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Expo Hours
| Monday Sept. 8 | 9 AM — 5 PM |
| Tuesday Sept. 9 | 9 AM — 5 PM |
| Wednesday Sept. 10 | 9 AM — 5 PM |
| Thursday Sept. 11 | 9 AM — 3 PM |
Venue
McCormick Place
2301 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60616
About the Expo
North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event heads to McCormick Place in September 2025. FABTECH provides a convenient "one stop shop" venue where you can meet with world-class suppliers, see the latest industry products and developments, and find the tools to improve productivity, increase profits and discover new solutions to all of your metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing needs.
North America's Largest Metal Forming, Fabricating, Welding and Finishing Event
Stamping
S12: Strengthening Die Maintenance Programs
*This conference session requires registration and payment. Click here to register/add session to your registration.
Die maintenance and die repair are not the same. Nonetheless, many stamping companies combine the cost of die maintenance with the cost die repair to simplify reporting. This presentation examines the difference between repair and maintenance and the hidden costs within each. Attendees will learn to distinguish between the cost of maintenance and the cost of repair—and to measure and report each properly—in order to cost-justify a robust die maintenance program that reduces the cost of die repair
About This Session
- Date: October 17, 2024
- Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- Room: Room S-321
- Level: Intermediate
- Track: Stamping
Speaker
Peter Ulintz
Precision Metalforming Association
Peter serves PMA and the sheet metal forming industry as educator, technical speaker, and subject-matter expert in the fields of deep drawing, tool & die, sheet metal forming, and press shop operations. He is founder of Pace Technologies, LLC – a technical training and consulting firm serving the tool & die and metal stamping industries. Peter also writes the monthly column “Tooling By Design” for MetalForming Magazine (200+ articles).
FABTECH Conference
Tracks: 3D/Additive, Automation, Cutting, Laser, Forming & Fabricating, Job Shop, Lean, Management, Marketing & Sales, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing, Stamping, Workforce Development
| Sessions | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Sessions | $195 | $220 |
| Workshops | $499 | $599 |
| Best Value Full Conference (5-8 Sessions)
| $795 | $900 |
CCAI Finishing Conference
| CCAI Finishing Conference | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Session | $112.50 | $125 |
| 2 Sessions | $202.50 | $225 |
| 3 Sessions | $270 | $300 |
| 4-8 Sessions | $405 | $450 |
AWS Welding Conference
| AWS Welding Conference | Member Price | Non-Member Price* |
|---|---|---|
| One-Hour Sessions (W7, W8) | FREE | FREE |
| Two-Hour Sessions (W1, W2, W12, W13, W14) | $95 | $150 |
| Weld-Ed Conference (W5) | $50 | $75 |
| Half-Day Sessions (W3, W10, W15) | $345 | $430 |
| Full-Day Sessions (W4, W6, W9, W11) | $565 | $665 |
| Professional Program (W16) | $395 | $495 |
| *Non-member price for AWS Welding Full-Day Sessions only includes a one-year AWS Individual Membership. | ||
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