Taiwan Machine Tools Hosts Virtual Reality Press Conference at IMTS 2018

CHICAGO, Sept. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- New smart manufacturing solutions from some of Taiwan's top machine tool brands will be showcased at "Taiwan: Make Tomorrow Come True," a virtual reality press conference to be held at the 2018 International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) running Sept. 10-15 at Chicago's McCormick Place. In addition, 128 Taiwanese companies will be exhibiting their latest innovations in smart machine tools, fully automated production lines, 5-axis machining centers, multifunction tuning/milling centers and more on the show floor, reflecting the country's status as the world's fourth largest exporter of machine tools and accessories.

The press conference will begin at 1:15 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 12 in the South Building-Level 4, Conference Room S402. It will feature a 360° VR video tour of key products incorporating advanced information technology, with VR goggles for every registered attendee. Registration is available at stephanie@jillschmidtpr.com.

Companies to be featured at the press conference include:

    --  Feeler (Booth S-338129), highlighting the gantry-style FEELER U-800
        5-axis machining center that won the 2018 Taiwan Excellence Gold Award.
        Designed for versatile high-precision machining of larger parts for the
        aerospace, automotive, energy and precision molds industries, the U-800
        features a U-shaped structure that significantly increases structural
        rigidity and machine accuracy, a 32-tool magazine that can be expanded
        up to 120 tools, and a servo-controlled change system that can save
        additional changeover time.


    --  NexCOBOT (Booth E-121836), offering a total industrial Internet of
        Things (IoT) solution with AI robot control and a cloud-based automation
        control system compatible with SCADA and Microsoft Azure. The company
        will also be exhibiting a facial recognition solution for access control
        to restricted areas such as factory floors at its booth.


    --  Palmary (Booth N-237071), spotlighting IoT capabilities that have been
        added across the company's portfolio of CNC internal, cylindrical,
        centerless, vertical, surface and engine value seat grinders.


    --  Quaser Machine Tools (Booth S-339451), delivering wireless network,
        database establishment, cloud and self-developed smart software for its
        five-axis machines, vertical and horizontal machining centers, and
        flexible manufacturing systems.


    --  Taiwan Takisawa Technology Co. (Booth S-338640), introducing the TiMES
        Smart Manufacturing Execution System with sophisticated product
        management, dispatch, scheduling and just-in-time delivery systems.
        Known for its CNC lathes and printed circuit board (PCB) drilling
        machines, the company also offers an IoT-based IoM machine networking
        automation processing program enabling machines to be connected for
        whole plant automation.


    --  Techman Robot (Booth N-237084), creators of the first collaborative
        robot that combines smart built-in vision with hand-guiding functions
        for automated visual pick and place. The company will be unveiling the
        new high-load robot TM12 Series designed for the semiconductor industry,
        featuring load capacities higher than any other robot with the same arm
        length, a payload of up to 12 kg, a working range of 1300 mm, and M
        models matching high-performance mobile automated guided vehicles
        (AGVs).


    --  Tongtai Group (Booth S-338536), focusing on its newest machine models,
        equipment for additive and hybrid additive-subtractive manufacturing,
        and the TIMS (Tongtai Intelligence Manufacturing System) and TLM
        (Tongtai Line Management) solutions enabling operators to easily control
        production status and improve machining efficiency.
    --  YCM Industries Co. (Booth S-338450), offering an I-Direct IoT platform
        for intelligent production management. Platform components span shop
        floor reporting, equipment management, statistical process control, work
        in process, and equipment preventive maintenance systems, including the
        ability to access program, part and tool numbers as well as operating
        time for each machine via computer or mobile phone.

These and other Taiwanese companies exhibiting at IMTS 2018 are on the leading edge of a government-sponsored initiative to dramatically expand the country's smart manufacturing capabilities and thereby double its machine tool revenues from NTD $1 trillion (US$25.6 billion) to $2 trillion (US$64.9 billion) over the next decade.

Taiwan's IMTS 2018 events are organized by the Bureau of Foreign Trade and implemented by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (http://www.taiwantrade.com).

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SOURCE Taiwan Machine Tools