Modern Machine Shop

JUN 2014

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52 MMS June 2014 mmsonline.com shop talk Printing Industry selected the top three entries in the middle/high school engineering, college engineering, and art and architecture categories. F ir st p l ac e w i n n e r s w ill b e awa rd e d $2,50 0 scholarships, with second and third place winners r e c e i v i n g $1,0 0 0 s c h o l a r s h i p s. T h i s ye a r 's competition also included an ex treme spor ts bonus category, in which one winner was chosen to receive a $250 prize. Entries were evaluated on creativity, mechani- c a l s o u n d n e s s a n d realistic achievability. Stratasys Inc., call 888-480-3548 or visit stratasys.com. Webinar explores MTConneCT appliCaTions M a z a k ( F l o r e n c e , K e n t u c k y ) w i l l h o s t a w e b i n a r t i t l e d "MTConnect: Practical Applications and Uses" o n J u n e 1 7. T h e 3 0 - m i n u t e w e b i n a r will be hosted by Neil D e s r o s i e r s , M a z a k applications engineer a n d d e v e l o p e r. M r. Desrosiers will discuss how the open-source protocol MTConnect can enable manufacturers t o b e t t e r c a l c u l a t e overall equipment effi- ciency, monitor machine tools, and reduce pro- duction losses. Partici- p a n t s w i l l l e a r n t h e basics of MTConnect as well as how it can be integrated with Mazak's MTConnect-compliant machines. Mazak Corp., call 859-342-1700 or visit mazakusa.com. global contest challenges students in middle s c h o o l , h i g h s c h o o l , c o l l e g e, a n d a r t a n d architecture programs to redesign existing prod- ucts or create new ones to improve how a task is completed. Judges Todd Grimm of T.A. Grimm & Associ- ate s, Patr ick Gannon of T hogus /RP+M, T im Shinbara of the AMT—The Association for Manu- facturing Technology and Rachel Park of 3D 0614_MMS_shoptalk.indd 52 5/13/2014 4:30:23 PM

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