CHARLOTTE SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Tentative Schedule; additional seminars and time changes TBA. Please check back prior to show.
FREE SEMINARS
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
9:00 am to 10:00 am
Negotiating Skills
Whether negotiating a contract, asking for a raise, or buying a car, this entertaining and informative one-hour video presentation will help you get the best deal you can while still maintaining a positive working relationship with the other parties. This free video presentation is a $189 value, but it could save you thousands.
10:15 am to 11:15 am
Molded Plastic Part Design
Floyd Coates, American Plastic Molding Corp. www.APMC.com
• Materials Selection • Mold Costs • Minimize Lead Time • Common Design Errors
• Designing for Low Cost, High Quality Parts • Design Rules of Thumb • Strength Measurement Methods • Chemical Resistance • Amorphous & Crystalline Materials
• High Temperature plastics • Additional Topics: Wall Thickness, Coring, Draft, Radii, Reinforcements, Ribs, Fillets, Holes, Undercuts, Threads, Inserts, Surface Finish, Lettering, Postmolding Operations, Finishing, Decorating, Degating, Tolerances, Gate Type and Location, Weld and Meld Lines, Warping, Orientation, Venting, Entrapped Gasses, Finite Element Analysis, Mold Fill, etc. • Further information 812-752-7000
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Product Development: Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
Jeff Hougland, Eng Mgr., APM Corporation
Overview: Economically successful designs ensure both high product quality and minimization of product costs. The seminar will provide an overview of the DFM process, one of the most widely used methods for achieving this goal.
- Estimate the Costs of Components: Fixed vs. variable costs; The BOM; Estimating standard components; Estimating cost of custom component; Estimating cost of assembly; Estimating overhead costs
- Reduce the Cost of Components: Understand the process constraints and drivers; Redesign components to eliminate processing steps; Choose appropriate economic scale for the part process; Standardize components and processes; “Black Box” component procurement
- Reduce the Cost of the Assembly: Keeping score; Integrate parts; Maximize ease of assembly; Consider customer assembly
- Reduce the Costs of Supporting Production: Minimize systemic complexity; Error proofing
- Consider the Impact of DFM Decisions on Other Factors: The impact of DFM on development time; The impact of DFM on development costs; The impact of DFM on product quality; The impact of DFM on external factors; Component reuse; Life cycle costs.
Tuesday, October 6
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Magnesium Investment Castings in as Little as 3 Days
John Gode, Protoype Castings www.protcast.com
An overview of investment casting and the challenges of casting
magnesium with time set aside for questions and answers.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
9:00 am to 9:45 am
Creating and Delivering Effective Presentations
Chances are at some point your job will require you to make a presentation. Whether you’re addressing an auditorium full of people or a small group in a business meeting, this video presentation will teach you the skills you need to deliver effective and persuasive presentations that people will listen to and remember. The tips in this video will have you speaking like a pro the very next time you have to make a presentation.
10:15 am to 11:15 am
Definite Precision
Sharon Pinto, Micro Waterjet LLC www.microwaterjet.com
A new cutting technology recently developed in Europe and brought to the United States in 2009 has started creating a brand name in many industries. Learn about new ways to solve challenges for cutting precise parts.
- Learn the limitations of conventional cutting methods
- How Heat Affected Zones can be avoided
- Solutions using a combination of machining processes
- Select the right material for the right application
- The future of precision cutting
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
New Product Development On Steroids
Bob Jones, Jeff Bickford, Solomon-EOS div. Classic Molders
You may be in a business situation where it is “produce new products or perish” for the company. Many companies struggle with how to capture the spirit of innovation from within their organization and bring it successfully to market. Innovative ideas get bogged down in red tape and politics. Often great ideas die a slow death due to lack of focus. Other ideas may go nowhere due to clarity of purpose. Solomon-EOS and RS Industries Company approach is based on their first hand experience in bringing new ideas to fruition by bringing clarity, focus and drive to each situation. Learn about the four phases and how to apply the appropriate techniques to successfully bring new ideas from concept to reality. This exciting approach insures that the organization is focused on the right things that bring profitable growth while avoiding the waste of their most valuable resource time.
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Aluminum V-Process Castings
Gerry Byrne, Harmony Castings/TPI Arcade www.harmonycastings.com
This seminar will cover V-Process aluminum casting technology and its advantages, pattern-making techniques and CNC machining of castings. Fundamental casting design and cost drivers for both prototype and production casting and machining requirements will be discussed. Applications to medical, automotive, instrumentation, computer, electronics, optics, and communications will be reviewed. All attendees will be given a “Design Considerations and Technical Data for V-Process Castings” guidebook.
2:30-3:30
SO 9001, ISO 14001 and AS 9100 Registration: A Question and Answer Session
Steve Barfoot, Advantage International Registrar, Inc. www.advantageregistrar.com
This 1 hour session will allow participants to get their questions answered, without the pressure of dealing with your specific registrar. Ask questions on how your audit days and costs are determined, what does it take to be a registrar, questions about the ISO 9001 standard, interpretations, what is an accreditation body, or whatever comes to mind.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
9:00 am to 10:00 am
Negotiating Skills
Whether negotiating a contract, asking for a raise, or buying a car, this entertaining and informative one-hour video presentation will help you get the best deal you can while still maintaining a positive working relationship with the other parties. This free video presentation is a $189 value, but it could save you thousands.
10:15 am to 11:15 am
Molded Plastic Part Design
Floyd Coates, American Plastic Molding Corp. www.APMC.com
• Materials Selection • Mold Costs • Minimize Lead Time • Common Design Errors
• Designing for Low Cost, High Quality Parts • Design Rules of Thumb • Strength Measurement Methods • Chemical Resistance • Amorphous & Crystalline Materials
• High Temperature plastics • Additional Topics: Wall Thickness, Coring, Draft, Radii, Reinforcements, Ribs, Fillets, Holes, Undercuts, Threads, Inserts, Surface Finish, Lettering, Postmolding Operations, Finishing, Decorating, Degating, Tolerances, Gate Type and Location, Weld and Meld Lines, Warping, Orientation, Venting, Entrapped Gasses, Finite Element Analysis, Mold Fill, etc. • Further information 812-752-7000
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Product Development: Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
Jeff Hougland, Engineering Manager, APM Corporation
Overview: Economically successful designs ensure both high product quality and minimization of product costs. The seminar will provide an overview of the DFM process, one of the most widely used methods for achieving this goal.
- Estimate the Costs of Components: Fixed vs. variable costs; The BOM; Estimating standard components; Estimating cost of custom component; Estimating cost of assembly; Estimating overhead costs
- Reduce the Cost of Components: Understand the process constraints and drivers; Redesign components to eliminate processing steps; Choose appropriate economic scale for the part process; Standardize components and processes; “Black Box” component procurement
- Reduce the Cost of the Assembly: Keeping score; Integrate parts; Maximize ease of assembly; Consider customer assembly
- Reduce the Costs of Supporting Production: Minimize systemic complexity; Error proofing
- Consider the Impact of DFM Decisions on Other Factors: The impact of DFM on development time; The impact of DFM on development costs; The impact of DFM on product quality; The impact of DFM on external factors; Component reuse; Life cycle costs.
