ORLANDO SEMINARS

Tentative Schedule; additional seminars and time changes TBA. Please check back prior to show.

FREE SEMINARS

Wednesday, March 17

9:00 am - 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.

10:00 am to 11:00 am
How To Choose an Engineering Plastic for Your Application
Jody Walker, Curbell Plastics www.curbellplastics.com

Many Engineers and Equipment Designers struggle with choosing an Engineering Plastic solution for their application. Curbell Plastics will present a no nonsense approach to material selection. Topics covered will include: An overview of Engineering Plastics properties and how to quickly narrow your selection to a small manageable group of materials to research for your specific application.

11:00 am to 12:00 noon
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

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm 
Product Development: Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
Jeff Hougland, Engineering Manager, APM Corporation www.APMC.com

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, product quality, and external factors; Component reuse; Life cycle costs

1:45 pm to 3:15 pm
Lost in Translation: Working with Data from Multiple CAD Systems
Caleb Funk, Imaginit www.rand.com/imaginit

Lost in translation:  Working with data from multiple CAD systems.

   

Thursday, March 18

9:00 am to 10:00 am  
Beyond Stereolithography: Functional Aluminum & Plastic Prototypes
Paul Armstrong, Armstrong Plastic Mold Corp.   www.armstrongmold.com

By marrying the new rapid prototyping modeling techniques with traditional crafts based casting and tooling approaches, it is now possible to get high quality, spec material metal and plastic prototypes in 2-3 weeks at relatively low cost. This seminar will take you from CAD concept thru finished prototype parts.

10:15 am to 11:15 am
An Introduction to Lean in Manufacturing
Tim Connor, Rodeo! Performance Group www.rodeopg.com

Lean Manufacturing is an approach to manufacturing strategy that takes into account material, time, idle equipment, and inventory. The approach seeks to minimize or eliminate waste by improving material handling, reducing or optimizing inventory, improving quality and scheduling, and increasing staff and customer satisfaction. This workshop will present an overview of the principles of Lean, provide several corporate examples, and give the participants the opportunity to consider basic applications in their own plants.

11:30 am to 12:30 pm
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

 

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Aluminum V-Process Castings                                                                                
Mike Wilbur, 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.