WoodTECH 2020 Programme - New Zealand | |
Day One | Wed 19 August 2020 | |
| 10.00am | Welcome & Introductions |
| 10.10am | Keynote Address: Breaking the Mould How industry 4.0 is changing the way manufacturers are doing business Robert Blache, Future Insights Manager, Advanced Manufacturing, Callaghan Innovation |
SESSION 1: Disruptive Technologies From AI and computer vision to IoT and robotics, how innovative businesses are now harnessing new technology to boost the operational performance of manufacturing operations | |
| 11.00am | Here come the Cobots Deploying robots into your manufacturing operation. Opportunities for the wood producers. Nathan Allpress, Mechanical Engineer, Callaghan Innovation |
| 11.30am | Innovative design to develop a new wood manufacturing operation using industry 4.0 principles A NZ first. How robotics, automation, inter-connected sensors, artificial intelligence, data driven decision making and real time analytics drawn principally from outside the industry has shaped this new wood manufacturing plant. Shaun Bosson, Chief Executive Officer, Wood Engineering Technology |
| 12.00pm | Lunch & Networking |
| 1.30pm | Empowering the Worker Onsite with Augmented Reality Technology How innovative manufacturers are using augmented reality to streamline productivity and address the skills gap. Prasad Nory, Industry Manager, Rockwell Automation |
| 2.00pm | World Leading Integration of Hands-free Wearable Tablet for Industrial Workers The HMT-1 headset is a new voice-controlled wearable tool designed to improve maintenance, machine setup, provide remote instructions, inspections, audits and training. Over 15,000 units are being used around the world. Lance Bauerfeind, Senior Consultant, Company-X |
| 2.30pm | Using Machine Intelligence to Turn Machine Data into Business Growth Turning the masses of data collected from a vast multitude of sensors, cameras and systems into actions to improve the business Tim Baron, Product Market Manager, SICK Australia |
| 3.00pm | Afternoon Tea & Networking |
SESSION 2: New Product, Process and Systems Innovations Opportunities for dry-mill and wood manufacturing operations | |
| 3.30pm | A Wearable Exoskeleton to Revolutionise Health, Safety and Performance in the Mill The Suit-X has been in development for over 10 years and, on the back of recent NZ trials with meat processors, it is now ready for the wider workplace. Greg Borman, Director, Biosymm, Australia |
| 4.00pm | Advanced TMTM™ Wood Modification Potential and opportunities for business performance improvement with wood thermomechanical modification and densification technology. Pekka Ritvanen, CTO, Founder, KWS TimberTech, Finland |
| 4.30pm | TECH Showcase - Part 1 Short presentations on new product innovations |
| 5.00pm | Refreshments & Networking |
| 6.30pm | Conference Dinner After Dinner Presentation: Breaking from Tradition - Designing and commercialising a new timber framing system for New Zealand’s building and construction industries Ged Finch, PhD Graduate, Victoria University, Wellington |
Day Two | Thu 20 August 2020 | |
SESSION 3: Improving the Efficiencies of Current Wood Manufacturing Operations Machine centre and mill improvements, troubleshooting, tools & technologies to increase production. | |
| 8.30am | Workshop: Fine Tuning your Timber Planing & Machining Operations. Diagnosing feeding problems on planers Joey Godwin, Mechanical Service Technician & Machinery Support, USNR, USA- Planer alignment - Planer preventive maintenance - Pros and cons of gap feeding - Electric drives vs. hydraulic |
| 10.00am | Morning Tea & Networking |
| 10.30am | High-Speed Wide Band Resawing & Timber Handling Options for Wood Manufacturing Operations Syd Mather, MD, Stenner, UK |
| 10.50am | Artificial Intelligence Applications for Remanufacturing Optimisation Andrea Campion, Area Sales Manager, MiCROTEC, Italy |
| 11.10am | New Technologies to Better Automate and Integrate Machine Centres to Increase Production Sebastian Roth, Product Specialist, WEINIG, Germany |
| 11.30am | TECH Showcase - Part 2 Short presentations on new product innovations |
| 12.00pm | Lunch & Networking |
SESSION 4: Timber Gluing & Laminating | |
| 1.15pm | Strategies to Improve the Performance of 1C PUR Adhesives for Engineered Wood Products Anthony Peters, Business Unit Manager-Lifestyle Adhesives, Henkel NZ |
| 1.35pm | Adhesive Innovations to Improve Press Time for Wood Gluing Applications & Throughput Shane Devereaux, Managing Director, Jowat Universal Adhesives, Australia |
| 1.55pm | Tools, Technologies and Systems for Improving Energy Use Case studies of wood products companies that have successfully implemented on-site energy management initiatives Paul Bull, Account Director, EECA |
| 2.15pm | Changing your Workplace Culture A case study of an Australian wood manufacturer who’s turned their business around by focussing on the business culture - with outstanding results Michael Kennedy, CEO, Founder, Kennedys Timbers and Dr Tony Watt, Principal Consultant, Managing Director, The Culture Doctor |
| 3.00pm | Conference Concludes |