7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON:
INDUSTRIAL TOOLING
October 1-3, 2008

Outline Program for Industrial Tooling 2008
October 1-3

Wednesday, Oct. 1
Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, MSU
8:15 Registration
9:00-12:00 Machine Tool Calibration – Michael Wilm – Renishaw
12:00-2:00 Lunch & Tours
2:00-5:00 Tool Presetting and Work Holding - Gerard Vacio - BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling, Inc.
7:00 pm Evening reception to be held at The Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems

Thursday, Oct. 2
Center for Manufacturing Technology Excellence, East Mississippi Community College Golden Triangle Campus
7:15 Registration
8:00-12:00 Advances in Cutting Tools
8:00 – 8:45 Keynote: Virtual Machining - Professor Ranga Komanduri – Oklahoma State University
8:45 – 9:15 Sandvik Coromant – John Kight
9:15 – 9:45 ISCAR Metals - Andrew Benson
9:45 – 10:15 Greenleaf – Bill Greenleaf
10:15 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:30 Getting it Right First Time - Gerard Vacio - BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling, Inc.
11:30 – 12:00 Machine Tool Condition Monitoring - Vince Gunkel Heller Machine Tools
12:00 -1:45 Lunch & Exhibition
1:45 -5:00 Difficult to Machine Materials
1:45 – 2:30 Keynote – Professor Von Richards – Missouri University of Science & Technology
2:30 – 3:00 Machining of CGI - Doug Newton – Project Manager-Sandvik
3:00 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:00 Deep-hole drilling of CGI - Botek
4:00 – 4:30 Machining ADI: An Update for 2008 – Kathy Hayrynen - Applied Processes
4:30 – 5:00 Secondary Machining Characteristics of Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) – Ashwin Polishetty – Auckland University of Technology
5:00 – 6:00 Exhibition and Networking
6:00 pm Banquet to be held at East Mississippi Community College

Friday, Oct. 3
Center for Manufacturing Technology Excellence, East Mississippi Community College Golden Triangle Campus
7:30 Registration
8:00-12:00 Machined Surface Quality & Functionality, Machine Tool Condition Monitoring
8:00 – 8:45 Keynote – Professor John Ziegert – Clemson University
8:45 – 9:15 Machining of Composites – Dr. Farid Dailami – University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
9:15 – 9:4 Intelligent Drill Wear Monitoring Using Growing Self Organizing Maps – Dr. Guy Littlefair - Auckland University of Technology
9:45 – 10:15 Applications and Processing of Metal Matrix Composites – Dr. Phillip Waldrop - Georgia Southern University
10:15 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:30 Workholding for Fully Automated Cells in the Modern Factory – Kurt Engineering
11:30 – 12:00 Conference Summary – Dr. John T. Berry & Dr. John E. Wyatt – Mississippi State University
12:30 Noon Dismissall

*Program subject to change
Updated September 4, 2008

This program is tentative. If you are interested in being part of the program please contact John Wyatt at info@industrialtooling.org.