{"id":655,"date":"2017-09-20T12:27:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T19:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/?p=655"},"modified":"2019-02-06T08:54:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T16:54:16","slug":"manufacturing-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/fr\/manufacturing-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturing for Good with Industrial Fabrics Association International"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p class=\"date\">By:\u00a0<a title=\"Posts by Jahna Peloquin\" href=\"https:\/\/specialtyfabricsreview.com\/writer\/jahna-peloquin\/\" rel=\"author\">Jahna Peloquin<\/a>\u00a0\/ Specialty Fabrics Review\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/specialtyfabricsreview.com\/category\/the-greater-good\/\" rel=\"category tag\">The Greater Good.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<div id=\"nf-dialog\"><span class=\"s1\">F<\/span><span class=\"s1\">or four days every year, IFAI Expo offers industry members the opportunity to share trade secrets and take advantage of educational opportunities, product demonstrations and certification options.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"p6\">A new addition this year is Manufacturing for Good. The live manufacturing experience demonstrates the making of a duffel bag from start to finish, with a philanthropic twist: all bags will be donated to <a href=\"http:\/\/raintreeservices.org\/\">Raintree Children &amp; Family Services<\/a>, a nonprofit organization that assists at-risk children and youth in the greater New Orleans area.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p7\">Practical and positive<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\">The idea for the event came to Jeff Sponseller, executive vice president of Ohio-based manufacturer Miller Weldmaster Corp., while attending a recent trade show in France that benefited Doctors without Borders. His company, which manufactures welding equipment, made tents and cots for the nonprofit to use in the field. Sponseller suggested a similar idea to IFAI\u2019s Cutting and Welding Committee, which jumped at the opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe were immediately onboard with the idea of creating trade show excitement through a charity-driven collaboration of IFAI member companies,\u201d says Christine Gerard, IFAI Equipment Division supervisor and one of the main organizers of the event, with Magda Ronningen, IFAI National Program Manager for the Makers Division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">The pop-up factory will highlight machines from nine manufacturers as they create more than 200 duffel bags over the course of ten hours, assembly-line style. \u201cWe wanted to show IFAI members how our equipment works,\u201d says Sponseller, \u201cand at the same time, create a usable product that would have a positive impact on the community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p7\">The duffel bag project<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\">Planning for the project began with a series of IFAI member committee meetings, followed by consultations with two IFAI member fabricators. Porcupine Canvas Manufacturing Ltd. assisted with the lean manufacturing layout and provided advice on the duffel bag construction, and Wyoming Canvas donated two duffel bags, along with the duffel bag pattern. Next, the committee sent the pattern to Miller Weldmaster to determine which part of the bag could be welded. Autometrix Inc. received a bag and the pattern in advance of the event, which allowed them to redesign and digitize a new pattern to store in the <a href=\"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/solutions\/cutting\/\">automated cutter<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">Since it was IFAI\u2019s first experience with creating a portable factory on the show floor, \u201cIt required a steep learning curve and lots of collaboration and expert advice from our membership,\u201d says Gerard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">Autometrix will use its automated cutting machine to cut out the bags\u2019 pattern, and JTE Machine Systems Inc. will showcase its tabletop grommet machine to install grommets on the bags. Miller Weldmaster and Forsstrom High Frequency AB will be demonstrating welding on the pocket and ends of the bags with their radio frequency (RF) and hot air welders, and the bags will be put together with sewing machines by Juki America Inc. Fabric for the bags was donated by Snyder Mfg Inc. and Vertilux Ltd., with thread from FIL-TEC Inc. and webbing and zippers from YKK (U.S.A.) Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">Typically, products created in similar demonstrations are simply discarded after trade shows. Instead, Manufacturing for Good is putting the finished duffel bags to good use by donating them to Raintree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe best part is the product we\u2019re making isn\u2019t just something we\u2019re going to throw away\u2014a local charity is going to benefit,\u201d says Sponseller.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p10\"><em>Jahna Peloquin is a writer and editor based in Minneapolis, Minn. This article was originally published by the<a href=\"https:\/\/specialtyfabricsreview.com\/issue\/september2017\/\"> Specialty Fabrics Review September issue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/276288871&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\">Watch Video here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The live manufacturing experience at the IFAI Expo demonstrates the making of a duffel bag from start to finish, with a philanthropic twist: all bags will be donated to Raintree Children &#038; Family Services, a nonprofit organization that assists at-risk children and youth in the greater New Orleans area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[160,115,47],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-press","category-news","tag-announcement-innovation","tag-cutting-solutions","tag-ifai-expo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Manufacturing for Good at IFAI 2017 | Fabric Cutting Machines for a cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The live manufacturing for good experience demonstrates the making of a duffel bag from start to finish, with a philanthropic twist\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/fr\/manufacturing-for-good\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale:alternate\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale:alternate\" content=\"ja\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale:alternate\" content=\"es\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manufacturing for Good at IFAI 2017 | Fabric Cutting Machines for a cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The live manufacturing for good experience demonstrates the making of a duffel bag from start to finish, with a philanthropic twist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/fr\/manufacturing-for-good\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Autometrix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-20T19:27:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-02-06T16:54:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Raintree-House.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1282\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Autometrix Inc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u00c9crit par\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Autometrix Inc\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/manufacturing-for-good\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/manufacturing-for-good\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Autometrix Inc\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6c0fd810e5fb014b7b504018375d55ec\"},\"headline\":\"Manufacturing for Good with Industrial Fabrics Association International\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-20T19:27:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-06T16:54:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/manufacturing-for-good\/\"},\"wordCount\":591,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/manufacturing-for-good\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/autometrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Raintree-House.jpg?fit=1600%2C1282&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Announcement &amp; 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