Let the Chips Fall…
Ever wonder what it takes to make chips fly and result in a finished machined part? Ever wonder if someone was pulling your leg when saying “it will take twice as long to machine it from that material…” or “your not serious about those dimensions are you???”. If so, you need to attend our technical dinner presentation on January 12th, 2005!
This month’s meeting will be presented by two of N.A.I.T.’s top machining instructors, setting the record straight about tool geometry, inserts, speeds and feeds, material considerations and machining processes. In addition, they will also shed some light on good dimensioning practices to optimize the manufacturability of your products.
Terry Knutson is an instructor at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (N.A.I.T.), a Journeyman Machinist and a Journeyman Millwright. He has been an instructor for the past seven years training Alberta apprentices from first year to Journeyman level Machinists. He has also been involved in the training of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Technicians. His experience in industry includes working for Texsteam, Prairie Welding and Machining, Shaffers Oilfield, Alberta Transportation and Utilities and Alberta Power Ltd. Terry has also been involved with Skills Canada participating on both a provincial and national Technical Committee for the Precision Machining competition.
David Grabski is the Assistant Program Head for the N.A.I.T. Machinist Program teaching machining and millwright for approximately ten years. David grew up on a farm near Calmar, Alberta, and started out as a an apprentice welder-fitter. Today David is a Journeyman Machinist and Journeyman Millwright. He worked for various companies in Alberta’s oil and gas industry and owned a machining/weld-repair company prior to joining N.A.I.T. in 1995. David has previously held the position of Chair of the Skills Canada Technical Committee and is currently in the process of obtaining his Engineering Technologist certificate.
And remember…Member pricing is always extended to members of other technical societies (ASM, AWS, CWA, NACE, CSME, ASME, etc.)
