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Mid Kansas Chapter 230 - Salina, Kansas

February 2006 BulletinUpdated 15 Feb 2006.
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>>> Meeting Nights Have Changed to Thursdays! <<<

This Month's Meeting: Thursday, February 23

The tour people have been asking for . . . !
Turbine Specialties
Division of Cooper Compression

  • New Manufacturing Facility
  • New Test Cell
  • Precision machining, CNC, broaching, remanufacturing, and lots more
    Dan Mongeau, mongeaud@ccc-ces.com
    Test Cell Supervisor
    Turbine Specialties
    Division of Cooper Compression
    1648 W. Magnolia
    Salina KS 67401
    Office 785-823-9211

 
What's the schedule? Where do we meet?     How do I get there?
6:30 p.m. Dinner Martinelli's Little Italy Salina, KS [ Yahoo! Maps ]
Map of Martinelli's Little Italy
158 S Santa Fe Ave
Salina KS 67401
7:45 p.m. Facility Tour Cooper Compression Salina, KS [ Yahoo! Maps ]
Map of Turbine Specialties
1648 W Magnolia Rd
Salina KS 67401

What's for dinner?
We order off the menu at Martinelli's Little Italy: http://www.martinellislittleitaly.com/

What's the cost?
Dinner rates are $10 for Members and guests, $5 for students, free for presenters.


If possible, please RSVP by 10 a.m. on the day of the meeting with your meal count. This will help us make sure we have enough space for you at the table!

E-mail jmorse@k-state.edu or call Julia Morse at (785) 826-2650

Please Come Prepared to Comply with
Cooper Compression Tour Rules:

  • No opened toed shoes are allowed. Shoes must be leather.
  • Safety glasses will be provided; return them as you leave the building.
  • While touring you must stay within walking areas.
  • No pictures are allowed.
  • No Tobacco products are allowed in the building.

Last Month's Meetings

Tour: Automation Engineering
Thanks to Ryan Hampl and the folks at Automation Engineering for demonstrating their robot cell design and construction, robot programming simulation, robot tooling design strategies, etc. It was an excellent experience.
When we visited, Automation Engineering was working on an Automated battery palletization system for Johnson Controls, Inc. in Portland Oregon using a large ABB robot capable of moving 120kg. They also showed us a piece of equipment used to assemble and stack spiral battery cells for Optima in Aurora, CO. AE is also looking to expand into general electrical controls and more local assembly equipment.

Items of Business: 2006 Officers - A Switch to Thursdays for Meetings
We are grateful for the new officers who stepped up to help us keep offering SME events in Central Kansas:

We decided to try shifting all meetings to Thursday nights rather than Wednesdays, since regular Wednesday attendees seemed to have no conflict with the change to Thursdays. We feel one of the reasons for such a good turnout at our January meeting was due to changing the meeting to Thursdays.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
If you have some ideas for tours or programs, please let us know!

February 23 Cooper Compression
March 23 Grainbelt
April 20 Geoprobe
May 18?? KSU Salina Student Projects

Chapter Sponsors - Please support our manufacturing partners.

Southwestern College Professional Studies
Preparation courses for the SME technologist and engineers certification exam. We also offer preparation courses for the ASQ, QAPICS, and ISM certification exams-the ASQ courses are online. In addition, we have relevant degrees, many of which are totally online
George Heinrich, Technical Advisor
Ph. 1-888-684-5335,ext 119
E-mail: gheinric@sckans.edu

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www.powermotionsales.com

Industrial Peddler
A division of Weir Enterprises, LLC
Machine Tool Sales and Broker
1537 17th Rd.
Clay Center, KS 67432
Phone (785) 632-6306, Fax (785) 632-5000
ipguide@hotmail.com

 {short description of image}FESTO
Pneumatics and Motion Control - Kevin Ost
kevin.ost@festo.us.com

Last Meeting Sponsor:

Automation Engineering, LLC - Solutions for Industry
Ryan Hampl, Project Engineer
1100 W Grand Ave.- Building 2D
Salina, KS 67401
785 309 0505 ryan@bcd.com
http://www.bcd.com/automated.cfm

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Society of Manufacturing Engineers -
Mid Kansas Chapter 230 - Salina, Kansas

Chapter Chair - Julia Morse, K-State at Salina - (785)826-2650 - jmorse@k-state.edu

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