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Compact Heavy Duty Design
Coil Thicknesses up to .470˝
Coil Widths up to 74˝
Auto Coil Loading System
Auto Straightening Correction
7–11 Rolls Design for Precision
Head Opening for Roll Cleaning Access
Designed for HSLA Steel Requirements
 TP-CCS Control Interface offers:
– Centralized management data processing
– Programming, Change Over, Operation, Maintenance Modes
– Stable loop control positioning
– Fully automated system preset by part number
– ECO release, auto control of pneumatic cylinder pressure reducing energy
– Programmable punch gaging and feed length
WHY WASTE PRECIOUS FLOOR SPACE?
PMA oversees four major networking groups, allowing members with similar interests to meet and discuss topics of relevance to their businesses.
sored by the Worcester Pressed Steel Company, Worcester, MA, in memory of its founder, was created to recognize a metal stamper for excellence in prod- uct design. It lives on today as the Hig- gins-Caditz Design Award, one of nine awards presented annually by PMA.
In 1961, Jefferson D. Keith became the association’s managing director, and PMI formally became the Ameri- can Metal Stamping Association (AMSA) to more accurately describe the industry it served. Under Keith, increasing membership became the top priority, which at the time num- bered a bit less than 200 companies. By 1972, membership would more than double. Also in 1961, AMSA incorpo- rated the Small Lot Institute as a divi- sion of AMSA.
That year’s annual meeting was notable for creating the association’s first networking group, the “20 Year Breakfast Club,” comprised of companies that had belonged to AMSA/PMI for 20 years or more. Networking would become part and parcel of PMA’s operations in coming years. Clem Caditz, owner of Northern Stamping in Chicago, IL, and one-time chairman of AMSA, had founded the Quarterly Club, a separate organization counting many prominent AMSA mem- bers among its ranks.
“It was through Clem and the Quar- terly Club that our membership and the association became interested in forming our own networking groups,” recalls Bill Gaskin, who retired as PMA president this past May after 40 years with the association. “We began by forming the GADA and Naples Groups in the late-1990s, using a model where about 20 people met three times per year with an independent facilitator, all administered through the associa- tion. Today we have four such groups, including the Next Generation group, designed for up-and-coming leaders in metalforming.”
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