SMART MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING WEEK PREVIEW 20 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS April/May 2024 www.hpmag.co.uk from skill shortages to the imperative of diversity and inclusion and explore the critical aspects shaping the workforce dynamics in these industries because finding and retaining talent is a significant challenge for many manufacturing companies. While Dale Crow, Electricity & Automation Leader, Nestle will be covering Leveraging Technology to Maximise Functionality and Performance. The BFPA will be providing several sessions including: Filling the Skills Gap and Offering Opportunity which will be presented by Chris Butcher, Managing Director of the BFPA. The Standards Development Process from Nicky Quinn, Standards & Projects Manager, BFPA who will explore the role standards play in facilitating international trade and improving product quality, safety and interoperability and finally the subject of Fluid Injection Injuries will be covered by Martin Kingsbury, Director of membership and Training, BFPA. Elsewhere in the Air-Tech Theatre Alice Quinn, Senior Manufacturing Technology Engineer, 3M will be talking about Why IT/OT Projects Fail whereas Ioana Hera, Head of Improvement, Rolls Royce will be presenting on Harmonising People, Skills, and Technology: The Path to Manufacturing Innovation and Efficiency. This discussion aims to explore how organisations can effectively bring these elements together to drive innovation, optimise processes, and empower their workforce. Also, in the Air-Tech Theatre Ahmed Kovacevic, Reseach Chair in Compressor Technology and Ivona Ivkovic-Kihic, Research Project Coordinator both from City, University of London will address: Energy Sustainability and Net-Zero for Screw Compressors. The talk will introduce the University and the Centre and concentrate on the recent projects called Smart Efficient Compression, Reliability and Energy Targets (SECRET) and the Industrial consortium for Compressors and Expanders in Future Energy Systems (CERES). Additionally, Ahmed Kovacevic, Reseach Chair in Compressor Technology will present on the subject of: PDM Analysis Ltd, the creator and distributor of software SCORG for design and analysis of superior screw compressors and expanders. The software is used by most of leading OEMs in air and vacuum technologies, hydrogen compression, refrigeration, air conditioning, high temperature heat pumps, oil and gas and process industries. While the Drives & Technology Theatre will feature a series of compelling speakers from the world of industrial automation. On day one, David Santos, head of manufacturing engineering and automation at Chelton will start at 10.00 by talking about SMEs and Automation: Overcoming Complexity and Challenges During and After Implementation. The presentation will delve into the realm of digital empowerment, exploring how technology drives the evolution of external supply chains towards global excellence. This will be followed by Jason Reed, machinery safety specialist at Pilz Automation, who will address the important topic of Keeping Machinery Safe in a Digital World at 11.00. He will discuss the challenge of ever-increasing cybersecurity threats and examine their potential impact on machinery safety functions, addressing the pressing concerns raised in the upcoming Machinery Regulation. At 11.30, Josh Roberts from Festo will present on Selecting the Optimal FieldLevel Machine Control Architecture. With his extensive experience in industrial automation engineering and business development, Roberts will act as a guide to choosing the right field-level control architecture to maximise machinery performance, efficiency and costeffectiveness. At 12.00, James Kinsman, technical director at Overview, will consider the topic: The Paradigm for Sensor Motion is Changing: Redefining Agility and Accuracy in Smart Sensors. As a driving force behind the innovative ServoTorq development program, he will unravel the key drivers revolutionising modern sensor systems, powered by AI, and the demand for real-time digital data.
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