Workshops

How to Engage with UNI to complete your guided Foundry 4.0 Readiness Assessment

Business know-how for Industry/Foundry that will help identify the most valuable FOUNDRY 4.0 technology improvements for YOUR business.  Gain a thorough understanding of FOUNDRY 4.0 (F4.0), and learn how to connect these concepts to your business's key performance indicators. Explore practical strategies for implementing high-value activities to drive continuous improvement and optimize ROI. The virtual sessions will be hosted by Todd Hutcheson, Executive in Residence at UNI's CBGI.

Schedule: 

• September 5th, 2024, 12:00PM-1:00PM - Why FOUNDRY 4.0? An Introduction, Connect F4.0 to Key Performance Indicators and Review for F4.0 Readiness-Assessment Process and Understand Assessment Expected Outputs & their connection to business value and Identify High-Value Activities and ROI.

Register for this workshop HERE!

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Additive Manufacturing for Investment Casting Workshop Series 

This workshop series offers a comprehensive understanding of additive manufacturing techniques and their application in the investment casting process. Beginning with an exploration of basic concepts, participants progress to specialized topics like FFF, SKA/DLA pattern printing, wax and PMMA materials, and gating and rigging practices. View this workshop on YouTube through the links below.

Workshop Series includes: 

• Session 1: Introduction to Additive Manufacturing for Investment Casting 
• Session 2: FFF and SLA/DLA Pattern Printing for Investment Casting 
• Session 3: Wax and PMMA Pattern Printing for Investment Casting 
• Session 4: Designing Castings for use with Additive Manufacturing 

Robotic CAD to Path Programming for Casting Finishing Workshop Series 

This workshop series offered practical lessons on utilizing offline programming for robotic arms.  These lessons included instruction on creating a variety of robot programs using industrial robots to finish a cast metal part. View this workshop on YouTube through the links below.

Workshop Series includes: 

• Session 1: Offline Robot Cell and Part Setup
• Session 2: Intro to Offline Programs 
• Session 3: Part to Process Operations
• Session 4: Process to Part Operations 

Development of Real-Time Process Sensors for Use in Metal Casting Equipment Workshop Series 

Participants learned about the Internet of Things (IoT) and explored its possibilities.  This workshop covered the skills needed to build process sensors and how to display the results on a desktop using a web browser. View this workshop on YouTube through the links below.

Workshop Series includes: 

• Session 1: Getting started with a Raspberry Pi 
• Session 2: Installing MQTT to facilitate data acquisition 
• Session 3: Developing flows with Node-RED
• Session 4: Expanding with Arduino-based microcontrollers 

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Workshop Series 

Our Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) 8-part workshop series was held in the Spring. This series gave participants knowledge on constructing cost-effective IoT solutions to monitor industrial environments using accessible components and open-source software. Check it out on our YouTube page: UNI Metal Casting & Foundry 4.0 Centers - YouTube.

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Workshop Series includes: 

• Introduction to IIoT and Commonly Used Hardware Platform
• IoT Wireless Communication Overview 
• Introduction to Python Programming 
• Commonly used Sensors and Sensor Interface 
• Implementation of a Flash Web Server for Simple IoT Applications
• Publish/Subscribe Protocol MQTT Implementation for IoT Applications 
• Utilization of a Database in Cloud for IoT Applications 
• Integration of Plotly Dash for Data Visualization