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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
Automation
F106: Expanding Your Reach – Increasing the Work Envelope of 6-axis Robots Using Tracks and Gantries
*This conference session requires registration and payment. Click here to register/add session to your registration.
Industrial robots play a pivotal role in modern manufacturing, but their effectiveness hinges on their defined reach or working envelope based on axis articulation and design geometry. Some applications require you to expand the reach of your robot to perform your process, enhance your system design, increase speed, or increase robot utilization. This seminar explores various strategies for expanding robot reach using Rail Transfer Units (RTUs, also referred to as tracks) and gantries, addressing critical aspects such as mechanisms and area of reach, system design considerations, installation requirements, and controls, and will present advantages and disadvantages of each solution.
Automation Track Sponsor
About This Session
- Date: October 16, 2024
- Time: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
- Room: Room S-330 C
- Level: Intermediate
- Track: Automation
Speaker
Matt Berch
GUDEL INC
Matt Berch has Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University. He has worked for Gudel since 2013 and previously worked for Stanley Engineered Fastening in weld systems. He has a tremendous amount of experience in the robotics industry and is an expert in linear motion solutions including robot track motion, multi-axis gantries and custom design equipment.
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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