The Role of the Community College System In January of this year, I was attending a workforce cluster forum at Sierra College in Rocklin, CA. At the time I was relatively new to Sacramento Valley SME, the organization that led to my attendance at that forum. At some point during the day, I had the opportunity to chat with Carol Pepper-Kittredge and exchange business cards. … [Read more...]
Doing the Impossible Since 1972 EP2
When the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station was being built in Herald, CA there was a problem. They needed to train and test welders faster. At the time, they were having to send the pipe out to a machine shop to have it beveled. There could be zero defects in weld quality. It was clear that a more efficient solution was needed. They needed to prep the ends of the pipe … [Read more...]
Growing up a Manufacturing Advocate
When I first met Joe Wernette I had been a temporary fixture in the machine shop at Tri Tool. I was working in their machining department implementing some software that integrated with their CNC machines. During that time I was called into a meeting to discuss something, and Joe was one of the people present. I didn't know it then, but Joe was the next CEO of Tri Tool and … [Read more...]
Manufacturing Is #MFGis
Today as I am writing this, it is the morning of Manufacturing Day, October 7th 2016. My personal reaction to this day, which is described by MFGDAY as: MFG DAY addresses common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t. By working together during … [Read more...]
High School Car Buff Becomes Champion for Students and Manufacturers EP1
Bill Gaines's interest in cars was the inspiration for a career that would leave its mark in the manufacturing world, but that was the tip of the iceberg. Today Bill and his team at Grow Manufacturing are now champions of industry, education, and economic development for the North State (California) and beyond. Learn about Bill's path through business at the helm of Transfer … [Read more...]
Beyond the Shop Floor: Manufacturing Advocates Podcast
One thing you will quickly discover if you get to know people in the manufacturing industry is how busy they are. I guess it should be no surprise that they stalwarts of their local communities in terms of jobs and direct economic output. How so? We'll address that shortly. People in the industry seem to juggle so many balls that they are unable to participate in things like … [Read more...]
The Launch of Manufacturing Advocates Podcast
I first met with Bill Gaines in a conference room in Chico, California. He was showing me slides from a presentation on his efforts to improve the manufacturing industry through collaboration on challenges such as skills gaps in job candidates. It was Bill's presentation that inspired me to launch this podcast and I’m proud to have him as my first guest. During his … [Read more...]
Upgrading CIMCO MDM
If you landed on this article on your own, you may want to confirm the instructions are valid for your MDM installation, some newer versions have new features that require a little configuration such as Client Sets (see Changes in CIMCO MDM 9 for an example). We often generate content for our customers and share it for informational purposes on the website. If you did not land … [Read more...]
Moxa Nport Settings for DNC Max
CIMCO DNC-Max works with Moxa devices right out of the box. In most cases you only need to assign an IP address and assign that to the port in DNC-Max. There are occasions where some settings need to be tweaked and this article is for those occasions where we call on our customers to change these settings. Optional Moxa Nport Data Packing Settings If we have called upon … [Read more...]
How to change the default load and save path in CIMCO Editor 7 or 8
A CIMCO Editor user recently contacted us after they noticed the default load path, the one that CIMCO Editor uses when you click "Open" had changed. This was causing them to have to change it each and every time they went to open a file. Normally, a setting like this would automatically save to the last state, but there are times where this may not be the case. Also some users … [Read more...]