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Jim Cove of Mastercut Technologies Pty Ltd. will present “Single Sided Etching, Using Vinyl as a Resist then Laser Cutout of Etched Panels” at the 2019 Spring International Technical Conference.
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The A-Z of Photochemical Machining
Presented by David Allen, Emeritus Professor
Cranfield University
PCMI is pleased to present an employee development webinar that will give PCM companies the educational tools needed to provided new workers with the knowledge necessary to perform effectively.
» Read more about: New PCMI Online Employee Training Webinar Available! »
Araz Ardehali Barani and Thomas Wegler from Zapp Precision Metals will present “The Effect of Alloying Elements in Stainless Steel on Smut Formation” at the Spring 2019 International Technical Conference.
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Barith Ahamed will present “Unleashing the Digital Potential- Inkjet Resist Ink” at the Spring 2019 International Technical Conference.
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Esteemed Emeritus Professor David Allen is spotlighted for his upcoming presentation on the “Extraction and Recycling of Dissolved Nickel from Ferric Chloride Etchant: Economic, Technical and Environmental Considerations” at our Spring 2019 International Technical Conference.
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PCMI will hold the Fall 2019 Conference in the United States in New York. The conference will be held from October 12- 16, 2019. The newly formed New York Conference Committee will soon begin planning the technical sessions and choose the hotel, which will be located in or near Rochester, New York.
PCMI has published “Right First Time” Photochemical Machining of Stainless Steels via Control of Ferric Chloride Chemistry by Emeritus Professor David Allen, Cranfield University, UK.
The paper was originally presented at the PCMI Spring 2018 Meeting held in Gävle, Sweden. It was also published in the PCMI Journal in December 2018.
The PCMI hotel room block is full.
Additional hotels in Chantilly are listed below
The PCMI Spring International Technical Conference will be held from May 18 – 22, 2019. The Conference will be held at the Mercure Chantilly Resort (Formerly Dolce Chantilly Hotel) in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, France.
Click here to register online. » Read more about: PCMI Spring 2019 International Technical Conference »
Each PCMI conference offers attendees the chance to tour industry related facilities. In Long Beach, California, attendees had the change to visit E. Jordan Brookes Company, a copper based metals and engineered plastics supplier and Phibro-Tech, Inc, a recycler of permitted waste primarily from the electronics industry.
The E.Jordan Brookes Company was started in 1936 as a manufacturer’s representative of metallic tubular materials and fittings.
The A-Z of Photochemical Machining
Professor David Allen presented a Short Course at the 2018 Fall Conference held in Long Beach, CA.
The course covered both technical and economic aspects of PCM and the “buzz words” of PCM from A to Z in an informative but light-hearted approach, as the course was intended as an enjoyable experience in addition to being an educational exercise.
“Through the PCMI, we learned of Professor David Allen’s availability to perform an evaluation of etching facilities with a view towards enhancing operational efficiencies and otherwise lowering costs. David identified several opportunities for improving our operation that resulted in a measurable increase in our operating margin. After the cost of the evaluation, Conard’s savings justified the PCMI’s dues by a factor of 20 or more - per annum!” Bill Fox, President, Conard Corp.
“Every PCMI meeting I attend provides insights and hints to improve the processes used back at our shops and factories. The wealth of information exchanged at these meetings is invaluable. Time saving shortcuts and formula tweaks are but a couple of valuable perks I have brought home.” Phil Greiner, Design Engineering Manager, PEI
"The most important thing for me at the PCMI is networking.
Having the right contacts, based on trust and integrity, mutual problems may change into mutual benefits."
Harrie Knol, Manager,
R&D, Veco,
The Netherlands
"When I first purchased my PCM company, the only knowledge of chemical etching that I had was what I had learned from visiting my uncle’s circuit board company.
I joined PCMI shortly after I purchased my company. Over the years the PCMI technical sessions and the chance to learn and talk with other owners and suppliers at meetings has contributed to my firm's growth and profitability in an environmentally friendly manner.
The cost of PCMI membership has been well worth the money."
Jerry Williams, President,
United Western Enterprises, Inc.
Camarillo, California, USA
"I joined PCMI in 1994 when my company was just a small local job shop encountering dozens of daily problems for which we were ill equipped to solve. As we developed relationships with other PCMI members, they shared their experiences and we learned to work more effectively and efficiently.
Today I only have to make a few phone calls to my PCMI friends and I can get answers to pressing problems right away. PCMI membership and conference attendance has proven to be of great importance to the growth and development of my company."
