The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) is a

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based in

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, in the

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. It was founded as the National Machine Tool Builders' Association (NMTBA) in 1902. It represents and promotes the interests of American providers of

manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to ...

machinery and equipment. As machine tools advanced, NMTBA launched the first National Machine Tool Builders’ Exposition in 1927, which would later be rebranded IMTS- International Manufacturing Technology Show. The AMT’s most visible activity is its management of the

International Manufacturing Technology Show The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), first held in Cleveland, Ohio in 1927 , is a trade show that features industrial machinery and technology. It is the largest manufacturing technology trade show in North America, and in 1990 wa ...

(IMTS), which is held on even-numbered years at

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. Examples of activities fostered by the AMT include: * Standardization of the taper used on Computer Numerically Controlled ( CNC)

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. See Machine taper for a discussion of NMTB tapers. * Initiation of

MTConnect MTConnect is a manufacturing technical standard to retrieve process information from numerically controlled machine tools. As explained by a member of the team that developed it, "This standard specifies the open-source, royalty-free communicatio ...

, a standard for open web-based communication to manufacturing equipment.
Updated on ClearOS' web page: ClearOS Pedigree * Publication of recommended standards for manufacturing related activities. * Hosting and participation in standards committees, including NFPA 79,

ANSI The American National Standards Institute (ANSI ) is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organi ...

B11 Safety Standards. * Annual Technology Forums in cooperation with the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. * Representing manufacturing interests in Washington. * Providing manufacturing statistical data for publications. AMT also supports their membership with technology centers and representative offices in

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and

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Other AMT Events

AMT puts on a number of events throughout the year. While IMTS takes place in every even year, AMT also hosts the MFG Meeting and MTForecast Conference every year. AMT Logo Updated 2022

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Other AMT Events

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