Roll-Kraft Seminars Set Attendance Record

Roll-Kraft (Mentor, OH) once again hosted their annual regional training seminars in Mentor, OH. The first day focused on training for the tube and pipe mill industry (welded tube and pipe), while the following day was aimed at the roll form industry (primarily addressing open profiles, but also including form square/weld square shapes). This year’s training events attracted a record attendance that exceeded 150 individuals.

Robert A. Sladky, the vice president of tube mill engineering for Roll-Kraft, was the primary organizer for the events, as well as one of the speakers for both days.

“We were very pleased to host a record-setting group of more than 150 individuals from over 50 different companies at our 2014 seminars,” said Sladky. “One of the most impressive aspects of this attendance was that ALL the attendees for the roll form session had never attended a Roll-Kraft regional seminar before. We’re excited to be reaching the ‘new people on the block’ as they say, as these companies are especially interested in expanding their understanding and further educating their personnel on mill integrity, alignment, tooling design, setup, problem solving, and tooling maintenance to ultimately improve their industry.”

Roll-Kraft’s commitment to excellence in the tube and pipe and roll forming education field continued with two more recent events:

“Pipe and Tube Houston” was held in Texas in September with Roll-Kraft’s Robert A. Sladky and Bret Molnar giving a presentation entitled: “Quality Starts with Proper Tooling Design and Setup.”

Then, Roll-Kraft participated in Fabtech 2014 which is held in Atlanta, GA. Sladky and Molnar presented a talk entitled: “Back to the Basics and Beyond.”

Besides conducting regional training seminars and events periodically throughout the year, Roll-Kraft offers tube and pipe training and roll forming training programs at the customer’s location. Conducting a training program on site allows the instructors to directly focus on the customer’s mills, tooling, and staff, and encourages interaction and discussion of their specific everyday issues and experiences.

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