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Lunch and Learn with Livingston & Haven
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Tour
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New Board Members
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September 2004
Dear SME Member,
The month of August was another great month
for our chapter with both meetings filled almost to capacity. We
would like to thank Dr. Erich for hosting the Lunch and Learn.
Everyone was excited about seeing computer generated models actually being
"printed" in stainless steel. If you and your company would like to
meet with Dr. Erich for a personal meeting or tour, you can contact him
through the lab's website: www.cetl.org. We
would also like thank our own Don Kier for hosting the Timken Bearing
Plant tour and discussion on utility optimization. It was a long
evening, and I could tell that people were really interested because some
of us were still touring at 10:00 pm. Thanks again to those who made
these excellent events possible.
This Month's Meetings
Lunch and Learn
Lunch
and Learn with Tim Gillig, Regional Manager of Livingston &
Haven. Tim will make a short presentation on how you can
optimize the cost of your existing hydraulic filtration thru common sense
practices. The tools Tim will present have saved customers thousands
of dollars annually while enhancing the cleanliness level of their
hydraulic fluid! Come and bring your Tribologists, Lubrication
Engineers, Maintenance Managers and Technicians. After all, if you
can save money and document it, you can logically ask for a raise or a
bonus...or more importantly, if the machines are up and running, you can
sleep all night.
The following will be discussed:
1.
Beta Ratios
2. Beta Stability and why it is so important.
3. Element
dirt holding capacity (what is the significance?)
4. Filter location
(pros and cons of each location)
5. Basic filtration terms and how they
apply to your work environment
6. How to actually measure the
differences between filter elements on the market
Having this knowledge
will allow you to make logical decisions on the type of filtration your
plant requires. This will allow you to weed out low quality products that
are not placed optimally which add up to system
non-performance.
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, September 28th from 11:30
until 1:00
LOCATION: Holly Tree Country Club on Hwy 14 in
Simpsonville
PLEASE RSVP: to Gary Tompkins, gary@thekiddergroup.com
or 864-271-8880. RSVP is required and seating is limited to the
first 40 who RSVP.
Evening Meeting
Come spend the evening with Jon McClure, the
President of ISO Poly Films in Gray Court.
Founded in 1998, ISO Poly Films, Inc.
delivers high-performance films to meet the critical needs of the
laminating, printing, coating and converting markets. Founder and
President Jon McClure built this company based on his vision to not only
deliver top quality products, but products backed by a corporate family
that shares in his passion for unmatched quality, service, integrity and
innovation. ISO Poly Films is an award winning company: Silver Crescent
Award for Manufacturing Excellence; Finalist in Ernst and Young
Entrepreneur of the Year; One of South Carolina's fastest growing
companies by the Chamber and Elliot Davis, Dun and Bradstreet "Hot 100"
businesses. Jon and his firm are competing well in an international
market. Come and hear what Jon and his team have to say and also
tour their facility.
DATE/TIME: Wednesday,
September 29th from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm
LOCATION: ISO Poly Films Plant - see their
website for directions if you are coming from somewhere other than
Greenville. www.isopoly.com/contact.html
From Greenville: -Take I-385 South towards Columbia
-Take Exit 19 -
Highway 14/Gray Court
-Go 1.9 miles; pass Owings Elementary School on
left.
-Turn right, cross over RR tracks and go straight at stop
sign
-ISO Poly Films is on the left at 101 ISO Parkway
PLEASE RSVP: to Gary Tompkins, gary@thekiddergroup.com
or 864-271-8880. RSVP is required and seating is limited to the
first 40 who RSVP.
Welcome New Board
Members
The Board of Directors of
Chapter 164 is pleased to announce three new Board members:
Mrs. Dee Kivett is one of our most distinguished board members and
definitely a highly qualified technical engineer. Dee has a
BSME, an MS in Engineering, an MBA is a CQE, CQM, RAB certified ISO Lead
Auditor, and a GE certified Six Sigma Black Belt. Dee is
currently the Worldwide Quality Manager for Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing in
Seneca , SC.
Dee is already contributing in many ways and
is arranging a tour of Greenville Tech's
Motorsports
Technology
Center in
Greenville for our October
meeting. Dee can be
reached at 864-654-5926 or by e-mail at dkivett@jacobschuck.com
David Alexander, an
outstanding Project Engineer with Eaton Corporation, US Engine Value in
Westminster, SC has stepped up to the plate and joined the board. He has
already agreed to organize a meeting at his plant in 2005. David is an expert manufacturing
engineer who has spearheaded automation projects centered around
continuous process improvement.
He can be reached at davida@alumni.clemson.edu
or by phone at (864) 356-4840.
Andrew Wyse who recently
moved to Anderson ,
SC from
Atlanta , GA
has joined us to help run our chapter. He is a graduate of Georgia Tech
in Mechanical Engineering and is currently looking for a position in the
upstate of SC. He did an
outstanding job as a Co-op at GP Gypsum plant and his former manager raves
about his work ethic. Andrew
enjoys mountain biking, swimming, video games, and spending time with
family and friends. Please
feel free to contact Andrew at: aowyse@hotmail.com
or by phone at:
678-427-2891.
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