their equipment, will typically experience more aberrations and variation in their final products. Moreover, they might not know if something goes wrong until the whiskey hits their lips. KOVAL doesn’t have this problem. “Every piece of equipment is fully monitored, so if something is off one point on temperature, we get an alert sent to us,” Birnecker Hart says. “We know in real time and can make changes accordingly.” This tech-forward monitoring approach means a more reliable manufacturing process and a more consistent product, as well as a lot less waste, since errors and issues can be addressed right away and not before they’ve already pickled a whole batch. There are myriad other ways that KOVAL’s distilling process and final products are distinct from other operations – they use all-organic, locally grown grains, rely on only the prized “heart cut” of the distillate to

In an old, renovated duct factory in Ravenswood (a mile northwest of Wrigley Field) in Chicago, a small distillery is putting high-tech monitoring technology to good use in the service of something decidedly unglamorous: consistency. No, not consistency in terms of texture or viscosity or even “mouth feel.” In this case we mean consistency as in reliability – as in making the same product over and over again without any changes in quality, appearance, or taste. It’s something we take for granted every day, assuming that the product we’re buying will behave the same way it did when we bought it last month. But it isn’t something that happens on its own – manufacturers take every step they can to ensure quality, reliability, and consistency, and they use a lot of high-tech equipment to do it. Leveling the Playing Field For a process with as many variables as distilling, consistency can present a challenge to smaller, less tech

make their products, and make rye, oat, millet, and other grain whiskeys with mash bills made from 100% of the named grain (most companies use a blend of grains at different ratios; rye whiskey, by law, only has to have a mash bill that’s 51% rye). But none of it would be possible without the company’s novel deployment of advanced monitoring technology and automation. All of the data KOVAL collects goes to good use ensuring that their products taste the same today as they will next

oriented craft companies. But that’s not KOVAL. For husband-and-wife founders and operators Dr. Robert Birnecker and Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart (first name pronounced like a Shakespearean “sonnet”), distilling with advanced monitoring technology is a crucial part of their process. “We’re not working on the same scale as a large distillery, but that doesn’t mean we want to have any less tech to make sure our process is fully monitored the whole way through,” Birnecker Hart says. For KOVAL, what this looks like is a classic example of Industry 4.0, wherein every piece of equipment has a monitor on it and is communicating with a central system. “We’re able to keep tabs on all of the elements related to the distilling

month, next year, and beyond. Watch host Stephen LaMarca talk big data and bourbon on the special edition of “Road Trippin’ with Steve” at KOVAL on IMTS+, IMTS.com/RTWSkoval.

process,” Birnecker Hart says. “From what’s going on inside the equipment to what’s going on outside – the ambient temperature, the flow rate inside, the temperatures inside the mash tanks. All of these things are really important for maintaining consistency across the product.”

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The World According to Pat McGibbon AMT’s chief knowledge officer reflects on his career as a well-traveled economist with a wealth of manufacturing technology knowledge. BY PETER EELMAN CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER

If you know Pat McGibbon, chief knowledge officer at AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, you know there’s not much he doesn’t know about the

in economics from the prestigious College of William and Mary, McGibbon consulted the senior economist at the Machinery and Allied Products Institute (MAPI). “Even though I studied capital goods, MAPI only hired people with advanced degrees,” recalls McGibbon. “Their senior economist said I needed to get some training and suggested I look into the National Machine Tool Builders Association, (NMTBA, as AMT was known back then). I started in January 1981 as an industry economist, left in 1987 to spend five years with the U.S. Department of Commerce as an industry trade specialist, and then came back to AMT. The rest is history.” Pat’s commitment, loyalty, and passion, on and off the manufacturing field, have earned him the respect of whomever he works with, most of all his colleagues at AMT. Throughout McGibbon’s career, he had the opportunity to travel extensively. “Those early travels were key to building my career at AMT,” he says. “They expanded my technical knowledge and world view of the importance of manufacturing. The beauty of being an economist was that nobody expected me to know much about the technologies they were showing me, so I could ask a lot of ‘dumb’ questions.” McGibbon chuckles and says his questions “have gotten less dumb over time,” and that comes from connecting with legendary builders and outstanding distributors that comprise the manufacturing technology industry. He’s advised several administration officials and members of Congress on the importance of building a strong domestic manufacturing base for national security, economic growth, and job creation. Today he is one of the most sought-after experts in his field. Pat’s commitment, loyalty, and passion, on and off the manufacturing field, have earned him the respect of whomever he works with, most of all his colleagues at AMT. “Like so many of us with longevity, I stuck around because I get a kick out of working with people who do amazing things that make this country what it is today,” he says. McGibbon is closing his final spreadsheets and retiring to Florida at the end of June. Be sure to wish him well.

manufacturing industry – from AMT’s members and customers to its rich history and the forces driving its future. Now after a career at AMT that began in 1981, we congratulate this one-of a-kind man for the significant impact he’s had on the people and companies with which he’s worked as he reaches his well deserved retirement. “AMT created the title of ‘chief knowledge officer’ just for Pat,” says AMT President Doug Woods. “What else could we call him? No other title could appropriately encompass the breadth of his knowledge. He has been one of the industry’s go-to guys for business analytics and industry connections for more that 40 years. “Pat has been the guiding hand behind many of AMT’s intelligence products,” continues Woods. “His yeoman’s work includes not just number crunching, but a diplomat’s skill at forging alliances with other organizations, associations, economists and manufacturers around the world.” McGibbon’s legacy includes products that enable AMT members to make data-based decisions, such as the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) Report, the Cutting Tool Market Report, the MTForecast annual event, and benchmarking reports and surveys too innumerable to mention. But things didn’t start out so promising. Armed with a bachelor’s degree

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