PMPA Illinois Chapter Golf Outing 

 

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Old Orchard Country Club
700 West Rand Road
Mt. Prospect, IL 60056

A big thank you to all the members and guests who showed up for a great outing. Pictures coming soon.

 

 

 

 

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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Download Tsugami Presentation

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ACCESS TO MACROS: BEST PRACTICES

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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

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

Description: 

Job functions which would benefit: All

Experience track: Fundamentals

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ACCESS TO RAPID FIRE TECHNOLOGY

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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.

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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Download Valbruna Staineless Inc. Presentation

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ACCESS TO EXOTIC MATERIALS

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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

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

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

 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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Comments from attendees:

  • 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