CLEVELAND, OH—April 16, 2015—MetalForming magazine, the flagship publication of the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA), announces The Die Design and Simulation Software Experience, a conference that will provide information on the industry’s leading software systems for die-design and simulation. The event is scheduled for May 27-28, 2015, at the Somerset Inn in Troy, MI.
The program for this 1.5-day event features:
- Software demonstrations from several leading suppliers
- Case-study presentations describing successful software-implementation projects
- Keynote presentations covering “Engineering Solutions to Fill the Manufacturing Skills Gap,” by Melanie Stover, National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS); “The Need for an Engineering Approach to Die Design,” by Pete Ulintz, Anchor Manufacturing Group, Inc.; and “Die-Design Tools and Techniques for Ultra-High-Strength Steels and Aluminum in Comparison with Mild-Steel Requirements,” by Kurt Wilhelm, Die Guidance, LLC
- Social events to network with software experts and other metalforming-company engineers and die designers interested in new developments in die-design software
The registration fee is $149 for PMA members and $199 for nonmembers. Visit www.metalformingmagazine.com/diedesign for complete program details and online registration. Please contact Marlene O’Brien at 216-901-8800 or [email protected] with questions.
PMA is the full-service trade association representing the $113-billion metalforming industry of North America—the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating, spinning, slide forming and roll forming technologies, and other value-added processes. Its nearly 900 member companies also include suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry. PMA leads innovative member companies toward superior competitiveness and profitability through advocacy, networking, statistics, the PMA Educational Foundation, FABTECH and METALFORM Mexico tradeshows, and MetalForming and Fabricating Product News magazines.