Speaking of Suppliers Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Get to know precision machining suppliers! Speaking of Suppliers is a brand new podcast where PMPA Technical Members are interviewed by PMPA Staff and share who they are, what they do and how they help the precision machining industry.
CMMC compliance is not just IT- it has broad Operational component as well. Listen as Lawrence Cruciana and Miles Free explore how this process will impact and change your practices across your shop.
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Interview with Denis Benetti and Ray Schnell of Valbruna Stainless Inc.
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Miles speaks with Ryan Bavineau and John Henderson of Davenport Machine about dropping complex parts complete at lightening fast speeds. Index times at .4 seconds saves literal hours of time over millions of pieces. They also talk about their Hybrid machine that mixes cam and modern CNC technology. Davenport keeps the benefits of cam while adding value with CNC controls to expand the capabilities of a Davenport machine even further.
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Paul Van Metre from ProShop ERP joins us to explain how paperless can be a reality in our production shops and the role your shop’s software architecture plays in the upcoming CMMC requirements.
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Miles Free and Chip Libengood, Vice President of Sales for Aviva Metals discuss the importance of copper based alloy segregation to the infinite recyclability of copper.
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The origins of Swiss Machining in the US are not what you think. We look at it through the family history of Stefan Brusky, several PMPA member companies that were involved, then move into a look at Tornos’ role in that history and the latest technical developments available in Swiss machining today.
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Miles Free discusses culture with Laurent Cros of Boston Centerless a Shigeo Shingo Award winning company. The discussions digs into how Boston Centerless uses BC vision to run their business. The importance of internal customers in manufacturing. Laurent ties culture back to quality in there BC system. A great discussion about culture, grinding, processes, and much more.
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Miles Free and Derek Briggs of Tsugami America have a wide-ranging discussion about CNC Swiss turning technology and uncover some surprising facts that explain its growing adoption for critical applications and lightly attended operations.
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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.
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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.
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Miles Shannon and Trevor discuss how fire suppression systems can help you manage the risk of fire in your manufacturing operations.
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Miles Free and Olaf Tessarzyk from JCOM Imports have an in-depth discussion about the science of parts cleaning- examining soils, measurement of clean, solvents and cleaners, and technology.
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Miles Free interviews Steven Baier, VP of Sales of Haimer USA, highlighting the four critical aspects for workholding: Rigidity, Accuracy, Balance, and Security as well as the advantages of tool presetting and standard work to reduce set-up time.
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Miles Free and Akshat Thirani, CEO of Amper Technologies Inc. discuss the unexpected ways that using process data can impact our precision machining shops operations and the business.
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Miles Free interviews Mike Grivna of PMPA Technical Member RD Holder, discussing the company, the challenges our members face when using metalworking fluids, and brief discussion of the different types of fluids encountered in our shops.
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A longer form podcast as Miles Free goes deep and explores “all things Graff - Pinkert” with Lloyd And Noah Graff.
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Timestamps:
1:00 – Advantages of having a family business/working with family
7:00 – The team at Graff - Pinkert
11:00 – The history of Graff – Pinkert
20:00 – Keys to seeing hidden value in used equipment
28:00 – Having a unique look at who is coming into the machining business
34:00 - Graff – Pinkert’s content production
39:00 – Machining shops going up for sale
43:00 – Thoughts on the future economic impact and workforce for machining businesses
53:00 – Final thoughts
Miles Free interviews John Joseph, CEO & Co-Founder of Datanomix and they discuss how Datanomix helps precision machining shops.
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Carli Kistler-Miller interviews Liberato Pietrantoni, Joe Carr, and Paul Allart of CJWinter and they discuss how CJWinter helps precision machining shops.
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Miles Free and Dusty Alexander of Global Shop Solutions discuss how GSS helps precision machining shops deliver on-time parts.
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Miles Free interviews Martin Little of Concast Metal Products who shares how Concast helps the precision machining industry.
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A wide ranging discussion of Eaton’s capabilities and current issues in the SBQ steel bar market.
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