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From machine to model on stage at SMAFACC 2026

Our SABCA case on stage at 15:25 and Boolytics at stand 9, at the Smart Manufacturing Conference a few doors down from our office.

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Thomas Nagels on stage in the Thor Central auditorium at SMAFACC 2025, a Boolean slide on the screen

Event: SMAFACC 2026
When: 12 November 2026
Where: Thor Central, Genk

SMAFACC, the Smart Manufacturing Conference, runs on Thursday 12 November 2026 at Thor Central in Genk, from 9:00 to 18:00. It is a short walk from our own office on Thor Park. You will find us at stand 9 in La Grand Salle, on the second floor.

Demo rack with an IXON router and a PLC on the Boolean stand at SMAFACC 2025

At 15:25 Thomas Nagels takes the stage together with Harold Clément, Transformation & Business Controller at SABCA Limburg, for From machine to model: a digital twin for composite production at SABCA Limburg. SABCA Limburg builds composite parts for aerospace, among them parts for the F-35 programme.

In automated fibre placement a deviation often only shows after curing, when the part can no longer be repaired. Together with SABCA Limburg and Flanders Make we are building a digital twin of the machine. It links sensor data and image recognition to quality control, so a model can predict the result while there is still time to act. The talk covers what that takes: a neutral data platform first, as much process context as possible, and a separate model for each question. The full story is in the SABCA case.

Between sessions, come by stand 9 to see Boolytics running on live data, or to compare notes on an Industry 4.0 project of your own.

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