IMTS 2014 Recap

IMTS 2014 has come to an end, but Canadian Metalworking has had a great week exploring exhibitor booths, attending press conferences and watching live demonstrations. Each booth offered attendees a unique expereince, whether it was German sausages and beer at the Zoller Booth, petting a virtual tiger at Walter U.S.A, or programming your own robot arm at the Universal Robots booth. This year's IMTS event was filled with amazing presenations and innovations.

This year's event saw a pre-show registration number of 98,169 attendees. However, IMTS 2014 has reached over 113,400 guests, a record breaking number of visitors. Many booths were filled to the brim with people and spokespersons. Many companies remarked that they had significantly more foot traffic in their booths than in previous years, some receiving more in the first and second days alone than in entire weeks of previous years.

Here is a brief look at IMTS 2014:

West Building: The west building has only one pavilion that expanded the entire exhibition hall floor: Tooling and workholding systems. Cutting tools, coolants and fixturing booths filled the west building.

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East Building: The east exhibition hall had two sections, one area that focused on CAD/CAM and controls, while a larger part had booths for controls, automation, EDM technology, machine components/cleaning/environmental and quality assurance. Canadian Metalworking even got to program our own robot arm.

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North Building: 

The north building had hundreds of booth with many different pavilions. This exhibition hall focused on Abrasive machining, sawing, finishing, gear generation, fabricating, laser, waterjet-based machining, and additive manufacturing.

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South Building: The expansive south building had some of the largest booths at IMTS 2014. DMG MORI's exhibit was over 32,000 sq. ft. with a full service restaurant. While other booths offered extensive looks at their machines and machined products. The focus of the south building was metal cutting equipment, machining centers, turning centers, drilling, boring, milling, and more.

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Overall, IMTS2014 offered both exhibitors and attendees a chance to interact and network while learning just what the manufacturing technology world has to offer. The dates are set for IMTS 2016, don't miss out. Save the Date: September 12-17, 2016!