UTEP Delivers Hands-On Smart Manufacturing Training to Regional Manufacturers BENEFITS TO OUR NATION Smart Manufacturing workshops equip workers with cutting-edge skills and
Benefits to Industry
Training workers in one region on Smart Manufacturing technologies will significantly benefit the industry by creating a more skilled and productive workforce. Smart Manufacturing workshops equip workers with knowledge and techniques that enable them to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and improve product quality. This investment in workforce development not only boosts productivity and profitability for individual companies but also strengthens the overall industrial ecosystem, fostering sustainable growth and advancement.
Technical Approach
Provide local Small & Medium-sized Manufacturers (SMM) access to a Smart Manufacturing (SM) technology demonstration site featuring industry-relevant Smart Manufacturing technologies, provide hands-on lab training courses, and leverage regional Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers to implement ‘quick win’ solutions using SM methodologies.
Accomplishments
- *Designed and deployed a comprehensive Smart Manufacturing Instruction (SMI) site, equipped with manufacturing, communications, and virtual reality hardware.
- Demonstrated proof-of-concept SM technologies for regional SMMs that can be applied to existing manufacturing operations.
- Delivered Smart Manufacturing training workshops to 18 participants from 7 regional manufacturers.
- Developed and delivered 4 different Smart Manufacturing short courses.
- Developed two training projects: o Digital Factory Twin AR/VR Solutions for high voltage testing environments o
- Integrated the Smart Manufacturing Instruction site IoT system to the CESMII Smart Manufacturing Innovation Platform (SMIP).
Deliverables
- Delivered complete Smart Manufacturing Workshop manuals and instructions.
- Delivered complete Project Documentation package.
Reusable Outcomes
- *Smart Manufacturing curriculum modules and templates o Smart Industrial Automation Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Fundamentals o o Industrial Data Analytics and Decision Making Digital Systems Engineering o o Augmented and Virtual Reality