Supplier to discuss space exploration projects at IMTS 2014

Moorpark, California – Gibbs and Associates, developer of GibbsCAM software for programming CNC machine tools and a Cimatron company, will host Rodney Babcock, president and owner of Next Intent, who will deliver a presentation in the Gibbs and Associates booth at IMTS 2014. 

 

Babcock has 35 years’ experience in manufacturing, including manual and computerized CNC programming and machining. He will discuss national space exploration projects and his company’s participation in the manufacturing, assembly, and testing of specific components for these projects. Specializing in the design, machining, and assembly of components for aerospace, defense, and national laboratories, Next Intent is located in San Luis Obispo, Calif. 

 

Babcock’s presentation will be made daily at 10:00 am and at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, Sept. 9 through Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in the Gibbs and Associates Booth, E-3310.

 

Next Intent has been a Gibbs customer since its founding by Babcock, in 1996, using GibbsCAM to program all of its milling and turning machines. The company has been a user of GibbsCAM solids and 5-axis machining since 2000. Among its various projects, Next Intent has provided components for the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Science Laboratory Rover Curiosity, the James Webb Space Telescope, the National Ignition Facility (operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and the Antares Rocket, developed for missions to the International Space Station.

 

IMTS will run Sept. 8-13, 2014, at Chicago’s McCormick Place. The GibbsCAM (and CimatronE) exhibit is in Booth E-3310 of the Controls and CAD-CAM Pavilion.