The first ToolingDocs conference
of the 2005 year, 'Preventive Maintenance for Injection Molds', was held in the
Minneapolis, MN area.
Through this one-and-a-half day conference, located at the Holiday Inn
Select in Minneapolis, plant supervisors, tooling engineers and mold maintenance personnel
were able to learn valuable techniques and practices being used in today's
leading tooling facilities.
Conference Topics:
This year, ToolingDocs acquired veteran Mold Maintenance expert Randy
Winton, who is formerly of Owens-IL and currently employed with Progressive
Components as Research and Development Manager out of Minneapolis, MN, and
Asia.
Winton presented on the topic of Doing the Math, justifying
the costs of implementing an effective Preventive Maintenance program
through some typical math calculations, and Getting Started (WI's,
Recording Documentation), to review some
examples of Work Instructions as well as
manual recording documentation that will help you get started.
Veteran ToolingDocs Speaker Steve Johnson of MoldTrax presented:
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The Power of Pace
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What is 'Total Mold Control'?
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Elements of a
Proactive System
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Designing Documentation
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Utilizing Maintenance Data
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Designing
Documentation
Harry Raimondi of Bales
Mold Service presented
Ammunition for Repair - the pro's and con's of different techniques
used for mold preservation and maintenance.
Click Here for
complete conference details.
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