National Machinery in Tiffin, Ohio USA will be hosting an Open House Tuesday, September 17th through Thursday, September 19th, 2024 in celebration of our 150th Anniversary. The event will feature a facility tour with an exclusive look into our State-of-the-art R&D department, Customer Support activities, and Advanced machining capability. There will also be demonstrations including: • FORMAX Plus with Industry 4.0 • FXH Lightning header • Robot changeover on FORMAX® XXV • SMART thread rollers • Lean Header & Threader
There will be twelve industry-related educational Technical Seminars hosted daily by National Machinery and industry-affiliated companies. Topics include: • Machine Inspections & Predictive Maintenance • FORMAX - New Technology • Online Tools - Operator Training & Technical Support • DTi Wire Drawing • AMT - State of the Industrial Economic Market & Outlook • IFI - Facility Safety • Tooling Applications & Quikcalc software • Rebuilding & Upgrading FORMAX machines • Threading & Pointing Technology by SMART • National Machinery History • CONDAT Forming Lubricants • CTG/Ransohoff Cleaning Technologies • AMT - Hybrid Solutions for a Modern Workforce
A tradeshow-like environment will be available during the lunch break. Meet with industry professionals to learn more about their products and services. Product booths will be staffed by: • National Machinery Customer Support • CTG/Ransohoff • SMART Machinery • Industrial Fastener Institute (IFI) • Drawing Technologies Inc (DTi) • CONDAT • Brankamp/S&K
A classic car show and rally will take place each afternoon.
Doors open at 8:00 AM and activities are scheduled throughout each day. This is a great opportunity to check out everything that National and SMART have to offer and speak one-on-one with technical experts. Please mark your calendars and share with your co-workers, this event is open to everyone at your company.
Special Hotel Rates are available at the following locations. Please be sure to mention that you wish to reserve a room from the National Machinery Open House room block: Hampton Inn & Suites - +1(419) 443-5300 l Holiday Inn Express +1(419) 443-5100
Ticketing Steps 1- Select "Sign up" and create an account. 2- Select "Reserve Tickets" on the left side of the page. 3- Select the Day(s) you would like to attend. 4- Complete the registration form. 5- Receive confirmation message. 6- Scroll down to the schedule and select the seminars/events you want to attend. (Don’t forget lunch!) 7- If you selected more than 1 ticket for yourself & other colleagues, be sure to transfer the ticket before choosing your schedule or it will duplicate your schedule to the other selected tickets. 8- You can add and remove sessions from your schedule as needed. Once you click the session, it is automatically saved to your schedule! 9- You can confirm your schedule by going to the top right of the page, selecting the avatar, and then selecting "My schedule".
Please note: You may reserve tickets for colleagues and transfer to them later. Once transferred, they will be able to choose their schedule.
Feel free to watch this video walkthrough on registering for the event!
Please reach out to your sales representative with questions regarding the event!
This presentation explores how manufacturing companies can address worker shortages by leveraging a variety of resources. We'll discuss the critical roles of local education systems in developing a skilled workforce, community-based organizations in providing support and outreach, and technology solutions such as training applications and automation to enhance efficiency and offset labor shortages. All factors that come together to create a robust approach to workforce challenges, ensuring sustainability and growth in a competitive market.
Speaker - Catherine (Cat) Ross, Director of Community Engagement AMT
Thursday September 19, 2024 8:30am - 9:00am EDT
Multi-Media Room
Learn from National experts the latest trends for predictive maintenance and also how detailed inspections can help improve your efficiency and uptime.
Thursday September 19, 2024 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Training Room C
A tour of the facility that includes stops to explain various departments and how they coordinate to create a quality product. Machinery demonstrations will include FORMAX, SMART and a robot changeover!
Aaron Hall from National Machinery will explain FORMAX features that help to improve your production and also give hints of future innovations to come.
Thursday September 19, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Multi-Media Room
Learn from National Machinery Customer Support about innovative new on-line tools. Operator training is a challenge and the new on-line operator training for FORMAX will be demonstrated. Technical support and ordering of parts are also made easy by serial number specific catalogs and parts lists.
Thursday September 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Training Room C
DTI will share information on wire payoff methods, straightening and drawings. Tips on how to best handle various sizes of wire and then how to accurately draw to the dimensions needed to save money on wire while making a more accurate final part.
Thursday September 19, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
Multi-Media Room
Laurence Claus from the IFI will share information about best practices in plant safety. How keep valuable workers safe while still getting daily production accomplished.
Thursday September 19, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Training Room C
150 years is a long time with many innovations and changes over the years. Find out more about the company and hear interesting stories about the people and processes that support the cold forming world for a century and a half!
Thursday September 19, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Multi-Media Room
Experts from National Machinery Customer Support explain how to get the most out of your existing FORMAX machine. Available upgrades may yield improved performance and rebuilds can involve similar improvements to boost your production.
Thursday September 19, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Training Room C
National Machinery Met-MAX engineers will show examples of new and different part applications that can be cold formed near net-shape. The latest version of our Quikcalc e-plus on-line tooling calculation software will be demonstrated as an effective tool for application calculations.
Thursday September 19, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Multi-Media Room
CTG/Ranshoff will share the latest in aqueous parts cleaning equipment. The discussion will cover everything from drum washers to conveyors and cleaning methods of spray, immersion and ultrasonics - all to find the best way to clean your parts. Review of how cleanliness specs and what chemistry is needed for the application.
Thursday September 19, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Training Room C
Principal Engineer from National Machinery, Doug Hoerig will explain the patented features of the SMART Machinery threaders and pointers. These direct drive servo machines are capable of full torque power at any speed, saves on energy and are easy for setup. Die match settings are easy and can even be automated!
Thursday September 19, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Training Room C
Experts from CONDAT discuss lubricants for the cold forming industry, specifically die coolant and dual-purpose oils and drawing compounds. In addition to improved tool life thru better lubrication, it's possible to minimize smoke and even use alternative vegetable based oils.
Thursday September 19, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Training Room C
150 years is a long time with many innovations and changes over the years. Find out more about the company and hear interesting stories about the people and processes that support the cold forming world for a century and a half!
Thursday September 19, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Multi-Media Room
