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Speaker at WEST: Daniel Lyon, Product Manager, Hawk Ridge Systems

WEST Session: Digital twins are rapidly becoming a cornerstone of advanced manufacturing, enabling companies to simulate, optimize, and validate their production processes in a virtual environment before committing to physical execution. This presentation explores the value of digital twins specifically in the domains of CNC machining, robotic automation, and the broader virtual factory. In CNC machining, digital twins replicate the behavior of machines, tools, and part geometries, allowing for precise simulation of toolpaths and real-time detection of potential collisions, over-travel, and inefficiencies. By simulating the exact machine kinematics, spindle dynamics, and tool libraries, manufacturers can reduce setup times, improve part quality, and significantly lower the risk of costly rework or downtime. In robotic work cells, digital twins mirror robotic behavior, motion, and task sequences. This enables manufacturers to program, test, and optimize robot trajectories and tool interactions virtually - ensuring safety, cycle time optimization, and maximum utilization of expensive automation assets. Collision detection, reach analysis, and process synchronization can all be handled digitally before deployment on the shop floor. At the virtual factory level, digital twins provide a holistic view of the entire manufacturing environment - integrating machines, robotics, material flow, operators, and logistics into a unified simulation. This enables strategic decision-making, accurate capacity planning, and the ability to test process changes in a risk-free virtual environment. The result is greater agility, resilience, and efficiency across the entire production lifecycle. Attendees will gain insight into how digital twins reduce risk, increase productivity, and enable smarter planning across manufacturing operations. By harnessing digital twins in CNC machining, robotic systems, and factory-wide simulations, companies can accelerate their journey toward digital transformation and fully realize the promise of Industry 4.0.

Speaker at WEST: Colin Gilchrist, Digital Systems Product Manager, Phillips Federal

WEST Session: Understand the essential steps for achieving CMMC compliance in this essential session. Colin Gilchrist will provide a comprehensive guide for organizations looking to bridge the gap between cybersecurity requirements and business growth, ensuring a strong compliance foundation.

Speaker at WEST: Tyson Copa, Platform Specialist, IMAGINiT

WEST Session: The modern manufacturing shop floor demands seamless data exchange, real-time visibility, and operational efficiency to stay competitive. IMAGINiT FormsConnected optimizes these workflows by bridging the gap between design, production, and field operations. By digitizing paper-based forms and integrating them directly with Autodesk Fusion Manage and other enterprise systems, FormsConnected ensures accurate data capture, reduces manual errors, and accelerates decision-making. This enhanced connectivity empowers teams to track production status, manage change requests, and streamline quality checks in real time. As a result, manufacturers experience improved productivity, reduced downtime, and greater collaboration across departments, driving measurable gains in efficiency, profitability and overall growth.

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WEST Exhibitor: We provide the precision machining industry with a fine tool to assure all the screws on the toolholders are properly tightened with the manufacturer defined torque values. "SLOKY" comes from the meaning of "SOLO KEY" in the Taiwanese dialect. It refers to the patented torque adapter, the most significant role in the SLOKY Preset Torque Screwdriver system. Based on the unique feature of the torque adapter, a complete line of the SLOKY preset torque screwdriver is born, which provides the precision machining industry a fine tool to ensure all the screws are properly tightened with the manufacturer defined torque settings. The torque adapters are color coded with all the sizes of the Torx and Torx Plus bits and are interchangeable with three (3) different types of handles. It provides machine shop technicians a convenient way of tightening up cutting tool screws, protects screws from being damaged, and guarantees a precision machining work is reached.

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