India’s first EDM Productivity Forum held across four cities
EDM Productivity Forum (EPF), promoted by Prime industries Nasik held its EDM Summit across 4 cities of Mumbai, Pune, Nasik and Aurangabad in October end. The four-day event proved highly successful with over 250 people from over 150 Tool Rooms visiting the Forum in these 4 days. The event was jointly supported by Makino India Pvt Ltd as well as GF Machining Solutions Pte Ltd (GF).
EPF is dedicated to providing a unique platform for sharing of best practices and excellence in EDM Machining. Industry experts like Mr Stephen Harris from MWI, USA having an experience of over 25 Years in EDM and Mr N Konishi from TOKAI Carbon made Technical Presentations on the EDM process. Mr Sadananda Koppalkar (Head- Business Development) from Makino India Pvt Ltd used the platform to share inputs on how to improve the productivity on EDM Machines. Mr Vageesh Muthya (Director - TAGMA) made a Presentation informing Tool Rooms about the proposed TCET being set up by TAGMA in Pune currently.
The EDM Summit also featured another first – Some of the Best Tool Rooms in this region shared their best practices and improvements in the EDM Section. Presenters included Larsen and Tubro (Ahmednagar), Videocon industries Ltd (Tool Room), Indo-German Tool Room Aurangabad and Varroc Polymers Pvt Ltd (Tool Room), Aurangabad.
The most awaited part of the event was the first ever Benchmarking study done by Prime Industries amongst its clients across 4 cities. Over 35 clients participated enthusiastically in this study to compete with the best and winners were chosen in areas of best MRR, lowest wear and best Surface Finish achieved on EDM. The findings of the Benchmarking study were shared with the present clients and the awardees included Mutual industries, Vasai, Godrej and Boyce (Tool Room), Mumbai and Renata Precision, Pune.
Summarizing the event Mr Ashish Varma, Managing Partner of Prime Industries said, “We are really energized by the response to this first ever EDM Productivity Forum Summits. The desire shown by clients to improve and create breakthrough improvements in the EDM Section was immense. I believe that Forums like these to share knowledge and experience across Companies will create a bright future for our country.”