Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Integrate Technology Solutions to Gain a Competitive Advantage
- Are you looking for opportunities to automate all or part of your process
- Are you preparing to install a new piece of equipment and need a plan for a smooth transition?
Would you like to create an equipment maintenance plan that is proactive instead of reactive?
Automation Assessment
Conduct a gap assessment with a GaMEP project manager to help incorporate automation in your plant for the first time or add to your existing system. Wherever you are on your advanced manufacturing journey, our team can provide you with unbiased recommendations customized to fit your needs.
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Identifying the right technology to meet your company’s needs can be difficult. Implementing the wrong technology can be costly, frustrating, and dangerous. GaMEP can assess your current process, find options to automate or improve it through technology, and help you find sources for the technology you need.
During the assessment, GaMEP will:
- Walk your shop floor to identify opportunities for automation.
- Assess your team’s technical ability for design and maintenance.
- Provide recommendations on next steps.
Once the assessment is complete, GaMEP can:
- Conduct a process map to show the overall impact new automation could have on your plant.
- Assist in writing the specifications and a request for proposal (RFP).
- Advise on vendor selection.
By completing an automation assessment with GaMEP, you will:
- Understand the potential benefits of automation
- Receive unbiased advice
- Avoid costly mistakes
Technology Onboarding & Planning
Prepare to successfully implement a new piece of major capital equipment and create a plan for a smooth transition with minimal disruption.
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Once you have identified and purchased a new piece of equipment or technology, GaMEP’s advanced manufacturing team can help you prepare your facility, business, operators, and maintenance people for its arrival.
Through many years of experience helping companies implement new technology, our experts can help you avoid common challenges like not having proper utilities, inadequate employee training, or incompatibility with existing equipment or systems. They can also help assess how the new equipment could impact your business, taking into account changes in cycle time, safety procedures, or disaster planning.
GaMEP will:
- Meet with a cross-functional team to understand the project and its impact on different departments.
- Create an onboarding plan designed to minimize the time and cost of installation.
- Develop documentation of how your operators, supervisors, and maintenance team will interact with the equipment.
- Build contingency plans for unexpected challenges, such as power outages or equipment failures.
By utilizing GaMEP’s technology onboarding & planning service, you will:
- Avoid common problems and delays
- Get your new machine up and running as fast as possible
- Familiarize and prepare your team for the new equipment
Automation
System Design
Increase productivity, reduce errors, and streamline operations by implementing automation into your facility.
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Automation and robotics can be game changers for improved operational efficiency, lowered waste and quality defects, and enhanced employee experience. Whether you need a conveyor system, collaborative robot, autonomous robot, industrial robotic work cell, or custom-designed equipment, GaMEP automation experts can assess your process and design an automation system that meets your needs.
GaMEP will:
- Conduct a thorough analysis of processes to identify opportunities for automation.
- Design a plan to integrate advanced automation technologies into your operations.
- Utilize automation simulation tools to test the design, ensuring you find the right equipment for your process.
- Help you connect your system to sensors and other Internet of Things (IoT) technology to track data and performance.
- Offer ongoing support to ensure long-term efficiency and success.
By using automation, you can:
- Boost production
- Improve quality
- Lower costs
Plant
Layout
Create a more efficient work environment, improve productivity, and streamline operations with a new plant layout.
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A well-planned facility layout reduces production time, minimizes material handling, and enhances safety. GaMEP’s plant layout experts can analyze your facility and create a design encompassing the physical arrangement of equipment, storage areas, and workstations to optimize efficiency and workflow. Our team utilizes laser scanners and other smart plant layout tools to improve precision and efficiency of the design process.
GaMEP will:
- Analyze and map your current facility, then convert the scan to CAD drawings.
- Present alternative design flows and options.
- Provide a new layout design including workflows, material handling, and storage systems.
- Identify opportunities for technology integrations and suggest a roadmap of future projects, organized by priority level.
By using facility layout, you can:
- Improve workflow
- Reduce bottlenecks
- Increase capacity
Product Design for Established Manufacturers
Utilize the expertise of a GaMEP mechanical engineer to assist in the design or redesign of a mechanical product that you can build and take to market. This service is available for small existing manufacturers that do not have a mechanical engineer on staff.
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Do you have mechanical product-development ideas but lack an engineer to execute the design work? Do you need to redesign a product to reduce production costs or improve quality?
GaMEP has mechanical engineers on staff with product design expertise who assist small manufacturers with designing and redesigning mechanical products. As part of the process, GaMEP can also connect you with parts suppliers and suggest potential contract manufacturers.
GaMEP will:
- Learn about the product or part that you would like to design or redesign.
- Assist in market research to determine product need and differentiators.
- Develop a plan, including product design reviews, to ensure that the product continues to meet your needs.
- Design the product using SolidWorks.
- Provide a final documentation package for the product and materials.
By using product design services, you can:
- Get new products to market faster
- Develop new supplier relationships
- Expand your business
3D Printing/Additive
Manufacturing
Innovate and streamline your manufacturing processes with design flexibility, material efficiency, and rapid prototyping.
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Do you have a part or product that you think could be a candidate for 3D printing? 3D printing/additive manufacturing creates objects by adding layered material layers based on digital models, supporting complex and customized parts with high precision and minimal waste. GaMEP’s advanced manufacturing technology team can help you determine whether your design can be made effectively and efficiently utilizing 3D printing or a combination of 3D printing and traditional machining.
GaMEP will:
- Assess your products and processes to identify additive manufacturing opportunities.
- Evaluate product quality and production efficiency impact and performance.
- Ensure seamless integration and operation through support and training.
By using additive manufacturing, you can:
- Accelerate product development
- Lower production costs
- Reduce material waste
Technology Scouting
Utilize a systematic approach to identify, evaluate, and integrate new technologies to enhance your production processes, solve problems, or add new capabilities. This proactive approach helps manufacturers stay ahead of industry trends and leverage innovative solutions for growth.
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Do you have a challenge with your product or process that new technology could help you solve? GaMEP technology scouting services help you find the right technology to fill a need within your operations. By evaluating multiple options, you can be assured you find not just a solution but the best solution to meet your goals.
GaMEP will:
- Locate potential partners or technologies to meet your needs.
- Categorize and prioritize possible solutions.
- Develop a cost-effective way to evaluate each option.
By using technology scouting, you can:
- Connect with partners
- Develop new products
- Improve your processes
- Grow your business
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Implement a multidisciplinary approach to improve your production and maintenance processes, decreasing equipment breakdowns, lowering repair costs, and reducing equipment-related quality issues or missed deliveries.
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Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) addresses equipment breakdowns, high maintenance repair costs, missed deliveries, and quality problems due to equipment issues in order to achieve the ultimate goal of zero losses. By eliminating accidents, defects, and unplanned downtime, many companies experience a 30% or better cost reduction and ship on time, every time.
GaMEP will teach you the steps to implement TPM on equipment throughout your plant by:
- Applying 5S/6S methodologies to organize workstations.
- Addressing contamination sources.
- Inspecting equipment and tag defects.
- Establishing daily inspection procedures.
- Attacking the six major losses of unplanned stops, planned stops, small stops, slow cycles, production rejects, and startup rejects.
- Developing advanced productive and/or predictive maintenance systems.
By implementing TPM, you will:
- Reduce maintenance cost
- Eliminate downtime
- Strengthen workplace safety
Manufacturing Industry Training & Events
GaMEP hosts events and training courses designed specifically for manufacturers.
View our upcoming events and open enrollment training sessions below.
Looking for customized training options? Contact your region manager for more information.
Smart Manufacturing: How to Plan and Phase Technology Investments
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Safeguard your manufacturing operations with this essential course on cybersecurity fundamentals for manufacturers.
Lean First: Preparing Your People and Processes for Smarter Automation
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