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| Listed below are seminars that we periodically run at both Iverson & Company and also at AMTC in West Bend, Wisconsin.
If you have interest in any of these, please contact us to be notified when the next one is scheduled. Please also specify which location. |
2151 N. Main Street | West Bend, WI | 262.334.3413
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"Grinding Technology” Seminar
Kellenberger will present the basic principles for universal grinding. Also discussed will be combining ID/OD operations and the utilization of machines with various wheelheads with multiple spindles in order to grind parts complete and eliminate costly part handling.
Winterthur will present the various grinding wheel grades and criteria for proper selection of grinding wheels. Also discussed will be solutions to grinding problems such as heat generation in grinding, improving surface finish of both grinding wheel and workpiece, and strategies against thermal damage.
Hauser (jig), Tripet (ID), and Tschudin (OD) grinding products will discuss the advantages and cost benefits of automated jig grinding as a solution to your applications.
“Hard Turning 101” Seminar
This seminar discusses the What, When, Why and How of Hard Turning. Seminar Outline includes:
- Hard Turning Defined
- Hard Turning Advantages
- Machine Requirements—machine and base construction, workholding rigidity, tool holding systems
- Achievable tolerances and surface finishes
- Tooling requirements
- CBN vs. ceramics
- edge preparations
- coolant considerations
- rake angles
- lead angles
- and much more.
We will also have Hardinge Machine Tools, Bridgeport Machine Tools and Haas Rotary Products under power and on display during the entire day.
Click the movie icon below to see a hard turning and even grooving demonstration, complete with interrupted cuts!
 Hardinge Hard Turning demonstration (large file)
“Family-ize™ Setup Reduction” Seminar
This seminar presents a good understanding of planning for minimal setup and changeover for today’s manufacturing. Seminar Outline Includes:
- Traditional turning requirements
- Changes in the manufacturing environment
- Smaller lot sizes
- Just-In-time (a way of life)
- SPC (Statistical Process Control) in today’s manufacturing
- Family-ize
- Minimizing change-over
- Tooling turrets and gang tool slides for family-of-parts programming
- Improvements in technology.
We will also have Hardinge Machine Tools, Bridgeport Machine Tools and Haas Rotary Products under power and on display during the entire day.
"Workholding 101” Seminar
Hardinge is the leader in the manufacture of workholding and industrial products. Our seminar instructors are world-renowned for their experience and expertise, and present a comprehensive program involving industry standards, style, shape and specifications of collets. You’ll learn how to accurately control part length and trim setup time, when to use emergency collets, when and why to use a step chuck and closer, and much more.
We will also have Hardinge Machine Tools, Bridgeport Machine Tools and Haas Rotary Products under power and on display during the entire day.
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