From left Dunkirk P-Tech students Xavior Warrior, Kay Lazar, Tyler Mathews, and Austin Bennet, watch Randy Biebel of FARO Technologies, Inc., demonstrate 3-D scanning. P-J photo by Michael Zabrodsky

Hands-on training helps students enter the manufacturing workforce quicker.

And that’s the goal of Jamestown Community College’s Manufacturing Technology Institute. MTI, 512 Falconer St., held a manufacturing and technology expo Thursday where Dunkirk and Springville P-Tech students had a chance to network and learn about a variety of technology products such as CAD/CAM software, 3-D scanning, robotics, automation, and machining and tooling.