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Views from the Floor at IMTS 2012

Travis Hessman, IndustryWeek

Sep. 19, 2012

IMTS 2012!

IMTS 2012: Sept. 9 - 15, McCormick Place, Chicago.
IMTS Balloon

The classic IMTS icon inflates in the courtyard separating the west wing of McCormick Place.
IMTS 2012: Be Moved!

Halls at McCormick place were crowded with over 100,000 visitors.
IMTS 2012: Universal Robots

Universal Robots are busy bringing easy-to-program robots to the U.S. Note the lack of safety fencing around the robotic arm -- a key feature in the new technology.
Signs of the Times: Sold!

Mitsui Seiki proudly displayed a "sold" sign on its HU100-5X machine tool.
IMTS 2012: Fanuc

Fanuc's yellow robots drew an impressive crowd every day of the show.
IMTS 2012: MAG

MAG's cryogenic technology was the showstopper at the booth.
IMTS 2012: Makino

Makino makes what matters.
IMTS 2012: Mazak

Mazak's booth represented the clean, well-lighted 21st-century machine shop.
IMTS 2012: Mazak's Tuxedos

A clean, well-lighted place indeed! Mazak's staff donned white tuxedos to drive home the point.
IMTS 2012: Siemens

Siemens' daily presentations and demonstrations sought to prove that anything is possible.
IMTS 2012: Emerging Technology Center

The ETC highlighted additive manufacturing, collaborative manufacturing, MTInsight and MT Connect.
IMTS 2012: Emerging Technology Center

At the ETC's collaborative manufacturing center, teams built this year's IMTS Rally Fighter Car.
IMTS 2012: Fanuc

A pair of Fanuc's giant robots, hard at work.
IMTS 2012: Motoman Robots

Robots dealt cards, machined parts and flexed their "muscles" in the Motoman exhibit.

A photo gallery of some of the most memorable sights at this year's International Manufacturing Technology Show.

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