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OSHA for Mechanical Power Presses Virtual Seminar

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Virtual Seminar | 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET

The OSHA for Mechanical Power Presses Seminar will address the history of OSHA's development, what is needed to meet or exceed your obligation to safeguard your machines, and how to add value without compromising worker safety.

This seminar will illustrate different compliance methods.

We will show you different styles of machines and their different requirements related to regulations and standards for control reliability and safety devices and describe the various types of controls and safety devices.

What are you doing in your shop? Are you complying with OSHA and ANSI?

Topics Covered:

• Meeting your safety compliance obligations without cutting into your bottom line.
• Compliance methods relative to initial cost, effects on productivity and safety (plus and minus).
• OSHA compliance and how best practices can increase press system productivity.
• Examples with accompanying documents and illustrations.

Press Types

• Gab, straight-side
• Part-revolution, full-revolution
• Drive types

Control Reliability, Controls and Safety

• Light curtains
• Gates
• Guards

Maintenance

• Counterbalance
• LOTO
• Clutch and brake

AGENDA

All times are eastern.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
8:30 a.m.    Seminar begins
12:00 p.m.  Lunch break
12:30 p.m.  Seminar resumes
3:30 p.m.    Adjourn

INSTRUCTOR

Dean Phillips DTM, Director of Technical Training, Precision Metalforming Association
 Dean Phillips has spent 37 years in the metalforming and fabricating industry and currently serves as PMA’s director of technical training. Prior to this, he was heavily involved with PMA as an advisor to the fabrication and safety committees and served as a Tennessee District officer since 2002.
Dean designs training modules to improve manufacturing competitiveness through employee development and training.
He is an expert in IIoT and a strategist for AI-based systems, as well as a metal fabrication expert, having designed press brakes and trained hundreds of companies. Dean also is the host and producer of PMA's “Destiny of Manufacturing” podcast.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

VIRTUAL
$299 Members
$499 Nonmembers

Note: Registrants will receive their unique log-in link via email from Zoom.  If an additional connection is detected using your unique link during the seminar it will be disconnected.
Note: in-person registration includes breakfast and lunch at PMA.

Questions? Contact Marianne Sichi at 216-901-8800 ext. 150.

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