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IMTS 2022 Opens Sept. 12, Showcases Digital Tech That Address Manufacturing’s Biggest Challenges

September 11, 2022

Image: IMTS 2022 is ready to open its doors and welcome you to Chicago’s McCormick Place. An estimated 90,000 registrants will visit the show during its Sept. 12-17 run to learn how they can implement the latest manufacturing technologies.
IMTS 2022 is ready to open its doors and welcome you to Chicago’s McCormick Place. An estimated 90,000 registrants will visit the show during its Sept. 12-17 run to learn how they can implement the latest manufacturing technologies.

McLean, Va. (September 11, 2022) – Manufacturing is back, and Chicago will be the epicenter, as an estimated 90,000 people will attend IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show, which runs from Sept. 12-17 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. IMTS is the largest manufacturing technology show in North America. With more than 1.21 million square feet of exhibit space representing 1,815 exhibitors, the show features digital technologies that offer the fastest and most efficient means of solving the challenges faced by manufacturers and their suppliers.   

Nine technology pavilions feature solutions such as multi-tasking machining centers, robots/cobots, digital twin, manufacturing software, controls, additive manufacturing, and quality control/inspection. More than 75,000 people have preregistered for the show, which attracts OEMs, tier suppliers, contract manufacturers/fabricators, jobs shops, sourcing/purchasing agents, investors, students, and technical educators.  

“The advances in digital manufacturing technology on display at IMTS 2022 will amaze even industry veterans,” says Peter R. Eelman, chief experience officer at AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, which owns and produces IMTS. “If OEMs and job shops can digitize it, they should. Digital tech is the best way to increase productivity with an existing talent pool, control costs, make reshoring/near-shoring more attractive, reduce time to market, and respond with agility to volatile markets.”  

Eelman notes that the affordability and ease-of-implementation now puts advanced solutions within reach of small and medium-sized businesses.   

“IMTS exhibitors have blown away existing barriers to technology acquisition,” says Eelman. “For example, visitors can learn how to set up and run an entry-level automation solution in 30 minutes. Computed tomography inspection systems now operate with almost push-button simplicity, and digital twin technology is as easy to use as your favorite CNC control or CAD/CAM program.”  

Keynote Presenters 

Highlights of the show will include keynote conversations on the IMTS+ Main Stage in the Grand Concourse with industry luminaries at 9:30 a.m. Featured speakers include: 

Additional IMTS+ Main Stage presentations include a conversationâ�¯with Andrew Crowe, founder of the New American Manufacturing Renaissance, and Dr. Onome Scott-Emuakpor, founder of Hyphen Innovations, about their journeys into manufacturing and engaging underserved communities; the National Metalworking Reshoring Awards winners presentation; and a conversation on using robotics to solve manufacturing challenges, featuring executives from Knapheide, FANUC America, Acieta, SCHUNK, and Silicon Valley Robotics.  

Visual Attractions 

On Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m. at the McCormick Place Square entrance, manufacturer, technologist, and founder ofâ�¯Gravity Industriesâ�¯Richard Browning will fly his patented Jet Suit over McCormick Square. The Jet Suit relies heavily on 3D-printed parts that conserve weight. On Thursday at 2:00 p.m. on the IMTS+ Main Stage, Boston Dynamics will discuss mobile robots in manufacturing and feature Spot, the famous quadruped robot dog.  

AMT’s Emerging Technology Center (ETC), located at the entrance to the North Building, will feature a scaled section of the 23-foot-tall Rosenberg Space Habitat, the world’s tallest 3D-printed polymer structure. The ETC will also feature live demonstrations of the robotic 3D printing technology used to make the space habitat and the manufacturing technologies being used to create the 138-foot-tall Giant Magellan Telescope. IMTS exhibitors Ingersoll Machine Tools (booth #338004) and Siemens Industry (booth #133346 and #433028) collaborated to produce the space habitat, and Ingersoll is machining the telescope mounting system at its facilities in Rockford, Illinois.    

Specialty Programming 

The Smartforce Student Summit at IMTS will attract approximately 9,000 STEM students, including thousands each day from Chicago-area schools. It features more than 60 exhibitors that represent a who’s who of manufacturing technology leaders who will provide interactive demonstrations with a heavy emphasis on automation and virtual reality. Presentations in the Smartforce Theater offer professional development sessions for educators. 

 IMTS also offers a multitude of educational conferences and networking events designed to appeal to highly diverse audiences. Highlights include: 

 

Links:  

IMTS.com and AMTonline.org 
LinkedIn:â�¯ IMTS Chicago 
Twitter: #IMTS2022 
Facebook:â�¯ facebook.com/IMTS.show 
IMTS YouTube Channel: youtube.com/c/IMTSTV    

IMTS – International Manufacturing Technology Show – The largest and longest-running manufacturing technology trade show in the United States is held every other year at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. IMTS 2022 will run Sept. 12-17. AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, which owns and produces IMTS, represents and promotes U.S.-based manufacturing technology and its members – those who design, build, sell, and service the continuously evolving technology that lies at the heart of manufacturing.