How to Read a Chip (PMPA NTC 2022)

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Parts are what the front office sells to customers, but chips are what we produce to make those parts. In this session, Miles will challenge you to reexamine your machining practice by learning to see and understand what the chips that you make are telling you about the process. Vocabulary of chip types, conditions and how to apply in your shop.

Recorded: May 3, 2022 at National Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

Speaker: Miles Free III, PMPA

Description: Parts are what the front office sells to customers, but chips are what we produce to make those parts. In this session, Miles will challenge you to reexamine your machining practice by learning to see and understand what the chips that you make are telling you about the process. Vocabulary of chip types, conditions and how to apply in your shop.

Who would benefit: Setup, Machinists, Estimators, Engineers, Foremen, Leadmen, Operators

Experience track: Mastery

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Comments from attendees:

Best session of the entire conference!!
Very informative
Very well presented. I like the real-world samples given.
Great presentation, well presented by Miles!
Very informative for an inexperienced machinist. Miles was a great speaker and very knowledgeable
Great and very informative. Very well explained.
Great presentation with great speaker. Very informative session
Very good information
I will use this knowledge to be a better “detective” at my shop. Great course!
Great, informative presentation
Excellent sharing of fundamentals. Continue this!
Great power point show. Really help to break it down for us so we understand what we are seeing

Macros: Best Practices (PMPA NTC 2022)

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Everyone knows that lean in important in our shop processes, and eliminating waste is key to profitability. But Lean should be applied to our CNC programs as well. Learn best practices on deploying macros. Reduce errors, reduce variability. Reduce costs.

Recorded: May 3, 2022 at National Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

Speakers:

Derek Briggs, Tsugami Corp
Ray Navarro, Marubeni Citizen-Cincom

Description: Everyone knows that lean in important in our shop processes, and eliminating waste is key to profitability. But Lean should be applied to our CNC programs as well. Learn best practices on deploying macros. Reduce errors, reduce variability. Reduce costs.

Job functions which would benefit: Setup, Machinists, Estimators, Engineers, Foremen, Leadmen

Experience track: Mastery

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Comments from attendees:

Amazing presentation thanks!
Good refresher on what we use and forgot about
Great job on this one!
Dereck and Ray are very knowledgeable in their craft! Thank you

Rapid Fire Technology (PMPA NTC 2022)

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The PMPA Information Technology Committee will be discussing a myriad of technology solutions such as Q-NAP, CNC Machinist Pro, mobile device management, productivity tools, shop floor networking, communication tools, AR glasses and more!

Recorded: May 2, 2022 at National Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

Speakers:

Bridget Casey, Bracalante
Greg McHale, Datanomix
Joe Raker, Peterson Tool Co.
Joe Jackson, PMPA

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Job functions which would benefit: All

Experience track: Fundamentals

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Comments from attendees:

Lots of new information
Great flow. Flawless delivery. Well Done!
Great information.
Great job by the entire panel; they presented the information very well.
A good amount of info from a good variety of topics
Incredibly informative, overall a great wealth of knowledge for what’s out there.

Exotic Materials (PMPA NTC 2022)

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Learn best practices on machining different exotic materials.

Recorded: May 1, 2022 at National Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

Speakers:
Pete Stechow, Fischer Special Tooling
Randy Kline, Valbruna Stainless
Ted Force, Medical Device and Implants, LLC

Job functions which would benefit: Middle Management, Foremen, Leadmen, Setup, Machinist

Experience track: Mastery

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Comments from attendees:

Great panelists
Very informative for a person who has been in the field for a year
Each speaker did an excellent job of presenting their topic
All did a good job
Good tips
Great presentation
Many thanks to all speakers
Really liked real life examples of problems and how it was solved

Cobots (PMPA NTC 2022)

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How and why your employees will love them. Cobots can be seen a co-workers.

Recorded: May 3, 2022 at National Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

Speakers:
Courtney Ortner, Absolute Machine Tools

Job functions which would benefit: All

Experience track: Fundamentals

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Comments from attendees:

Interesting program
Great introduction to collaborative robots
Relevant presentation to us.
Good presentation
The variety of videos and applications was helpful

Spindle Time Hacks (PMPA NTC 2022)

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What’s holding you back from getting more spindle time? In this session, Johnny Freeze will discuss ways to keep your spindles running: coolants, chip control, quick-change tooling, part families, reducing the amount of tools…anything to increase up-time.

Recorded: May 3, 2022 at National Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

Speakers:
Johnny Freeze, Peterson Tool Co.

Job functions which would benefit: Setup, Machinist, Estimator, Engineer, Foreman, Leadman, Opeator

Experience track: Mastery

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Comments from attendees:

Tons of great ideas! I filled two pages of notes
Johnny is the man.
Great discussions after the session
Great presentation

Lightly Attended (PMPA NTC 2022)

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Lights out manufacturing is a misnomer but lightly attended machining is a proven way to increase production, profitability, and reduce lead times. Join Mike Petrusch to learn current best practices for lightly attended machining that you can apply in your operations.

Recorded: May 3, 2022 at National Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

Speakers:
David Wynn, ABF Engineering and Machining

Job functions which would benefit: Upper Management, Middle Management, Estimator, Engineer, IT, Operator

Experience track: Fundamentals

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Best speaker
Loved the talk
Excellent presentation
Very detailed presentation, without anything to be bored about
Cox is very impressive
Excellent Presentation, very informative
Very good
Great!
Mike is a great presenter;
Very enjoyable and thought-provoking presentation
A fire hose of information. I will look forward to the power points

3D Printing (PMPA NTC 2022)

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Learn how 3D printing can be used to create helpful accessories in your shop!

Recorded: May 1, 2022 at National Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

Speakers:
David Wynn, ABF Engineering and Machining

Job functions which would benefit: All

Experience track: Management

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Comments from attendees:

Gave me some great ideas to take back to our shop – thinking outside the box. sometimes we have a tendency to do things the same way and need to look at new ways to do things.
Good to learn about different types
3D printing isn’t fast enough for production but it is good to help production in an industry
A lot of good ideas to help the production of shops
So interesting to see the vast difference in style and ability in each method interesting to see we could print several of our parts

Estimating & Quoting (PMPA NTC 2022)

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John Detterbeck shares a full picture of the details involved with the process of estimating and quoting: base knowledge and resources, to standard tooling costs, available software for estimating, working with toolrooms and tool vendors for the best pricing, suggestions about materials costs and potential hidden costs.

Recorded: May 2, 2022 at National Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

Speakers:
John Detterbeck, Lester Detterbeck Enterprises Ltd

Job functions which would benefit: Upper Management, Middle Management, Estimators, Engineers, Sales, Quality

Experience track: Fundamentals

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Comments from attendees:

John did a great job presenting
Very methodically presented great pace – well done!
Great job John!
good breakdown of the different variables
Great engaging presenter
Very good and informational for people new to estimating
Great job of simplifying a complex activity for people new to estimating. great way of making people underestimating many of the consideration

Supply Chain Realities (PMPA NTC 2022)

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FTR’s Don Ake discusses the current transportation issues, how we got here and what the future may hold.
Absolute Machine Tools’ Courtney Ortner shares current importing practices and challenges.

Recorded: May 3, 2022 at National Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

Speakers:
Don Ake, FTR
Courtney Ortner, Absolute Machine Tools

Job functions which would benefit: Upper Management, Middle Management, Estimators, Engineers, Sales

Experience track: Management

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Download Franconia Industries Presentation

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Comments from attendees:

Great information on supply chain and heads up for the remainder on the year.
Very Informative
Great job by the speakers. Very informative from different examples.
The US needs to drive manufacturing industry back to the us and stop relying on China
A good informative session about current events affecting the business. Always glad to hear about economic conditions from others.