| The Canadian Tooling & Machining Association is | | | | Automate the Automation – Machine Monitoring |
| holding a Plant Tour & Dinner Meeting on | | | | & Control, OEE+DNC will begin at 7:30pm. |
| Thursday, May 20, 2010. The Tour starts promptly at | | | | |
| 4:00 pm followed by Cocktails/Dinner at 5:30 pm. To | | | | There is a technological shift going on out on the shop |
| reserve space CTMA should be contacted at (519) | | | | floor as manufacturing machines are finally being |
| 653-7265. | | | | integrated into the corporate IT network via Ethernet |
| | | | | connections. This revolution allows machines to |
| The plant tour will be held at HĒROUX DEVTEK and | | | | communicate directly with corporate information |
| hosted by Jack Curley. The plant tour is located at | | | | systems and is generating big benefits for companies |
| 665 Highland Road W. Kitchener, Ontario. The tour of | | | | by increasing their efficiency of operations. Linking |
| this aerospace parts manufacturing company, the | | | | machines directly to the corporate network can yield |
| leader in its field, has the latest equipment and | | | | much valuable information about actual shop floor |
| processes. Héroux Devtek - Kitchener | | | | operations, as demonstrated during the plant tour at |
| manufactures landing gear and aerospace structural | | | | Héroux Devtek. This presentation will show how this |
| components. Major customers include Boeing, Goodrich | | | | breakthrough approach to managing the shop floor |
| Aerospace, Bombardier, Messier Dowty, Embraer and | | | | can yield significant gains in productivity. |
| Airbus (notably several components for the new | | | | |
| Airbus A380 800 passenger jet). | | | | |
| | | | | About Memex Automation Inc. |
| Héroux Devtek has over 45 machines in its | | | | |
| Kitchener facility including seven brand new SNK | | | | Memex Automation Inc., a unit of Astrix Networks Inc., |
| 5-axis milling machines used for the major components | | | | was created to leverage the research and |
| of the Boeing 787 and Airbus A320 programs. | | | | development of Memex Electronics, which was |
| Héroux Devtek has a corporate mandate to track | | | | founded in 1992. Memex continues its tradition of |
| Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) in all of its plants | | | | serving the discrete manufacturing sector, supplying |
| and all of its machines in North America. This tour will | | | | component hardware, memory upgrades, and |
| highlight Héroux Devtek's world-leading capabilities, | | | | visionary shop floor communication technology. |
| with demonstrations of real-time machine monitoring | | | | Memex products allow a manufacturer to "Automate |
| and control with OEE+DNC, and the interconnection of | | | | the Automation"™ to increase productivity and |
| these tools with the corporate network. | | | | decrease costs. Memex Automation focuses on |
| | | | | delivering value with Real-Time Machine Monitoring and |
| The dinner will be held at the Holiday Inn, Kitchener, | | | | Control, which utilizes OEE+DNC solutions that boost |
| Ontario Salon C at 5:30 pm. The address is 30 | | | | efficiency by up to twenty percent with minimal capital |
| Fairway Road S., Kitchener, Ontario. David McPhail and | | | | investment. Memex is based in Burlington, Ontario, |
| John Rattray of Memex Automation Inc. will be the | | | | Canada. |
| guest speakers and discuss "Shop Floor to Top Floor | | | | Memex, Inc. |
| Information…in Real-Time." This presentation, | | | | |