NENASF SEMINAR – METAL FINISHING BOOT CAMP 2
METAL FINISHING BOOT CAMP 2
The New England chapter of the National Association for Metal Finishing held their second in a series of Metal Finishing Boot Camp Seminars on September 26 , 2019 at the Courtyard Marriott in Marlborough Massachusetts.
This seminar is designed as a training tool for entry level metal finishers as well as a means for veteran finishers to hone their skills by learning about new and innovative technologies within the metal finishing industry.
The seminar featured three highly qualified experienced advisers from within the metal finishing community. Jim Gallman, director of wastewater chemistries at Hubbard Hall introduced the attendees to various non traditional rare earth chemistries as a means to overcoming phosphate compliance issues in the industrial wastewater treatment streams.
Rob Sheldon of Aquasgroup brought to the table a variety of technologies that can be used as tools for achieving discharge limits in wastewater treatment operations. Rob cautioned all to be wary of the one size fits all compliance tool. He stressed the need for application engineering, where the challenge must be determined before choosing the equipment necessary to complete the task. Although a seemingly basic principle, he pointed out that misapplication of treatment technologies is the single biggest cause of failure when tackling wastewater discharge compliance issues.
The third speaker was NENASF’s own Marko Duffy CEF of Marathon Manufacturing Solutions. Marko gave a lively presentation on the fundamentals of blueprint reading for the metal finisher. He instructed attendees in the pitfalls of blueprint reading through the use of numerous instructional and interactive graphic examples, and how a small mistake or oversight can lead to costly errors on the finishing line.
Our thanks to all who gave of their time and effort to bring this top quality presentation to the NENASF membership. This is just another way in which your Association is working for you. The Executive Board is currently working on developing a members only page on our website where the power point presentation of these speakers, as well as other instructional information, will be available to the membership.
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