Extrusion, Drawing, and Tube Reducing Roundtable is open for registration.
Press Release Summary:
The Tube and Pipe Association's Extrusion, Drawing, and Tube Reducing Council will host 2011 roundtable event titled "Linking Safety to Productivity with Pipe and Tube" on Sept 18-20. Three roundtables will focus on casting and extrusion, cold drawing, and pilger mill/tube reducing, respectively. Attendees may also tour Global Nuclear Fuel's FCO in Wilmington, and participate in various group discussions, such as Safety and Your Process, Product Defect Solutions, and Tooling Control.
Original Press Release:
EDTR Roundtable 2011: Linking Safety to Productivity with Pipe and Tube
Registration Now Open for September 18-20 Event
ROCKFORD, IL - The Tube & Pipe Association's Extrusion, Drawing, and Tube Reducing (EDTR) Council welcomes everyone involved in extrusion, drawing, and tube reduction to attend its 2011 roundtable event, "Linking Safety to Productivity with Pipe and Tube." The conference takes place Sept. 18 - 20 at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside in Wilmington, N.C.
"We will focus on safety and how it links to a company's productivity because it was a topic that came up repeatedly during our previous roundtable," said Gary Pashia, chairman of the EDTR Council of the Tube & Pipe Association (TPA) and process quality manager for Cerro Flow Products. "Attendees will hear a safety success story from Haynes International, and have many opportunities to discuss challenges and solutions with peers and industry experts through roundtables and networking events."
Three roundtables will focus on casting and extrusion, cold drawing and pilger mill/tube reducing, respectively. Attendees also can participate in the following five group discussions:
o Safety & Your Process
o Safety & Your Maintenance Program
o Open Discussion on Safety Topics
o Product Defect Solutions
o Tooling Control
In addition to the group sessions, attendees may tour the Global Nuclear Fuel's FCO (Fuel Component Organization) in Wilmington. The FCO is a manufacturing facility for nuclear fuel tubing (cladding), channels and water rod assemblies. The FCO Tubing shop tour will include pilger mills, tube prep equipment, annealing furnaces, cleaning lines, straightening and polishing line, pilger die grinder, and tube inspection area, as well as a brief tour of the channel manufacturing area.
An optional event planned for Sunday, Sept. 18, is a tour of the USS North Carolina Battleship, which features many uses of tubing. A networking reception on the ship also is planned.
For more information, and to register for the conference, visit www.fmanet.org/EDTR11 or call 888-394-4362.
Based in Rockford, Ill., the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), is a professional organization with more than 2,100 members working together to improve the metal forming and fabricating industry. FMA has a technology affiliate, the Tube & Pipe Association, International (TPA), which focuses on the unique needs of companies engaged in tube and pipe producing and fabricating. Founded in 1970, FMA brings metal fabricators and fabricating equipment manufacturers together through technology councils, educational programs, networking events, industry trade publications including The FABRICATOR®, and the FABTECH trade show.
