AME Wins Silver in IMTS 2018 Exhibitor Product Innovation Competition
By: Meaghan Ziemba, Content Marketing Manager, AME
Rockford, Illinois, USA--August 8th, 2018--Advanced Machine & Engineering’s (AME) German partner, OTT-JAKOB, a leading manufacturer of automatic tool clamping systems, is the silver medal winner of the IMTS 2018 Exhibitor Product Innovation Award for its Power-Check Magazine.
With the advent of Industry 4.0 upon us, OTT-JAKOB is pushing the envelope in regular preventative maintenance. The Power-Check Magazine fully automates pull-in force measurement reducing production waste, tool wear, spindle damage, machine downtime, and safety risks by monitoring clamping force on the tooling.
“The OTT-JAKOB Power-Check Magazine is a major step towards the implementation of Industry 4.0 in the field of production, and helps achieve the highest quality standards.” - Josef Greif, OTT-JAKOB R&D Director.
Learn more about OTT-JAKOB and AME’s latest innovations at IMTS 2018 in booth #121117 (East Building, Machine Components/Cleaning/Environmental Pavillion). We look forward to meeting you.