How to Outperform Automotive Check Fixturing with Automated Non-Contact Measurement

Today’s advanced manufacturers are reshaping their processes for greater speed and agility. With rising backlogs and changing customer demands, it is the fast who eat the slow in the automotive supply chain. In this session, manufacturers will learn how they can use their Manufacturing 4.0 data to generate more speed and agility, shorten product development, save money and increase product quality. From an automation viewpoint, manufacturers will learn how to utilize flexible scanning solutions as a productivity tool to enable digital builds and validation processes for automotive closures applications including door systems, tailgate, deck lid and hood. 



Attendees to the How to Outperform Automotive Check Fixturing with Automated Non-Contact Measurement will benefit by: 



• Learning to recognize the basics of when to automate a process 

• Exploring the power and value of digital metrology 

• Discovering the top things to look for in an automation and manufacturing intelligence supplier 



Presenters: 

Don Manfredi 

Business Development, Integrated Solutions Business Division 

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence 



Mr. Don Manfredi currently serves as the Integrated Solutions Business Unit Business Development Lead at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. In this role, Mr. Manfredi is responsible for the strategic management, sales, and product development and marketing of the 360° Flexible Measurement Cell product line of automated measurement solutions. 



Rick Vanden Boom 

Automated Systems Group Director 

Applied Manufacturing Technologies 





Mr. Rick Vanden Boom is the Manager of its Automated Systems Group (ASG) for Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT). Vanden Boom leads the company’s ASG department, dedicated to the design and build of turnkey automated robotic systems. 

Prior to joining AMT Mr. Vanden Boom most recently held key management positions at Coherix and Cognitens, Inc.