Visitors in the full exhibition area in the DMG MORI Manufacturing Davis facility.
Visitors check out the super sized CELOS model and new design of a DMG MORI NLX machine.
DMG MORI has announced record attendance at its inaugural Manufacturing Days event, the Open House of the Davis factory. The four-day event, held November 12-15, brought more than 1,300 visitors through the company's U.S. manufacturing facility and the adjacent Digital Technology Laboratory (DTL) in Davis, CA. The Open House event provided attendees with a look into the 200,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility, as well as educational seminars and live cutting demos.
"Since opening DMG MORI Manufacturing in July of 2012, we wanted our customers and distributors to get the opportunity to spend time in the new facility and learn about how our machines are made," said DMG MORI USA President Mark Mohr. "While our annual spring event, Innovation Days, will continue to show our customers what is new and innovative, Manufacturing Days Davis' focus is more on seeing behind the curtain and learning how our machines are developed - and how we continue to improve the applications."
Highlights of the event included:
- Personal tours of DMG MORI Manufacturing where current production of horizontal and vertical machining centers for North America takes place
- Dr. Masahiko Mori, President, gave his outlook on the future of manufacturing as well as the ongoing collaborations from two companies becoming one
- Dr. Greg Hyatt, Chief Technology Officer, introduced a paradigm shift in additive manufacturing; this new approach combines laser metal deposition with 5-axis CNC milling
- Carl Bass, President & CEO of Autodesk, spoke on innovation, and specifically what makes a company truly innovative and what areas of manufacturing can really change the way things are made in this age of access, information and experience
- Additional seminars on MTConnect, sustainability and a panel of peers discussed successes and failures on implementing new technology.
The Open House also marked the North American introduction of CELOS. CELOS is a new interface designed to simplify and accelerate production processes through integrated management, documentation and visualization of job, process and machine data. It is compatible with PPS- and ERP-systems and also can be linked to CAD/CAM software.
"We would like to thank everyone who attended Manufacturing Days Davis this year and we look forward to this being a reoccurring event," said Adam Hansel, CTO of Digital Technology Laboratory (DTL). "We are proud of the facility and the work being done here and hope all attendees left with a true understanding that our machines are of the highest quality."
For more information contact:
DMG MORI USA
2400 Huntington Blvd.
Hoffman Estates, IL 60192
847-593-5400
www.dmgmori.com