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MBB Consulting™ - Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training In Wichita, KS

Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training In Wichita, KS

Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training
Wichita is Kansas' largest city known for cattle and aircraft. SMED training empowers Wichita students to decrease changeover-related downtime.
Price $349
Duration 1 day
Format In-person, instructor-led slideshow with exercises and a quiz to test comprehension.
Materials Each student will receive a 3-ring binder containing print-outs of the slideshow. Assuming satisfactory quiz results graded a few days after class, each student will receive a Certificate of Completion.
Class Size6 - 10 students
Start Day
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CityWichita, KS

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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, Wichita students learn:

Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training Course Overview:

SMED training describes Single Minute Exchange of Dies - how Wichita students can increase profit by decreasing process changeover-related downtime. 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.

Converting internal steps to external.

Using standardized function.

Giving preference to clamps over fasteners.

Using intermediate jigs.

Breaking sequential tasks into parallel tasks. SMED is essentially a project management tool in which Gantt Charts can be helpful.

Eliminating the need for adjustments each of which are essentially rework operations.

Evolve towards mechanization.

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Wichita

Cowtown - Air Capital of the World

Excellent choice! Beechcraft, Cessna, and Stearman founded Wichita's aircraft manufacturing prominence reinforced by Airbus and others plus presence of McConnell Air Force Base. Wichita began as a Chisholm Trail trading post and Texan cattle drive railhead to eastern markets. Population expanded as a result. Wichita State and Friends Universities were built. Refineries followed after oil and natural gas discovery. Oil wealth spawned aircraft manufacturing whose growth accelerated with WWII. Wichita remains an economic and cultural center of the state offering many events and points of interest for students after Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training. Most popular are the Sedgwick County Zoo, Museum of World Treasures, Wichita Gardens, Orpheum Theater, and the Original Pizza Hut.

Wichita
SUMOTUWETHFRSA
Wichita, KS
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Facility

Our Wichita Training Center is downtown near W. Douglas Ave. & S. Broadway a few hundred feet east of the Arkansas River, and west of the I-135 & Highway 400 intersection.

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Testimonials

Read what our students and clients have to say.

Debapriya B.
Debapriya B.
Recent Graduate MSME


This GD&T Y14.5 is very well instructed. Students are provided with a glossary and the presentation material which can be used in the future for solving any GD&T problem. The instructor is very knowledgeable. He does best to make a clear concept about the whole topic. I recommend this course to everyone.


Dan S.
Dan S.
Machining Supervisor
Aerospace

Training on SMED shared an aggressive mindset towards goals and informed us on several areas to continue to improve. I'm looking forward to seeing the fruits of our new knowledge.