Published June 3, 2024
Published July 2008 By Miles Free III Workmanship is an important term that’s often relied upon as the final arbiter in acceptance of our products. VIEW ARTICLE
Prices of raw materials used to make precision machined products are up substantially, ranging from 44% to 114% from March 2009- March 2010 for 6 of the 7 materials we track.
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Using Statistical Process Control Data Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller and David Wynn discuss using statistical process control data to better understand our processes, our customer’s needs, and reduce the friction when our processes perform exactly as we warranted. Published January 15, 2024
Recorded: March 31, 2025 at National Technical Conference in Cleveland, OH. Speaker: David Wynn, PMPA Who would benefit: engineer, estimator, supervisor, lead setup, machinist, operator Experience track: Management Description Have you ever stopped to think about the same part over differing volume ranges? We explore how setup time and price change over volume, but the…
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Additive v. Subtractive Manufacturing Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller and David Wynn dive into the great debate of additive versus subtractive manufacturing for our precision machining shops. Published June 5, 2023
Recorded: March 31, 2025 at National Technical Conference in Cleveland, OH. Speaker: Jerry Gates, Gates Engineered Solutions Andy Nelson, Smith & Richardson Who would benefit: quality, supervisor, lead, management Experience track: Fundamentals Description Explore ideas on how to reduce your waste streams. Use your chip conveyor as a reclaiming tool, reduce your machine cleaning fluid demand…