Engineering Reliable Assemblies: Designing, Modeling, and Validating for Real-World Performance
(TRACK 1: STRATEGIC PROGRAM) As products and systems grow more complex and performance requirements tighten, ensuring reliability has become a defining challenge across aerospace, automotive, medical, semiconductor, and other high‑spec industries. This session examines how manufacturers design, validate, and sustain reliability—where failure can compromise performance, safety, and brand trust. Attendees will explore how different industries define and measure reliability, and how those definitions translate into engineering decisions, material selection, fastening strategies, and validation methodologies.
Through a cross‑industry discussion, this session will highlight common failure modes observed at scale and the engineering strategies used to mitigate risk across the product lifecycle. Topics include tolerance management, process control, verification and validation, and the role of manufacturing and field feedback. The session will provide practical insight into how organizations align engineering rigor, quality systems, and supplier capabilities to achieve consistent, repeatable reliability—moving beyond isolated design excellence to performance that holds up in real‑world conditions.
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Performance pressure is intensifying. OEE losses, unplanned downtime, scrap and rework, and excess working capital continue to erode margins in complex assembly environments. Many manufacturers have invested in digital platforms, yet fragmented MES, SCADA, ERP, and PLM systems still limit real‑time decision making, creating an opportunity for AI to deliver innovative, high‑impact solutions.
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Why it matters
- Global supply chains remain structurally more volatile, driven by geopolitical shifts and fluctuating demand patterns
- Skilled labor is constrained and harder to upskill at scale as demographic shifts reduce available talent pools
- Sustainability expectations now require measurable performance improvements, not just reporting
- The technology stack across AI, automation, and industrial connectivity has matured to enable speed, precision, and resilience simultaneously
- Digital twins are expanding from isolated line simulations to enterprise‑wide decision platforms
- OT cybersecurity is evolving from basic IT hygiene to continuous, real‑time protection for connected production systems
Learning Objectives
- Diagnose revenue leakage across complex assembly lines and quantify where AI can create value to improve throughput, reduce scrap and rework, and increase asset utilization
- Translate AI‑enabled automation into measurable gains in OEE with direct impact on margin expansion
- Build a scalable AI roadmap tied directly to profitability, working capital efficiency, sustainability integration, and operational resilience
Workshop 1: Fundamentals of Bolted Joint Design
(TRACK 2: TECHNICAL PROGRAM) Based on FTI's highly acclaimed Underst
(TRACK 2: TECHNICAL PROGRAM) Based on FTI's highly acclaimed Understanding the Bolted Joint and Fastening Technology & Joint Design courses, this session explores the science behind reliable bolted joints.
Topics include:
- Understanding p
(TRACK 2: TECHNICAL PROGRAM) Based on FTI's highly acclaimed Understanding the Bolted Joint and Fastening Technology & Joint Design courses, this session explores the science behind reliable bolted joints.
Topics include:
- Understanding preload and clamp load
- Torque vs. tension relationships
- Joint stiffness and load sharing
- Fastener selection considerations
- Causes of joint failure
- Improving assembly relia
(TRACK 2: TECHNICAL PROGRAM) Based on FTI's highly acclaimed Understanding the Bolted Joint and Fastening Technology & Joint Design courses, this session explores the science behind reliable bolted joints.
Topics include:
- Understanding preload and clamp load
- Torque vs. tension relationships
- Joint stiffness and load sharing
- Fastener selection considerations
- Causes of joint failure
- Improving assembly reliability
Ideal for engineers, manufacturers, quality professionals, technical sales, and anyone specifying or troubleshooting bolted joints.
