IMTS 2024 Conference: Multi-tasking Continues to Elevate Manufacturing

Wednesday September 11 2:15 PM CST
IMTS47 Room W192-B

Learn about the presentation
While multi-tasking machines have been around for quite some time, the technology continues to evolve and provide even more overall production benefits and adaptability. For many of today’s manufacturers, multi-tasking has proven the key to overcoming industry challenges ranging from an ongoing skilled labor shortage to surging production demands and pressure to constantly reduce production costs. In this presentation, Mazak’s Chuck Birkle and Jared Leick discuss several of the more recent advancements in the technology and why multi-tasking has become a must-have for part processing improvement.

Presentation takeaways:

• Gain a complete understanding of the multi-tasking DONE IN ONE concept

• Realize how multi-tasking can increase production capacity, processing flexibility, output and profitability with fewer machine tools

• Learn about new applications for multi-tasking

Meet your presenters
Chuck Birkle is vice president sales and marketing for Mazak Corporation.

Mazak Corporation is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year producing machine tools in Florence, Kentucky, and Chuck just celebrated his 38th year with Mazak. 

Mazak designs and produces manufacturing and automation technologies to the aerospace, energy, medical, heavy equipment, job shop and general manufacturing industries.  

Chuck has been an active participant in the growth of multi-tasking machine tools, both additive and subtractive since their infancy. 

Consistent to Mazak’s active involvement in the AMT, Chuck has served with the AMT’s Economic and Statistics Committee for 18 years, and also currently services on AMT’s Show Committee. 

Jared Leick is corporate account & product group manager at Mazak, a machine tool and automation provider to the aerospace, energy, medical, heavy equipment, and general manufacturing industries. In this role, Mr. Leick is responsible for managing corporate accounts and relationships with key customers, as well as overseeing a product line of machines imported from various factories in Japan. 

Prior to his role as corporate account and product group manager, Leick was the machining center product group manager, a product specialist, and an engineer in sales engineering department. 

Also at Mazak, Leick was appointed to the Destination Leadership program and integral to the D365 integration project. 

Leick holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Xavier University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology from Northern Kentucky University.