This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and The University of Toledo, College of Engineering, conducted road mapping sessions to solicit input from industry leaders on research that will benefit U.S. tooling manufacturers. The workshop involved representatives from industry, academia, national labs and government sectors discussing the challenges facing the U.S. mold and die industry to identify the efforts needed to increase the U.S. global market share and decrease the dependence on offshore tooling.
Listen as Dr. Hassen breaks down the four key areas of research that will impact mold manufacturing moving forward:
(1) Advancing manufacturing technology for automotive molds and dies
(2) Material innovation for molds and dies
(3) Smart molds and dies with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI)
(4) Workforce development, education and training
Most importantly, ORNL is here to help, so feel free to reach out to Dr. Hassen for a tour or for any questions: hassenaa@ornl.gov
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