Past Events
14th Annual Golf Outing!
Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Location: Silver Spring Country Club, N56 W21318 Silver Spring Dr., Menomonee Falls, WI
Schedule: 11:00a.m. – Check-in, Driving Range & Lunch (included in price); 12:45 p.m. - Leave for Tees; 1:00 p.m. - Shotgun Start; 6:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception (Cash Bar); 6:30 p.m. - Dinner with Awards Ceremony
& Prizes to Follow
Join the Wisconsin District of PMA on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at Silver Spring Country Club as we welcome you and your colleagues to the 14th Annual PMA Wisconsin District Golf Outing.
Tour of Bucyrus International
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Location: Bucyrus International, 1100 Milwaukee Ave., South Milwaukee, WI 53172-0500 Web: www.bucyrus.com
Schedule: 4:30 p.m. - Registration & Tour begins; 6:30 p.m. - Networking dinner at South Woods, 5404 S. Pennsylvania Cudahy, WI 53110 Phone: 414-744-5430
PMA’s Wisconsin District is proud to present a tour of Bucyrus International, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high productivity mining equipment for the surface and underground mining industries. Bucyrus surface equipment is used for mining coal, copper, iron ore, oil sands and other minerals. In addition to machine manufacturing, Bucyrus manufactures high-quality OE parts and provides world-class support services for its machines.
Bucyrus builds the largest single-bucket excavators in the world. These machines are world renowned for moving earth, and Bucyrus has a history of being involved in nearly every major surface-excavating project since its founding in 1880. You will view first-hand the machines, people and processes that produce these massive machines. The headquarters of Bucyrus International, Inc. is located in South Milwaukee, WI.
Tour of Orchid International
Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Location: Orchid International, 350 21st St., Monroe, WI 53566 Phone: 608-325-9161, Web: www.orchidinternational.com
Schedule: 11:00 a.m. - Registration & Tour begins; 12:30 - Lunch/networking at Ludlow Bar & Grille, 407 6th St., Monroe, WI Phone: 608-325-9928
PMA’s Wisconsin District is proud to present a tour of Orchid International’s Monroe facility for the month of January. The Monroe facility provides lamination stampings, electric-motor diecasting, and general metal stampings and assemblies utilized by manufacturers throughout North America. Originally an Advance Transformer plant, under the Philips Lighting umbrella of companies, the Monroe operation was acquired by Orchid International in 2004.
Orchid Monroe produces lamination stampings for numerous lighting manufacturers. Additionally, the facility produces electric-motor laminations, including completed stators and diecast rotors. Orchid also produces hybrid motor and automotive alternator components, as well as complex metal stampings and a variety of electronics components.
With more than 227,000 sq. ft. under roof, Orchid Monroe has much to offer manufacturers in search of a highly skilled and performance-driven provider of lamination stampings, motor die-castings, and general metal stampings and assemblies. The facility holds ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications and is working toward TS 16949 certification, an automotive industry standard.
Core processes also include annealing, straight steel slitting and automated assembly operations built to satisfy customer needs. Stampings are produced on more than 30 high-speed presses, and the facility operates four annealing ovens with a total capacity of over 20,000 lbs./hr.
Sheetmetal Forming - Understanding the Properties
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Location: Radisson Hotel, N14 W24140 Tower Place, Pewaukee, WI 53072 Phone: 262-506-6500
Schedule: 7:15 a.m. – Registration & continental breakfast; 8:00 a.m. – Seminar; 12:00 p.m. - Networking lunch; 1:00 p.m. – Seminar; 5:00 p.m. – Networking
The Wisconsin District of PMA WELCOMES Dr. Stuart Keeler for our November meeting. Dr. Keeler began his extensive sheetmetal career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received his Doctor of Science Degree in Mechanical Metallurgy. Stuart’s doctoral research on sheetmetal forming limits led to his development of the Forming Limit Diagram, now used throughout the world to predict forming severity of sheetmetal stampings.
A two-year stay at the Detroit Army Tank Automotive Command as a First Lt. in the Metallurgical Research Section followed graduation. The next 24 years were spent at National Steel Corp., primarily as Manager of Automotive Research in Detroit. In the early 80s Stuart conceived, created, staffed and equipped the National Steel Product Application Center in Livonia, MI, which became a benchmark for customer technical assistance by other steel companies.
In March of 1987 Stuart joined The Budd Company Technical Center as Manager of Sheet Metal Technology. As a Tier One supplier to the automotive OEMs, Stuart was responsible for all research, development and technology transfer for sheetmetal stampings and castings. His major accomplishment was the implementation of virtual sheetmetal forming (computerized die tryout). In October 1999 he retired from The Budd Company as Manager of Technical Development to continue his sheetmetal forming work as Keeler Technologies LLC.
In recognition for his work in bringing science to the press shop, Dr. Keeler has been elected a Fellow in both the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Society for Metals. The ASM International also presented Stuart the 1992 William Hunt Eisenman Award for his contributions to the practical application of science and materials engineering. He has been elected twice to the presidency of the International Deep Drawing Research Group. Stuart currently serves as SAE Transaction Editor – Materials and Manufacturing.
In addition to his monthly “The Science of Forming” column in PMA’s MetalForming magazine, Stuart currently teaches PMA’s one-day seminars.
During 2002, Stuart was under contract with the Auto/Steel Partnership to convert an extensive five-year research report on deformation of metal pulled through draw beads into a press-shop- usable technology. During the last half of 2004, the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) hired Stuart to be the technical editor of a 125+-page manual entitled Advanced High Strength Steel Application Guidelines – Version 2. In November 2005, he also was the technical editor of Version 3 released in September 2006.
On February 1, Dr. Keeler received the prestigious 23rd Charles S. Barrett Silver Medal in Metallurgy from the Rocky Mountain Chapter of ASM and delivered the accompanying Honor’s Lecture at the Colorado School of Mines.
WI Manufacturing Extension Program
Manufacturing Critical-path Time - What is it and how is it defined?
Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Location: Thunder Bay Grille, N 14 W 24130 Tower Place, Pewaukee, WI 53072
Schedule: 4:00 p.m. - Networking; 5:00 p.m. - Presentation; 6:00 p.m. - Dinner
This month’s PMA presentation is one you can’t afford to miss!
Direct from the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership(WMEP) is Mike Schmitt. A 30-year veteran of materials management and supplier development for a large Wisconsin-based original equipment manufacturer (OEM), Mike is the newest member of WMEP’s supplier development team. Over the years, Mike has worked as a purchasing manager, process manager for supplier diversity and development, and as a production control supervisor. Based in the Southeast region, Mike helps small and mid-size suppliers adopt business practices that emphasize speed, flexibility and quality. Mike is a member of the Institute for Supply Management.
Mike will be telling us about MCT - Manufacturing Critical-path Time. MCT is defined as "The typical amount of calendar time from when a customer creates an order, through the critical-path, until the first, single piece of that order is delivered to the customer." This includes the actions (value added and non-value added) required to bring a product through the main flows from raw material into the arms of the customer. MCT complements and supplements traditional performance metrics. It is more than a metric—it's integral to a supplier's improvement strategy and order- fulfillment planning strategy.
Tour of Dorner Manufacturing
Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Location: Dorner Mfg. Corp. 975 Cottonwood Ave. Hartland, WI 53029
Schedule: 1:30 p.m. - Tour; 3:30 p.m - Networking; 4:30 p.m. - Dinner: Hartland Inn, 110 Cottonwood Ave., Hartland, WI 53029
Our 2007-2008 PMA district events will kick off with a tour of Dorner Mfg. Corp. Dorner is a manufacturer of conveyor systems and material handling needs.
Hartland, Wisconsin-based Dorner Mfg. Corp. is a world-leading conveyor manufacturer in not only the design, but manufacturing and distribution of conveyors and related equipment. Since 1973, companies from around the world have turned to Dorner conveyors for greatly improved efficiency and productivity.
Dorner manufactures conveyors for food handling and processing, general manufacturing to integration, including medical products, metal working and pharmaceuticals.
You'll notice many elements that distinguish Dorner from its competitors. But the one element that shines most is its renewed commitment to being a highly responsive problem-solving manufacturer of conveyor products.
13th Annual Golf Outing
Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Location: Silver Spring Country Club located in Menomonee Falls, WI
Schedule: 11:00 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. Lunch; 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Check-in & Driving Range; 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Putting Contest; 12:45 p.m. Leave for Tees; 1:00 p.m. Shotgun Start; 6:00 p.m. Putting Contest Finals & Cocktail Reception (Cash Bar); 6:30 p.m. Dinner with Awards Ceremony & Prizes to Follow
Join the Wisconsin District of PMA on Tuesday, June 26 at Silver Spring Country Club as we welcome you and your colleagues to the 13th Annual PMA Wisconsin District Golf Outing.
We will be playing on the Island course and the game format will be a scramble. All participants are required to wear collared shirts and soft spikes. Tee shirts, tank tops and blue jeans are not acceptable (course rules).
You are encouraged to donate or make a contribution such as golf balls, hats or shirts for the door prize drawing held after dinner. Donations should be brought in early on the day of the event or delivered to Waukesha Tool & Stamping prior to the event.
Sponsorships are available and listed below. Your company’s name will be displayed at the designated site and/or hole.
| Beverage Cart Sponsor | $250 |
| Bag Drop-off Sponsor | $250 |
| Registration Sponsor | $150 |
| Driving Range Sponsor | $150 |
| Putting Contest Sponsor | $125 |
| Hole/Tee Sponsor | $100 |
| Colored Ball Sponsor | $50 |
A percentage of the event proceeds will benefit local charitable organizations.
Tour of Greenheck Corporation
Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Location: Greenheck Product Center, 1000 Industrial Ave, Schofield, WI 54476 (Please park in the lot west of the rear of the building)
Schedule: 3:00 p.m. - Tour; 6:00 p.m. - Dinner;
Following the tour, there will be a buffet dinner at Dale’s Weston Lanes located at 5902 Schofield Ave. in Weston, WI.
Greenheck, America's leading manufacturer of ventilation equipment, has come a long way since 1947 when it opened for business as a tiny sheet metal shop in Schofield, WI. Founders Bernie and Bob Greenheck, though always determined to make their business grow, never imagined how large their enterprise would someday become.
And large it is. Today, Greenheck designs, manufactures and ships fans and ventilators, centrifugal and vane axial units, make-up air units, energy-recovery ventilators, dampers, louvers, kitchen ventilation systems and laboratory exhaust systems around the world. No other company offers a wider selection of these products. The company has sales in excess of $425 million annually, employs more than 2,500 and has over 1.5 million sq. ft. of manufacturing space. No matter how you measure it, Greenheck is number one in air movement and control.
Greenheck products usually are hidden behind the walls or on the roofs of office buildings, hotels, shopping malls, restaurants, schools, industrial plants and other commercial buildings. Their function, basically, is to move air in, out and around a building—making life inside a lot more pleasant. On this tour, we will see both manufacturing and finished components.
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