SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Wednesday, October 19
9:00 am to 10:00 am
Negotiating Dos and Don'ts
This informative one-hour video presentation will help you get the best deal you can when negotiating with suppliers (or anyone). The speaker debunks common myths and misconceptions surrounding the negotiating process. Find out what works and what doesn’t. This free presentation is a $95 value, but it could save you thousands.
10:15 am to 11:15 am
Aluminum V-Process Castings
Bob Conley, 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.
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Race to Production Technology Seminar by GoEngineer
Panel: Mike Spens, VP Engineering Services; Matt Morgan, Sr. Applications Engineer; Kirk Brown, Rapid Prototyping Specialist; Daren Warnick, Stratasys Account Manager
www.goengineer.com
Learn valuable techniques to help reduce your time to market, drive down costs, and improve the innovation experience. See our team of experts demonstrate the product development process with CAD, CAM, 3D Printing and Documentation software.
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Cost Effective Metal Forming Design Principals
John Madsen, Dayton Rogers Manufacturing www.daytonrogers.com
Precision Metalforming design can be a key consideration when you work on a new project. To help you design precision metalforming cost-efficiently, this workshop will increase your understanding of important factors such as:
- Tolerance
- Shape of initial blank
- Placement of holes/openings
- Placement of forms
- Explore part expense for a variety of fabrication and stamping processes
- Materials
By considering these factors in the design stage, you’ll be able to realize considerable savings on piece-part cost for your project. By studying sample parts and actual case histories, you will learn what works and what doesn’t. The discussion on materials will cover aspects about formability and cost consideration. And because many precision metal formings end up in large assemblies, you will learn what can be done to improve or speed up that assembly process. A review of these problems will help you apply cost saving techniques on future designs. We encourage you to bring a part ( an existing part or new design) that is causing problems for you. We will also discuss program management process to gain maximum value in working with a precision sheet metal supplier.
2:15 pm to 3:15 pm
Patents and Trademarks
Gary Oaksen and Eric Erickson, Thorpe, North & Western www.tnw.com
This presentation provides a brief introduction to patent and trademark basics including common pitfalls and mistakes that companies make in developing new products and trademarks. Recent changes in patent laws which impact timing and patenting strategies will also be summarized. This presentation should also help engineers and companies to recognize when inventive activity has occurred and when intellectual property protection should be considered.Cut Costs and Increase Flexibility Through Set Up Reduction
Thursday, October 20
9:00 am to 10:00 am
Negotiate Everything
Whether negotiating a contract, asking for a raise, or buying a car, this 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
Direct 3D Modeling & Multi Color 3D Printing
Bill Boland, Red Rocks Product Development www.redrockspd.com
Direct 3D modeling refers to a state-of-the-art methodology for creating and editing 3D geometry for downstream applications such as RP, Mfg and FEA Simulation. This seminar will demonstrate SpaceClaim’s unique ability to prepare pure 3D topology from scratch and intelligently edit “dumb” imported solids — without any restrictions inherent in feature-based applications. The focus will be affordable 3D Color Printing and early stage concepts that can include multiple colors, text, title-blocks, logos, texture maps and digital photographs using Zprinter technology.
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Identification & Labeling Challenges: Harsh Environment Case Studies
Jason Halling, Computype www.computype.com
When two of our customers had difficult problems to solve with product identification during manufacturing, we were up to the challenge. This session will present two case studies of difficult labeling and part identification needs that two of our customers were faced with. The solutions included label materials to withstand their harsh environments, automation, software, and precise applicators. Attendees of this session will leave with an understanding of how the right materials, right equipment, and testing of the solution leads to successful identification of parts in the manufacturing process. Accurate part identification systems can mean the difference between production and shutdown.
12:45 pm to 1:45 pm
Best Practices for Rotary Broaching
Peter Bagwell, Polygon Solutions www.polygonsolutions.com
Rotary Broaches can be used to create hexagon and square holes on most modern turning machines, including lathes and mills. In fact, rotary broaching has also become a popular solution for machining torx-style forms, splines, serrations and custom shapes in precision machined products. Thispresentation will explore these capabilities and new features available for rotary broaching tools. The main focus will be to help you learn the best practices for quoting and ordering these tools.
2:00pm -3:00pm
A World Leader in 3D Design, Engineering, and Entertainment Software
Travis Evans, Autodesk/IMAGINiT Technology www.rand.com
Every day Autodesk customers use our software to shape the world through their creations. With over 10 million users in 187 countries, Autodesk is everywhere. If you've ever driven a stylish car, admired a towering skyscraper, or watched a great film, chances are you've experienced what Autodesk customers can do with our software. We offer the broadest and deepest portfolio of products in the design world: from 2D drafting to Digital Prototyping, from Building Information Modeling to Oscar-winning visual effects. Now more than ever there's a cost-effective way to take full advantage of Autodesk's leading design and engineering tools for Digital Prototyping.
