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Lube Society Approves
Metalworking-Fluid-Expertise Certification
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
The board of directors of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) approved the start of a program to certify metalworking-fluid experts.
The program is designed to certify engineers in fluid-management practices as pertaining to metalworking processes such as removal, stamping, drawing, protecting and treating.
Under the program, to become a certified metalworking-fluid specialist, applicants will have to have demonstrated metalworking-fluid work experience and pass the STLE certification exam. An STLE committee will work to outline the certification process and develop an exam. The goal is to make the program available beginning in May 2005.
For more, visit
www.stle.org.
Manufacturing Taipei 2004—May 14-18
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
From May 14 to 18, 2004, the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall will host Manufacturing Taipei 2004—the 2004 Taipei International Manufacturing Show. The show, sponsored by the China External Trade Development Council and Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry, will feature machinery manufacturers in five categories: Design Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Equipment, Mold & Die, Parts & Subcontracting, and Factory Automation and Management. According to show sponsors, Taiwan manufacturers are increasingly looking to strategic partnerships to assist marketing and product development, at home and overseas, necessitating this first-ever exhibition.
For more, visit
www.taipeitradeshows.com.tw/mt.
STI Certifies Eight Press-Brake-Guard Installers
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Scientific Technologies, Inc. (STI), Fremont, CA, has approved eight U.S.-based firms as installers of the company’s LazerSafe hydraulic-press-brake safeguarding system after they recently completed an intensive training course. LazerSafe uses a flat band of laser light to continuously cover the zone below the punch over a 40-mm width. This allows an operator to work in close proximity to the punch with no disruption to the approach speed or bending process.
The eight companies approved by STI: Advanced Machine Maintenance, Houston, TX; Buckeye Machine, Forest, OH; Control Imagineering, North Vernon, IN; Formation Machinery & Tooling, Jenks, OK; MCB Management, Arden, NC; Paragon Industrial Controls, Santa Ana, CA; Press Shop Engineering, LaOtto, IN; and Stamptech, Southington, CT.
For more from STI, visit
www.sti.com.
