OPEN MIND joins Georgia Tech Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium
15.03.2024 — OPEN MIND Technologies, a leading developer of hyperMILL® CAD/CAM software solutions worldwide, announced it has joined the Georgia Tech Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium. The consortium is a membership-based organization that facilitates key collaborations between industry, academia, and government to develop and deploy advanced manufacturing technologies as well as provide workforce development. Initial members have contributed funding, technology, and skilled resources supported by the staff at the Georgia Tech AI Manufacturing Pilot Facility located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Alan Levine, Managing Director of OPEN MIND Technologies USA, said, “We are very pleased to join the Georgia Tech Consortium which provides a great opportunity to participate in leading research and connect with other members focused on advancing manufacturing. The Consortium offers a unique opportunity to expand OPEN MIND’s collaboration with Georgia Tech to the full membership and their specialized projects.”
“OPEN MIND’s commitment to the Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium and support of manufacturing education enables students to leverage top-tier CAD/CAM software for collaborative development of Hybrid AM/ CNC technologies. Together, we look forward to pushing the boundaries of precision manufacturing,” said Kyle Saleeby, Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium’s research program director and research engineer at Georgia Tech.
OPEN MIND and the Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium leadership during a visit to Georgia Tech’s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility. (Left to Right) Kyle Saleeby - Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium Research Program Director, Alan Levine – OPEN MIND Managing Director for North America, Prof. Aaron Stebner – GA-AIM and Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium Executive Director.
Snowman figurine built in a single hyperMILL® training session by Alan Buri, PhD Candidate at Georgia Tech. This figurine combnes additive manufacturing, turning and blending techniques to create the hollow spheres, with subtractive machining to create the hat and base.
Consortium research projects cover an extensive range of topics that seek cost effectiveness, piloting new manufacturing systems, accelerating product development cycles, and adopting Industry 4.0 technologies. In addition to technology development focused on additive manufacturing, participating Georgia Tech graduate students have continued to push forth research positions within the U.S. National laboratory system, such as Sandia, NIST, Oak Ridge, and Los Alamos National Labs, or have taken industrial roles in top engineering and manufacturing companies including Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Caterpillar, Ford, Delta TechOps, and Georgia Pacific.