Meeting dates

Modern Machine Shop, June, 2005

June

7-9 * The Cleveland 2005 Exposition and Conference will provide a forum for discussing topics such as flexible manufacturing; shopfloor automation software; machining alternative materials; capital equipment investment; negotiation strategies; and lean manufacturing. It will take place at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Contact: The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) at (800) 733-4763 or visit www.sme.org.

7-10 * Presented by the China Machinery Industry Foundation, Business and Industrial Trade Fairs Ltd. and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Machinery Sub-Council, Machine Components 2005 will convene at the Shanghai International Exhibition Centre in Shanghai, China. The biennial event is expected to attract more than 300 exhibitors and 90,000 buyers from various industries. Contact: Business and Industrial Trade Fairs Ltd. at (852) 2865-2633 or visit www.macomponents.com.

9-12 * Mould & DieAsia 2005 will feature a range of machinery, ancillary equipment and components for mold and die design and manufacturing. It will take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong. Contact: Business and Industrial Trade Fairs Ltd. at (852) 2865-2633 or visit www.mould-die.com.

14-16 * The Benchmarking Best Practices in Deploying Lean Six Sigma, co-sponsored by the Lean Learning Center, will take place at Clemson University at the Westin Poinsett in Greenville, South Carolina. The fourth annual conference will feature presenters from companies such as Robert Bosch Corporation, Boeing, TRW Automotive, Alfmeier, BMW, General Electric Energy, Bridgestone/Firestone and others. Prior to the event, a workshop titled "Tactics for Lean Innovation" will be held. Contact: Kay James at (864) 656-2200 or visit www.clemson.edu/success.

15-16 * Sponsored by the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the Robotic Grinding, Deburring and Finishing Workshop will convene at the FourPoints Sheraton in St. Paul, Minnesota. "How-to" presentations from systems integrators, case studies, technical sessions and labs at the 3 M world headquarters will be provided. Contact: RIA at (734) 994-6088 or visit WWW. roboticsonline.com.

15 * Outperform Your Competition: Increase Productivity Through Automation, a free half-day seminar, will aim to help attendees become more globally competitive. Sponsored by GE Fanuc, SME, Fanuc Robotics, Renishaw, Modern Machine Shop magazine and Automotive Design and Production magazine, the forum will convene at Kennametal, Inc's headquarters located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Contact: GE Fanuc at (800) 433-2682 or visit www.gefanuc. com/outperform.

16 * Mikron Corporation will host one of two High Performance Machining (HPM) seminars focusing on medical manufacturing at its headquarters in Holliston, Massachusetts. The one-day event will cover topics such as surface finishes, cycle times, toolpath generation and milling strategies, and more. The second event is scheduled for October 13, 2005, at the company's office in Yorba Linda, California. Contact: Christina Beck at (847) 955-7112 or visit www.mikron-us.com.

16-17 * 2005 Concepts In Mold Building and Design will be held at the Hampton Inn Tropicana in Las Vegas, Nevada. The seminar was developed to provide attendees with a guide to designing and building injection molds. Areas such as the molding cycle, mold classifications, the cavity and core, runner and runnerless molding systems, plastic part analysis, mold materials, and cost factors will be addressed. Contact: Bill Ebner at (973) 560-9092 or visit www.seminarsforengineers. com/molds/.