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If you're flexible with travel, jump ahead by selecting one of the recommended facilities to the right.
Otherwise, the form below helps drill down from state to city to a specific training facility for your Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training class.
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Pre-enrollment is accepted until the minimum student requirement is met.
Once enough students have signed up, then we will reach out to process your payment.
If minimum enrollment is not attained, we may ask that you consider an alternate date or location.
With that in mind, would any of the 4 states be possible for you?
Facilities in these states either have a low minimum student requirement, or already have students signing up:
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However, if travel is a limitation for you and none of the states above will work, don't worry. We have several options.
And if none of those below suit your needs, feel free to contact us and make a request.
We will do everything possible to accomodate.
A common request we receive is to do on-site training for companies seeking to get several employees trained at the same time.
About Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training
Who is Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training for?
Single Minute Exchange of Dies might sound limited in its scope. However, while the technique was born in sheet metal stamping operations, its lessons have wider appeal. Generally, SMED deals with process changeovers to switch from manufacturing one part design to another. There was a time when massive dies used by automotive manufacturers required days to change. In this extreme example, large downtime cost necessitated improvement giving birth to faster, single-minute, and even one-touch exchange of dies. Since the lessons of faster process change-over can be applied to any process which switches over to run more than one part design, if you have a process like this, then SMED Training is for you. In our course, students learn:
Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training Course Overview:
The faster you can set up a new part to be machined, or change over to a completely different part can have big impact on operational efficiency. So, students learn how to study their existing change-over process and speed it up using the 8 traditional techniques:
 | | Segregating external setups from internal.
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| | Converting internal steps to external.
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| | Using standardized function.
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| | Giving preference to clamps over fasteners.
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| | Using intermediate jigs.
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| | Breaking sequential tasks into parallel tasks. SMED is essentially a project management tool in which Gantt Charts can be helpful.
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| | Eliminating the need for adjustments each of which are essentially rework operations.
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| | Evolve towards mechanization.
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