Sixty Years of Customer Profit Reinforcement®
Doug Adams III
President, Adams
Training & TechFest
Engineers trained are engineers retained.
Six factory-certified courses, on a published schedule. An annual conference that brings 200+ plant engineers and manufacturer partners together. A 1,800 sq ft training facility you can use.
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TechFest ’26
Two days. Two hundred plant engineers. Ten factory technical sessions. Six customer case-study deep-dives. The annual gathering of fluid-power and automation practice across the southeast — at our home in Tampa.
March 4–5, 2026 Tampa Convention Center 200+ attendees 8 AM ET both days
Free for qualified plant engineers · $295 for distributor/supplier reps
Speakers & sessions
Real engineers, working problems, recent deployments.
The agenda is built around technical sessions and customer-led case studies. No keynotes from people who’ve never been on a plant floor.
Cobots in regulated industries: lessons from six pharma cells
Kayla Adams
VP Engineering, Adams
Pulse-valve duty cycles: when poppets fail and why
Mark Petersen
Senior application engineer, MAC Valves
Deep learning for surface inspection: real-world deployments
Dr. Emily Reyes
Vision systems lead, Cognex
UR20 and the next chapter of palletizing automation
James Holm
Technical lead, Universal Robots
Integrating cobots through FDA validation: a customer's view
Lina Castellanos
Operations director, Florida pharma CDMO
Year-round courses
Six factory-certified curricula.
Courses run on a published quarterly schedule at our Tampa facility. Public registration is open; on-site customer cohorts available for groups of eight or more.
01
IFP-A Pneumatic Specialist
3 days · Quarterly
Factory-certified IFP pneumatics curriculum covering valve and cylinder design, circuit logic, and troubleshooting. Earns IFP-A credentials and 24 CEUs.
NextJune 17–19, 2026
Seats12 max
Fee$1,250
02
IFP-H Hydraulic Specialist
3 days · Twice a year
IFP hydraulics fundamentals through advanced. Pump and motor sizing, manifold design, oil-condition diagnostics, and circuit-level troubleshooting.
NextAugust 12–14, 2026
Seats10 max
Fee$1,450
03
UR Core Track
2 days · Monthly
Universal Robots' official Core Track curriculum: PolyScope programming, end-effector setup, vision integration basics. Hands-on with UR5e and UR10e cobots.
NextMay 22–23, 2026
Seats8 max
Fee$995
04
Cognex In-Sight Fundamentals
1 day · On demand
In-Sight Explorer programming, vision-tool selection, lighting and lens basics. Bring a part; leave with a working inspection program for it.
NextScheduled per cohort
Seats8 max
Fee$695
05
Compressed-Air System Auditing
1 day · Quarterly
Hands-on training in ultrasonic leak detection, system tuning, and ROI quantification. Walk a real plant with our senior auditors.
NextJuly 9, 2026
Seats14 max
Fee$595
06
Spanish-Language IFP-A Pneumatics
3 days · Twice a year
Curso completo IFP-A en español. Misma certificación, mismo currículo, impartido en San Juan e idéntico a nuestro curso en inglés.
NextNovember 4–6, 2026
Seats10 max
Fee$1,250
Reserve your seat
For TechFest, a course, or both.
We’ll confirm by email within one business day, with travel-and-stay recommendations for out-of-town attendees.
Want training on-site at your plant?
We bring the trainers and the curriculum to you.
On-site cohorts are typically 8–16 attendees, customized to the equipment your team actually runs. Two- to four-week scheduling lead time.
On-site responseSame day in the Tampa Bay area
Average audit2 days on the floor · 10-day report
Engineering staff27 application & field engineers
LanguagesEnglish & Spanish, in-territory