~ North American Valisys Group Annual Conference ~
February 29 - March 2, 2000 ~ The North American Valisys Users Group membership
includes people from aerospace, automotive, contract machining, and other industries.
Patriot Machine, Inc. was pleased to be a part of this group in attendance at the NAVUG
2000 Conference this past February to March. The Conference was held in Mesa, Arizona and
provided a large array of presentations and training sessions, along with some lovely
weather.
The conference included presentations from such multiple companies with various backgrounds. Topics included many of the following:
- "US Update and Plans for 2000" by Dave Chambliss, Tecnomatix Technologies Inc.
- "Valisys Update and Future Direction" by Victor Loskot, Tecnomatix Technologies Inc.
- "Shop Floor - Today & Tomorrow" by Joe Schafer, Tecnomatix Technologies Inc.
- "PW Airfoil - A Way to Evaluate Airfoils" by Jeff Lancaster, Pratt & Whitney Corp.
- "Managing the Design Process and Collaborative Engineering in the New Millennium" by Steve Kimmey, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- "Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG) Quality Assurance's Metrology Vision" by Mark Vinson, The Boeing Company
- "There's No Magic in Tolerance Analysis" by Alberto Griffa, Tecnomatix Technologies Inc.
- "GM PowerTrain Defiance Implementation" by Jim Frahm, EDS Corp.
- "Variation Management with Valisys Assembly at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft System" by Jim Jacobson, Lockheed Martin
- "Tecnomatix Customer Support for 2000" by Jerry Lewis, Tecnomatix Technologies Inc.
- "eQ/IP - A New and Exciting Web Based Inspection System" by Victor Loskot, Tecnomatix Technologies Inc.
- "QA-ANC, Quality Assurance Automated Numerical Control" by Lynn Miller, The Boeing Company
- "Valisys Engineering - 2000 and Beyond" by Keith Fry and Darrell Bozeman, Tecnomatix Technologies Inc.
- "An Alternative Method for CMM Inspection Using Valisys Assembly" by Alan Price, Howmet Corp.
- "Valisys Results Post Processor - A Useful Tool" by Larry Wolosky, Pratt & Whitney Corp.
