Category: Events

October 8 – 12, 2016

International Fall Conference Bethlehem Hotel Bethlehem, PA, US

Registration materials    Click here to register online PCMI Fall Invitation.8.9.16

The technical sessions will include: 3D Printing Control Theory for Ferric Chloride Etchant Regeneration Methods Dry Film Laminators Electroforming Fundamentals of Electroplating Fundamentals of Vacuum Heat Treating Group Discussion – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis of Photochemical Machining (PCM) Inkjet Printing ISO 9001: 2015 – The Transition and What You Need to Know Laser Cutting Practical Aspects of Installing pH Control for the Free Acid Practical Implementation of Chlorine Regeneration of Spent Ferric Chloride Etchant within Heatric Waste Water 101 Workforce Development New Product and Services Showcase Precision Rolled Materials Altix, the Expert in Photo Imaging Solutions

The hotel reservation deadline is September 8, 2016. The PCMI group room rate is US $189 per room, per night. To make a reservation contact: Hotel Bethlehem Reservations reservations@hotelbethlehem.com 610-625-5000

Agenda Saturday, October 8, 2016 PCMI Board of Directors Meetings Sunday, October 9, 2016 Pre Conference Tour of Phildadelphia Monday, October 10, 2016 Guest Tour Technical Sessions  Annual Dinner Banquet  Tuesday, October 11, 2016 Technical Sessions Group Dinner Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Martin Guitar Tour Orbel Tour Lunch and Wine Tasting Tour

PCMI Sponsorship is Good for Your Business

PCMI conference sponsorship provides: Opportunity to promote your company’s products or services during the conference at a tabletop display; Access to key photo chemical machining industry leaders at one time and in one place; Advertising – Your company name will be placed on the PCMI website, linked to your company website; Name recognition — Your company will be recognized during the conference, in the marketing materials and in the Program Booklet. PCMI offers several sponsorship levels including Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze.  For more information on PCMI conference sponsorship, please contact Cathy Flaherty at cflaherty@pcmi.org.

Current Sponsors

Platinum Gold

May 7 – 11, 2016
Spring International Technical Conference
Monrepos Hotel, Stuttgart, Germany

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December 10, 2015
New England Chapter Dinner Meeting

Inkjettable Etch Resists
Presented by:
Krishna Balantrapu | Senior Chemist
The Dow Chemical Company | US

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October 10 – 15, 2015
Fall International Technical Conference

Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto, Canada

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The technical sessions included: (Click here for program booklet)

• Automated Measuring and Inspection
• BarCode Reading
• Changes in ISO 900 | ITAR
• Electrochemical Etching for Micro- and Nano-Structuring
• Enterprise Software Planning Systems
• How Multisensor Metrology Cuts Manufacturing Costs
• Ideas Exchange Panel | Workforce Development
• Industry Trends Analysis | Significant Findings Over Multi-Year Timeframe
•  Inkjettable Etch Resists
• Metals for the PCM Process
• Noncontact Measuring Devices
• PCMI Educators Project Update
• Promoting PCM | Locally | Nationally | Internationally | Group Discussion
• Process Issues | Cleaning, Coating and Imaging
• Influence of Byproducts on Etching Metals with Ferric Chloride Etchant 
• Wastewater Recycling Technologies

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May 16 – 20, 2015
Spring International Technical Conference
Leonardo City Tower Hotel Tel Aviv, Israel

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Click here to view the Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael Tour

The technical sessions included:

• Challenges in Modern Electroforming
• Double Sided LDI for Etching Application – Case Study
• 3D Printing of Metals
• Ferric or Cupric, Cold or Hot, What Gives the Best Etch Factors of Fine Features in Thin Copper Foils
• Chemical Waste Management
• New Product and Services Showcase
• Combining Multiple-Micro Machining Technologies
• The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful _ A Brief History of Quality Abstract
• Trends, Issues and Challenges in the PCM Industry Panel Discussion
• Using Photo Lithography and Microfluidics for Biological Applications

Tours included ISCAR World Headquarters, Suron Precision Technology, Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael and Plasson Industries  

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April 1, 2015

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New England Chapter Dinner Environmental Services and Chemical Waste Disposal Presented by:  David Pannuto, Account Manager, Clean Harbor Holiday Inn Mansfield/Foxboro, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield,  MA 5:30pm-8:30pm ___________________________________________________________ 

 

Spring Conference 2014

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May 24-29, 2014 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland The Photo Chemical Machining Institute (PCMI) International Technical Spring Conference was held from May 24-29, 2014 at the Grand Hotel Les Endroits in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.   The technical presentations provided attendees with the information they need to stay current with new technologies and innovations in the pcm industry. The technical sessions included:

• High-End Spring Applications
• Inkjet for Chemical Milling
• UV –Liga Manufacturing
• PCM Sales and Marketing
• PECM an Innovative Machining Process for Exotic-and Sheet Metals
• Monitoring and Data Management in PCM-Manufacturing
• UV – Laser Direct Imaging
• Wet Electrochemical Processes for Micro-Nano-Structuring

See who attended the conference.   Click here to view the photos.  

Spring Conference Sponsors  

Platinum Sponsor and Conference Host

 

Gold Sponsor

 

Bronze Sponsor

 

Here is the link for the online conference evaluation www.surveymonkey.com/s/887D99J