Released July 20, 2020.
Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller discuss PMPA’s latest article in the July’s issue of Production Machining on Fixing American Manufacturing & Creating Value Within.
Author: Joe Jackson
Machinability and Manufacturing of Stainless Steel
Randy Kline & Ray Schnell from Valbruna Stainless Steel
Join Randy Kline and Ray Schnell, of Valbruna, as they introduce you to the manufacturing and machinability aspects of stainless steels. Randy will provide a technical overview on how stainless steels are melted, hot rolled, and cold finished to produce stainless steel bar products. Ray will provide you with an overview on the machinability of the four (4) basic families of stainless steels, i.e. Austenitic, Ferritic, Martensitic and Precipitation Hardening, with an introduction to the basic metallurgy involved with the production of stainless steels. In addition, he will review the various elements, and the processes, affecting machinability and provide some typical applications for each family.
Released July 14, 2020.
Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller extensively discuss the importance of the Federal Government’s Spring 2020 Regulatory Agenda and how it related to our industry and PMPA Members. Part two contains information on the Department of Labor and OSHA sections of the agenda.
For Information on the NRLB and EPA sections of the agenda please refer to Part 1 of this podcast.
Released July 13, 2020.
Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller extensively discuss the importance of the Federal Government’s Spring 2020 Regulatory Agenda and how it related to our industry and PMPA Members. Part one contains information on the NRLB and EPA sections of the agenda.
Why Should We Consider Manufacturing Analytics/IIoT
Help machine shops understand IIoT / Manufacturing Analytics and the potential solutions enough to make a determination of whether they should seriously consider IIoT or not. Manufacturing is moving towards needing to be more data driven to compete. However, companies struggle to understand if IIoT solutions make sense for them, can be successful, are affordable, and want to look for alternatives if available. They have also already been bombarded by IoT marketing fluff and a lot of stories of failed IoT projects. Our approach is to be transparent about the solutions, their value, and the options. We don’t get into the big, high‐minded ideas of Industry 4.0/Smart Manufacturing or the IoT hype. That’s been overdone already. Let’s get real.
Released July 6, 2020.
Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller discuss PMPA’s latest Business Trends report and what it means for manufacturing growth going forward.
Released July 1, 2020.
You may have not heard but there is a potential 100% duty on imported copper materials from Europe. Miles explains what we know and how to combat this impending tariff.
Released June 29, 2020.
Miles Free is joined by special guest Scott Wiltsie of Vanamatic Company to discuss his experiences at Vanamatic under the current COVID-19 challenges.
Released June 26, 2020.
Join us as Miles Free answers a variety of questions! You never know what will be asked or what the answer may be!
Please send any questions or topics for Miles Free to answer to gro.apmp@rellimc and we will answer your questions on an upcoming episode of the Speaking of Precision: Mailbag Edition
SBA Releases Important New Rules Regarding PPP Loan Forgiveness
The Small Business Administration (SBA) just released important new rules regarding forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The June 22 Revisions to Loan Forgiveness Interim Final Rule and SBA Loan Review Procedures Interim Final Rule offer additional clarification on the rules governing forgiveness of PPP loans, while providing borrowers with additional flexibility. What do employers need to know about these developments?