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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
Forming & Fabricating
F96: Slitting and Processing Thin and Surface Critical Materials
*This conference session requires registration and payment.
The presentation will discuss the improvements in processing lines to produce surface critical material with minimum burr and no scratches or surface imperfections. We will discuss a slitting line from the uncoiler to the recoiler. Show the old ways and the new improved ways. This will provide all interested with what they need to know for a better finished coil for this unique market.
About This Session
- Date: October 16, 2024
- Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Room: Room S-331 D
- Level: Intermediate
- Track: Forming & Fabricating
Speaker
Mike McGuire
SES-Salico
Mike has over 40 years of experience in the thin, surface critical metal processing markets. He has worked with tooling manufacturers and machinery manufacturers including Ruesch Machinery, B+S Group and SES-Salico. Currently he is the North American Sales Manager for SES-Salico. Located in Alliance, OH. SES-Salico designs and supplies slitting lines, CTL lines, Tension Leveling lines, packaging lines and other coil processing machinery and control systems into this demanding market.
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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