2010 TAPPI Lean Manufacturing-Flexo & Die Cutters
StreamLEAN your operations with only a three-day investment of your time.
(You wouldn't expect a Lean course to last any longer, now would you?)
2010 TAPPI Lean Manufacturing - Flexo & Die Cutters
May 25-27, 2010
TAPPI Training Center, Norcross, Ga. USA
The 2010 TAPPI Lean Manufacturing - Flexo and Die Cutters course is jam-packed with techniques that will take the guesswork out of running your Die Cutters and Flexo Folder-Gluers. Sessions are focused on improving and streamlining your manufacturing operations. How? By concentrating on the proven methods that enhance efficiency and return.
Check out the course schedule.
Industry veteran Dick Target of “On Target Consultants” presents this essential, three-day continuing education course. Target's content covers:
- Methods on how to Zero the Gear Train in the press
- Settings required to complete the “Time & Register” process
- Centerlining
- Ink management for consistent color and proper wash-up procedures
- Implementing a successful Five-S Program (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain)
- Identifying tools for effective Waste Reduction
- Calibrating machines to OEM specifications
- Proven One Box Set-Up techniques
- How tooling should be purchased and used in a cost-effective manner
- Simulating the presentation of technical and commercial contracts to printing plate and cutting die suppliers
- Measuring TIR (Total Indicator Runout) settings for pull collars, scoring and slotter heads
- Anilox roll care and maintenance schedules
Just look at this list of skills you’ll acquire! You've got to wonder how you ever got along without this course. Even if you or your employees are familiar with these techniques, what a valuable review this will be!
Presented in a direct, easy-to-understand manner, this course is suited for everyone from senior operators and maintenance technicians to plant management.
Early-Bird Registration – April 30
Member - $1,095
Non-Member - $1,395
Early-Bird Group Rate (3+ people from the same location)
Member - $995
Non-Member - $1,295
Registration by the April 30 early-bird date results in a $200 savings.
After April 30
Member - $1,295
Non-Member - $1,595
Group Rate (3+ people from the same location)
Member - $1,195
Non-Member - $1,395
Don't linger long. This course sells out at 30 registrants.
TAPPI PRESS Discounts for Attendees
The publication below is discounted exclusively for registrants for this course. Select this book at the same time you complete your online registration to take advantage of this offer.
Maintenance and Calibration Manuals for Rotary Diecutters and Flexo Folder-Gluers
Item Code: 0101R245
$45 - Discount for Course Attendees
That's a $4 savings for members and a $28 savings for non-members.
By Roger Landrum
This two-volume set provides a comprehensive maintenance and calibration system that can help improve productivity and efficiency in corrugated box plants. One manual covers Rotary Diecutters while the other addresses Flexo Folder-Gluers. These manuals and corresponding checklists are designed to help any boxplant meet current ISO 9000 maintenance standards AND produce a higher quality product in a more productive efficient manner. If followed consistently, these proactive maintenance programs can reduce setup, rework and downtime.1996. 108 pages, spiral bound. Two-volume set.
CEUs
The Education Project Center of TAPPI has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). 1620 I Street, NW, Suite 615, Washington, D.C. 20006. TAPPI will award 1.6 CEUs to participants who attend at least 80% of the educational sessions and complete a final program evaluation.
Course Venue
TAPPI Training Center
15 Technology Parkway South
Norcross, GA 30092 USA
Lodging
Preferred HOTEL - Hilton Atlanta Northeast
5993 Peachtree Industrial Blvd
Norcross, GA 30092
Hilton Atlanta Northeast
Telephone: +1.770.447.4747
Fax: +1.678.533.3333
Check-In: 3:00pm - Check-Out: 12:00pm
Please call to make room reservations. Be sure to say “TAPPI” to get the special TAPPI Corporate Rate
TAPPI Corporate Rate: $89/Night
Includes complimentary internet, parking, continental breakfast, and shuttle bus
Hotel Amenities Include: Business Center, ATM, Restaurant and Lounge, Coin Laundry, Gift Shop, Local Transportation, Multi-Lingual Staff, In-Room Safe, In-Room Coffee Maker, Hair Dryer, Ironing Board, Room Service, Fitness Room, and Pool
Directions to the Hilton Hotel
Traveling North on I-85 (from airport)
Take I-85 North to I-285 West
Exit 31-B from I-285 (Peachtree Industrial Boulevard North)
Follow Peachtree Ind. Blvd. for 5 miles
Take RIGHT fork in highway toward Peachtree Ind. Blvd North
At second traffic light (Peachtree Corners E), make a U-turn
Hilton is on your right side
Traveling South on I-85
Exit I-85 at Jimmy Carter Blvd (exit 99)
Turn Right off of exit
Continue to Peachtree Ind. Blvd and turn right
At second traffic light (Peachtree Corners E), make a U-turn
Hilton is on your right side
Traveling South on I-75
Follow I-75 and take I-285 EAST Take Exit 31-B from I-285 (Peachtree Industrial Boulevard North)
Follow Peachtree Ind. Blvd. for 5 miles
Take RIGHT fork in highway toward Peachtree Ind. Blvd North
At second traffic light (Peachtree Corners E), make a U-turn
Hilton is on your right side
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Cancellation Policy
If you find that you have to cancel, your full registration fee will be refunded if TAPPI’s Registration Department receives written notification (fax acceptable at +1.770.209.7206 by April 30, 2010. Please note: There will be a 50% refund for all written cancellations made after April 30, 2010, but no later than 5 business days prior to the start of the conference May 18, 2010. Understandably, after this time, no refunds can be issued. Substitutions, however, will be accepted any time without a penalty.
Refund
100% - Cancellation received by April 30, 2010 50% - Cancellations received after April 30, 2010 and no later than May 18 NO REFUND- Cancellations received after May 18, 2010
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