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Expo Hours
| Monday Sept. 8 | 9 AM — 5 PM |
| Tuesday Sept. 9 | 9 AM — 5 PM |
| Wednesday Sept. 10 | 9 AM — 5 PM |
| Thursday Sept. 11 | 9 AM — 3 PM |
Venue
McCormick Place
2301 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60616
About the Expo
North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event heads to McCormick Place in September 2025. FABTECH provides a convenient "one stop shop" venue where you can meet with world-class suppliers, see the latest industry products and developments, and find the tools to improve productivity, increase profits and discover new solutions to all of your metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing needs.
North America's Largest Metal Forming, Fabricating, Welding and Finishing Event
Finishing
C42: Forging New Frontiers: Robotics and Automation on Finishing Lines
*This conference session requires registration and payment. Click here to register/add session to your registration.
Are We Ready for Collaborative Paint Robots in the Finishing Industry?
Collaborative robots are the buzz in manufacturing, and we will explore applications and ideas and integration steps for the painting business. Robotic sanding, quality inspection, and mobile carts are applications already available and new tasks continue to be applied. The inherent flexibility and ease of use of the collaborative robot allow for simple applications to be automated. We will review the industry trends, A3 safety guidelines, and integration steps in these new approaches to automation.
Barton Faylor – FANUC America
Investing in Powder Automation
How bringing automation to your powder coating line can increase profitability. Investigating factors of manual coating to determine the right time to move from manual application to automatic application, and which level of automation makes the most sense. Fixed guns, reciprocators, and robots have their positives and negatives, and lab validation is crucial to customization.
Michael Clarke – Sames
About This Session
- Date: October 16, 2024
- Time: 8:00 am – 9:30 am
- Room: W-202B
- Level: Intermediate
- Track: Finishing
Speakers
Barton Faylor
FANUC America
Barton Faylor is a Senior Industry Marketing/Program Manager in Automotive Component and Industrial Paint at FANUC America Corporation. He has over 38 years of experience at FANUC America and the paint robotics industry. Barton has held a variety of positions at FANUC from field service, process engineering, project management, sales, and product management in the paint division providing him complete industry and corporate knowledge. Barton is focusing on supporting the FANUC Integration network on technical information on paint products and providing paint process knowledge in the support of systems. Barton is also a primary person for providing direction on new product development for paint products and is interested in hearing about new ideas and approaches for the general industrial paint markets.
Micky Ricard
Sames
Mick Ricard has been in the finishing industry for over a decade, starting as a Regional Manager dealing with liquid paint and powder accounts. As the Powder Coating Product Manager for Sames, he helps with R&D and strategy for the North and South American teams.
FABTECH Conference
Tracks: 3D/Additive, Automation, Cutting, Laser, Forming & Fabricating, Job Shop, Lean, Management, Marketing & Sales, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing, Stamping, Workforce Development
| Sessions | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Sessions | $195 | $220 |
| Workshops | $499 | $599 |
| Best Value Full Conference (5-8 Sessions)
| $795 | $900 |
CCAI Finishing Conference
| CCAI Finishing Conference | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Session | $112.50 | $125 |
| 2 Sessions | $202.50 | $225 |
| 3 Sessions | $270 | $300 |
| 4-8 Sessions | $405 | $450 |
AWS Welding Conference
| AWS Welding Conference | Member Price | Non-Member Price* |
|---|---|---|
| One-Hour Sessions (W7, W8) | FREE | FREE |
| Two-Hour Sessions (W1, W2, W12, W13, W14) | $95 | $150 |
| Weld-Ed Conference (W5) | $50 | $75 |
| Half-Day Sessions (W3, W10, W15) | $345 | $430 |
| Full-Day Sessions (W4, W6, W9, W11) | $565 | $665 |
| Professional Program (W16) | $395 | $495 |
| *Non-member price for AWS Welding Full-Day Sessions only includes a one-year AWS Individual Membership. | ||
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