Production Machining

AUG 2017

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CASE IN POINT 40 PRODUCTION MACHINING :: AUGUST 2017 "During one of the presentations, it was stated that we need to know what soil we are dealing with in order to clean it properly, but my problem is that my cleaner is my soil," he says. "After the presentations were over, I approached some of the presenters on the show floor, and they were able to address my specific problem with some good suggestions. e quest for a solution to my problem continues, but the presenters welcomed continued dialogue to help solve my problem." Mr. Hutter says he also gleaned some useful tips while attending some of the technical presentations. "A suggestion made by one of the presenters was to take a sample of your soil and place it on a 45-degree angle, then add some of your cleaner and observe what happens," he says. "If the cleaner does not 'cut' the soil, then adding more cleaner becomes a waste of resources." Mr. Hutter says the suggestion was so simple, when he got back to his facility, he placed a drop of his quench fluid on a metal plate, then added a few drops of cleaner and observed. "e cleaner did not 'cut' the quench fluid," he says. "Because of this simple test, I know what my next move is going to be." It's Worth Admission Adam Abbas, a manufacturing engineer in finishing with Parts Cleaning Industry Looks to Form Association About 30 leaders in industrial cleaning met before the Parts Cleaning Expo in April to discuss forming an association dedicated to cleaning technologies and applications. The industry experts held a round-table discussion on the feasibility and the overall need for an association focused on the cleaning industry in the U.S. Todd Luciano, publisher of Products Finishing, PM's sister publication, helped lead the discussion, and says it was agreed to move forward with further talks to decide how to form the organization and how it would function to promote the parts cleaning industry. The proposed association would be open to suppliers, end users, consultants, academic institutions and trade associations. Anyone who would like to be notified of further discussions, please contact Todd Luciano at tluciano@pfonline.com. TriMark Corp., says it was the first time he had been to PCx, and called it "fantastic." "We came looking for specific information regarding NPB1, and we got exactly what we were looking for," he says. "Just hearing one of those presentations would have been worth the admission alone. We will be implementing a test for cleanliness after hearing Darren Williams' session on contact angle analysis. PCx was a great asset to me and our company, and we will be attending in the future." Many of the attendees came to the show because of mandatory cleaning requirements placed on them by Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers to OEMs, says Francesco Piscani, applications specialist for the Scientific Solutions Group, Industrial Microscopes and Metrology at Olympus Corp. of America. "I expect this process to continue, as European clean- liness requirements become commonplace in U.S. manufacturing," Mr. Piscani says. "Some of these compa- nies range from Silicon Valley smartphone manufacturers to manufacturers of high-precision valves for water equip- ment. ese companies need all of the products that the Olympus industrial group offers, from our non-destructive testing equipment, to our industrial microscopes." Ben Lang, supervisor of product development engineering at Acument Global Technologies, says PCx was a well-run show with plenty of exhibitors and great technical presentations "One common theme of the technical presentations was that cleaning and inspection processes need to be tailored to the components or systems in question," he says. "e expo floor offered a wonderful opportunity to collaborate and build relationships with suppliers and customers alike. I had some excellent discussions and made several new contacts." Challenging Topics David Gotoff, product manager for Chemetall U.S., presented at the conference and says the technical talks do a good job of jumping right in and addressing some of the more challenging topics, such as health and safety of solvents used in vapor degreasing. "e conference allowed for some counter positions to be voiced in a constructive manner," he says. "We saw some interesting presentations on cleanliness and some novel approaches and technology for system control. I found it to be very insightful." Mr. Gotoff says the show floor was active with high quality displays that were staffed well. He says it was

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