Quality: The dirty little secret

Chicago, Illinois – The onslaught of low price products boasting claims of superior or equal quality, often falsely, has blurred the line on quality that once was so clear. Add in the barrage of targeted marketing campaigns, uniformed sales rhetoric and word of mouth, and that black and white line of quality now more closely resembles an ugly gray smudge.

As someone who has now been on both ends of the tool assembly (cutting tool & holder), I want to share the eye opening insights I have gained into the industry, particularly as it concerns tool holder assembly’s, in hopes of helping anyone dealing with machining avoid the pitfalls that cost them time and money.

What you will take away:

• The impact of imbalance, how it can be leveraged to enable lights out machining and a clear understanding of what truly is “good enough”.
• An understanding of micro-creeping (the precursor to tool pullout), and the unintentional cover up that prevented you from seeing it.
• The importance of taper contact, and a look at some data that reveals you may not be getting what you thought you were.
• New technology that eliminates micro-creeping and tool pullout without sacrificing balance or runout accuracy.

About the speaker
Andrew “Drew” Strauchen is currently vice president at Haimer USA, responsible for Marketing and Business Development in North America. He previously served as vice president of marketing and national account sales for OSG USA. Strauchen has spent the last 15 years of his career in the industrial metalworking space, where he has overseen core functions including engineering, marketing, product development, quality assurance and sales. 

Strauchen’s passion in the industry lies in helping U.S. manufacturers maximize efficiency and cost-savings for the purpose remaining competitive in a global market place. He leverages his engineering background and combines it with his passion for marketing communication to deliver lessons he has learned working with companies all over the world in ways that are easily understood and put into action. 

He received his MBA from Northern Illinois University and his undergraduate engineering degree from Ohio University’s Russ School of Engineering and Technology.

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