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Don’t Miss PMPA’s “Management Jambalaya” Of Profitability, Business Growth, Trends, Politics And Wellness
The PMPA Management Update Committee has your recipe for success in 2008. Come to this year’s Management Update Conference at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. It runs from February 28 through March 1. There, you’ll receive a hefty serving of business intelligence.
Read MoreTraining Grants Available From The PMPA Education Foundation
If your company’s machinists or salespeople need training in precision machining equipment, there could be a grant available to cover part of the cost of that training. Each year, the PMPA Education Foundation sets aside funds for a variety of training activities. The grants go to companies, individuals, schools and organizations.
Read MoreHigh Speed Spindles For Swiss Machining
This article discusses the use of high-speed spindles in Swiss machining applications. Sufficient rotational speed is necessary to take advantage of tooling materials in small diameter cutters.
Read MoreHandling Parts In A Robotic Cell
Here’s a review of the workholding and workhandling challenges a shop faces as it moves a part through a robotic cell, from serving up the blanks to the transfer of the final workpiece to post processing and gaging. Productivity, Inc. takes the reader through a few of their cells that they've installed using Fanuc robots and a variety of other machine tool equipment.
Read MoreReading The Pulse Of The Precision Machined Products Industry
From a "robust pace" in the early months of 2000, to mid-year "softening," to a forecast of "plateauing" in the final quarter: This is the overall picture of the precision machined products industry after experiencing many unexpected "ups and downs" during the year.
Read MorePMPA Management Update ’08
The Precision Machined Products Association invites you to participate in this year’s Management Update Conference, to be held Thursday, February 28, to Saturday, March 1, 2008, at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally planned for 2007, the conference was rescheduled for February 2008 to give the hotel and city time to recover from Hurricane Katrina. PMPA’s Management Update Committee chair, Katherine Coffman, president of Champion Screw Machine Engineering, Inc.
Read MoreRecent PMPA Listserve Topics
PMPA members use e-mail Listserves to share ideas, solve problems, sell excess material and equipment and learn about new business opportunities. Here is a list of topics that were recently discussed: Have a customer who needs quote for large quantity pin Delinquent customer account Bill pay and transfer controls Looking for help with AGT grinder control Radios on the shop floor Pre-employment tests Workers’ comp Work visa Speeds and feed on CDA 792 leaded nickel silver Product segregation Looking for material source Cutoff application in ETD150 in a 5/8 Acme Iemca CNC Boss 542 Ultem 100 machinability Oil containment systems Metric material Metric 304 tubing Source for 8622 barstock Looking for SS316 tubing source Extruded aluminum Davenport index stopping Used Fanuc robots VDI 30 tooling Tornos shave cam Cold-headed part Live Z unit BND34s, two wanted ISO 9001 design and development Remember that you must be a PMPA member to subscribe to the PMPA Listserves and to receive the benefits. .
Read MoreCritical Spares
Planning for necessary raw materials and tooling is critical for meeting production schedules in our shops. Just as important is planning to have the critical maintenance spares needed to keep our production assets up and running.
Read MoreMeet The New PMPA President: Jim Hemingway
The PMPA installed its new president October 2007 at the PMPA annual meeting held in Tucson, Arizona. Jim Hemingway of Alger Manufacturing moved up from his role as first vice president to fill the position held by outgoing president Richard C. Gorton.
Read MoreTrends In Markets For Precision Machined Parts
What markets for precision machined parts are likely to grow? Which are stagnant? Are North American producers always more expensive than foreign sources? Which customer trends are likely to influence your machining business in the years ahead? These questions, and many others, are answered in PMPA’s newest “Business Intelligence Report: Trends in Markets for Precision Machined Products. ” The PMPA Marketing Committee commissioned market research firm Kleinhenz & Associates to work with members of PMPA’s staff to explore the trends that would affect the industry in the near future. There were two primary objectives.
Read MoreMedical Machining Made Simpler
Medtronic Powered Surgical Solutions produces power surgical motors, tools and attachments. CAM with knowledge-based machining capabilities helps them program low volume, complex parts processed on multi-tasking screw machines.
Read MoreSEO Will Change the Way Business Is Done
By maximizing your search engine optimization (SEO) capabilities, you are helping to improve the volume and quality of the leads that you generate from the Web via search engines such as Google and Yahoo!.
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