You’re Invited!
Attend One Of Two Presentations: 11:00 am or 2:00 pm
Improving Quality may be your biggest opportunity to reduce costs and increase profits.

You’ll see that to survive and thrive, you must incorporate a comprehensive quality strategy into your manufacturing plan. Tools you can use include … Leading edge green technology Machine and process monitoring Tool management Advanced part measurement New verification, testing and manufacturing technologies The results will more than surprise you.

The Ford Van Dyke Transmission Plant introduced two new six-speed transmissions within 18 months of each other, ramping up to full capacity of 450,000 in less than half a year.

At the same time, they achieved significant cost savings in both the process itself, as well as the cost per part.

You will learn about the strategies that helped make it happen …

• Minimum Quantity Lubrication. Parts are machined nearly dry—cutting metalworking fluid consumption from gallons per minute to milliliters per hour.
• Real-Time Thermal Compensation. Guarantees part quality during machining.
• Digital Holography. Measure millions of points in seconds vs. a few hundred in minutes

Alexandria Maciag, plant manager of Ford’s Van Dyke Transmission Plant, Sterling Heights, Michigan will present the team’s story—how people and technology combined to create new processes and production lines.

The Van Dyke plant has won:

• Two Henry Ford Technology Awards
• The Ford Presidency Award for Environmental Quality and Energy Savings
• The Society of Automotive Engineers’ E2T Award
• Quality Magazine’s 2008 Quality Plant of the Year Award

At this session, you’ll see the future of quality in action today.

Attendance at this event is on a first-come, first-served basis. This session is FREE and open to any IMTS attendee. Seating is limited, so please be sure to get there on time. The Innovation Center is in McCormick Place East (Lakeside Center) at the north side of the hall.

Video of the presentation and questions and answers will be available from Quality Innovation Day’s sponsor, Quality Magazine. Just swipe your card at the Innovation Center kiosk.

The only way you can attend IMTS Quality Innovation Day, September 9, is by attending IMTS. Don’t miss out. Register today!