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New challenges and opportunities are coming in Canada’s manufacturing sector in the very near future. That topic is among the highlights of the 2017 Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS), produced by SME, and returning to The International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 25–28.

Integrating two warring camps will improve security and safety. It also will save billions.

In the aerospace world, as in all sectors of manufacturing, the race is on for faster, more automated and connected machining operations. Aerospace builders have steadily pushed for more automotive-like automation over the past several years in order to improve productivity and more effectively handle large order backlogs in commercial aviation.

Machining titanium used to chew up tools and have machine operators gnashing their teeth. Now it’s just another day at the office.

Some of the most impressive sights at industrial trade shows are big machine tools cutting away at large parts while being sprayed with coolant. To keep those machine tools operating at peak output requires a less glamorous part of manufacturing: the systems that help manufacturers remove chips and recycle fluid.

Carbon fibers will not make it into the next generation of single aisle planes–unless manufacturers learn from “the painful lessons the automotive industry suffered from,” Andreas Wüllner, chairman, business unit composites–fibers and materials at SGL Group, said at the Aerodef show here recently.

With onePLE, BigLever is bringing to market a holistic [PLE] solution. It combines our services offering with the Gears technological framework and integrates with other partner solutions, which includes lots of engineering tools across the full lifecycle. 

The aerospace industry is bigger than ever. As more and more people rely on air transport, the Airbus Global Market Forecast predicts the need for 33,000 new passenger and freighter aircraft in the next 20 years.

As I begin my term as 2017 SME president, I do so with a great deal of optimism, enthusiasm and pride. I’m very proud to carry on the legacy of those who’ve come before me and look forward to leading the organization in its continued efforts to serve the manufacturing community.

The limitations of traditional batch software are lifting with the introduction of new technologies, letting process manufacturers increase their production velocity and serve a new set of market needs.