Quality spoke with P.J. Gruetzmacher, president and CEO of LAI International, at the IMTS 2018, to learn how his company implemented smart manufacturing projects. Here he explains how they did it and offers his advice on how to get started today.

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Kristian Hulgard, general manager - Americas at OnRobot, discusses OnRobot’s contribution to quality inspection.  

Ray Stahl, business development manager at Kotem, explains how GD&T software can support a model-based enterprise (MBE).

DWFritz Automation CEO Mike Fritz shares his insights into the trends at IMTS 2018, from noncontact metrology to near-line and in-line inspection.

Cutting edge metrology technology has the ability to fix problems before they occur, as Joel Martin, Hexagon MI product manager, laser tracker product line, explains. Laser tracking, specifically, can be used to drive productivity through seamless feedback loops.

Phil Reeves, vice president of strategic consulting at Stratasys, explains how the Fortus 900mc Aircraft Interiors Certification Solution, based on the Fortus 900mc Production 3D printer, is helping aerospace organizations get more parts certified for flight, faster.

Scott Killian, business development manager for Aerospace at EOS, talks about how the new EOS P 810 polymer platform—specifically designed to process the new high-performance, ALM material HT-23—and the portfolio Additive Minds can help aerospace OEMs move through a critical juncture: from prototyping to additively manufacturing large, structural parts.