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 New 3 Day Intensive Die Estimating School Taught By Industry Expert Jeff Bennett

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Course Outline

 


Day 1 - Die fundamentals for estimators

•Die types and construction.
•Die and press specifications.
•Metalforming and stock control elements.
•Wire EDM and contour machining.
•Sensors, automation and custom items.
•Die plates and buildups.
•Estimating part approval process.
•Design and debug hours.
•Establishing rates, profits and price.

Day 2 – Die planning techniques

•Interpreting part drawings
•Creating flat blanks (with or without geometry files.)
•Part nesting for die type.
•Progressive carrier strips.
•Transfer and station die estimating.
•Creating a die concept template using desktop tools.
•Completing the die concept drawing.

Day 3 – Die Estimating

•Practice estimating dies using attendee sample parts.
•Estimating material, labor and overhead.
•Production part estimating.
•Lean estimating techniques.
•RFQs, quoting and target prices.
•Customizing and calibrating the die estimating system.
•Quoting networks using the internet.

Tuition and Travel

Cost:  $2,500


The school is held at Link Systems Inc.  444 McNally Drive, Nashville, TN 37211.


Call for suggested hotel accommodations convenient to Nashville Intl Airport and Link Systems.


Tool Planners Inc.

242 West Main Street #196
Hendersonville, TN 37075
Tel: 888-881-0659

Fax (615) 822-4777


Tool Planners Inc. reserves the right to amend the program should circumstances warrant such action. In the event of course cancellation, TP Inc. will notify you within seven days of the program date, and will refund seminar fees. Liability for course cancellation is specifically limited to the amount of registration fees and excludes any incidental or consequential damages. Individual seminar cancellations must be made in writing. Registration fees are nonrefundable for cancellations received less than seven days prior to the seminar. Substitutions are welcome at any time.

About the Instructor

 

The school is taught by Tool Planners Founder and President, Jeff Bennett. Jeff is the developer of Dieplanners.com and its innovative products and services for die estimating. Jeff has taught hundreds of students how to estimate dies. He is a regular PMA speaker and ran a successful die and stamping business where he quoted thousands of dies.


Die Estimating School 

A how to course in estimating cost of metal stamping dies and production parts.  Emphasis is on creating die concepts and pricing the die and production part.

Note:  This is not a seminar. This is a hands on die estimating course where attendees will graduate with the ability to plan and price dies. 

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand RFQs and die specifications.
  • Select the right die type for part and production needs.
  • Design carrier and station layouts fast using simple easy to learn techniques.
  • Produce faster more consistent die and part cost estimates.
  • Lower internal cost and improve your company’s die quoting system.

Who Should Attend

  • Anyone from a die shop, stamper or OE company who wants to learn how to quote dies and stampings.
  • Estimators chosen by company owners and managers who can take over more of the die quoting process

Bonus

  • Students will receive a one year subscription to DieMatrix Die estimating Software ($3000 value)
  • Die estimating reference manual.
  • Plant tour of Link Systems Inc.
  • Catered lunch will be served each day.
  • Certificate of completion suitable for framing. 

Student Prerequisites

  • A basic knowledge of dies or the metal stamping process is helpful.
  • A laptop computer with wireless internet and Microsoft Office including Excel and Power Point.
  • Three days with minimal outside interruption.
 Die Estimating School Registration

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