Michigan-based Coherix, a pioneer in developing 3D-enabled adaptive-process-control technology, is expanding its industry-wide engineering workshop program designed to improve the application of adhesives and sealants in product manufacturing operations.

The company plans to double the number of workshop sessions offered in 2024 from three to six next year and increase potential enrollment for automotive and consumer-electronics engineers from 70 up to 200.

Sponsored by the Engineering and Manufacturing Alliance (EMA), the unique workshop brings together engineers from a variety of industries to discuss and discover solutions to common inherent dispensing issues seen in production environments. Systems integrators, robot suppliers, dispensing equipment suppliers, material suppliers, and end users all come together in one room to share first-hand experiences and discuss the latest technologies and methods for adhesive dispensing in manufacturing environments.

Next year’s first workshop will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, January 23, at the Coherix Technical Center, 3980 Ranchero Drive in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Registration and additional information is available online here. Enrollment is free of charge but limited.

The Total Dispensing System Engineering Workshop (TDSE) is moderated by Terry Taylor, an engineer with more than 25 years of experience with dispensing systems. Taylor manages the Coherix Dispensing System Engineering Team.

“The development of trouble-free dispensing systems is an extremely complex process that includes robots, fixturing, adhesive-dispensing equipment and process-control measures along with a host of other factors,” said Dwight Carlson, Coherix chairman and CEO. “It’s been an art form up until now, but we hope these workshops will inject more science and inter-company cooperation into the process.”

Carlson added that the TDSE Workshop is designed to help participants develop solutions to a variety of common adhesive and sealant dispensing issues.

“Due to the overwhelming interest these workshops generated last year from customers, partners, and the dispensing industry in general, we decided to more than double enrollment capability in 2025,” he noted.

In 2025 Coherix is offering TDSE Workshops in January, March, May, July, September, and November, registration and details can be found here.

Workshop discussion topics will include proper upfront selection of dispensing equipment, techniques to overcome part-to-part variation issues, management of material-viscosity variation, methods to prevent squeeze-out from occurring in production, optimization of dispensing-material usage, and how to overcome in-cell communication delays. 

Learn more about Coherix at coherix.com.