PMPA Welcomes Two New Staff Members The PMPA staff is proud to announce that Joe Gentile has joined PMPA as our new Membership Specialist! Joe will be responsible for getting prospective members to sign on the dotted line. He has the experience, knowledge and credibility of being a PMPA member – we look forward…
PMPA Speaking of Suppliers Podcasts: Long-term Sustainability in the Brass Market Miles Free and Jack Horner from Wieland Chase discuss sustainability, recycling, properties, and product advantages of the various machining brass and bronze products from Wieland Chase. Published March 8, 2023
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Getting to know your PMPA Podcast Team Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller welcome David Wynn to the PMPA podcast team while the team shares stories of their journey into manufacturing, hobbies, education, and much more. Published March 6, 2023
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Interview with Joe Martinez Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller interview Joe Martinez on his journey into manufacturing and his training program that helps build up manufacturing in California and provides careers for his students. Published February 27, 2023
PMPA Speaking of Suppliers Podcasts: Tool Grinders and Multi-Spindle All from One Company Miles Free interviews Jeff Reinert of Schutte USA as they discuss Schutte’s machine tools, CNC grinding machines and using technology to maintain low cycle times, high productivity, and precision as the batch sizes we quote decrease in volume. Published February 22, 2023…
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Central Bursts, Chevroning in Cold Drawn and Extruded Steels Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller provide a technical lesson on central bursts, chevroning in cold drawn and extruded steels. Published February 20, 2023 SHOW NOTES
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Starting A Quality System From Scratch Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss how to start a quality system from scratch and how important our quality policies, procedures and processes are to our precision machining shops. Published February 13, 2023
PMPA Speaking of Suppliers Podcasts: Leading Cause of Supply Chain Disruption is Factory Fires Miles Free, Shannon Nelson, and Trevor discuss how fire suppression systems can help you manage the risk of fire in your manufacturing operations. Published February 8, 2023
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Contrarian View of Secondary Operations Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss Miles’ contrarian view on secondary operations and attempts to dispel the notion that secondary operations is a lose-lose proposition in our shops. Published February 6, 2023 SHOW NOTES
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: What is on Miles’ Agenda? Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller explore what need-to-know information and projects Miles is working on for PMPA members. Get the inside scoop! Published January 30, 2023