NASHVILLE SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Tentative Schedule; additional seminars and time changes TBA.
Please check back prior to show. FREE SEMINARS
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Negotiating SkillsWhether 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 - 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
11:15 am - 12:00 noon
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.
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Definite Precision
Steve Parette,National Account Representative, 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.
1:45 pm – 2:45 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.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
9:00 am - 10:00 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
10:00 am - 11:00 am
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.
11:00 am to 12:00 noon
Low Cost Inkjet Printed Flex Circuit Production: The Print and Plate Method
Dr. Steve Thomas, Inkjet Flex www.inkjetflex.com
In the current climate of low-volume hi-mix electronics production, cost models are often dominated by the relatively high NRE tooling costs involved in PWB production. Photomasks, silk screens and stencils can present the dominant contribution to the cost of low volume PWB products and in the case of prototype runs, tooling will be the majority of the cost. Digital production methods such as inkjet printing have, for a long time, promised to remove the tooling costs associated with low-volume and prototype runs but have so far been unable to operate with the large-particle conductive inks and pastes currently used in the more familiar polymer thick film technologies. However, advances in the development of UV cured catalytic inks for electroless plating have now made the reliable, fully digital production of roll-to-roll flex circuits a reality, allowing designers to go straight from CAD to production without the need for the costly manufacture of tooling.
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Is Virtual Manufacturing Right for You?
Jim Davis, BT Manufacturing www.bt-mfg.com
Today's economic environment is driving all companies, including OEMs, to revisit their business models and focus on their core competencies. If you wish to focus your resources on marketing, R&D, and other non-manufacturing activities, then you should consider the advantages of a virtual manufacturing model. This seminar will explain virtual manufacturing and how the small- to mid-sized OEM can successfully implement it.
Reserve a booth now for the best possible booth location in 2009. Call 800-829-7467 or email sales@AmconShows.comAll rights reserved 2009 ®, AmCon, Salem, MA., USA
