PRESS BRAKE FORMING FUNDAMENTALS CLASSES
Class dates in Milwaukee in March and April 2023 shown below.
PDF Brochures - Menomonee Falls, WI (Milwaukee)
February 21-22 (Two Day Class)
March 14th (One Day Class)
April 25-26 (Two Day Class)
Finding a skilled
press brake operator can be a tough challenge for many fabricators. Most companies are left hiring an
inexperienced person and training from within. Press Brake training has
typically been passed on from operator to operator. That type of training can
lead to a "that’s the way we’ve always done it" mentality. By no
fault of their own, operators are sometimes left without the skills and
knowledge to take on more difficult challenges or come up with new ideas.
Hundreds of operators, engineers, and owners
have attended our Press Brake Forming Fundamentals class. This is a two day
course covering everything there is to know about forming, regardless of the
press brake you are using. This course teaches proper forming techniques,
simple to use formulas, covers all of the many different tooling options, and
is meant to inspire new ideas. Our mix of classroom followed up with forming
demonstrations has been a very popular approach to retaining what is being
taught. This class is good for new operators, experienced operators,
engineers, and owners. Reviews of this class have been overwhelmingly
positive.
"Thanks again for the training. Your class was very
informational and will assist me with daily work functions. I enjoyed the way
that you had the class set-up, going over formulas in the lecture and then
going out and running the machine and actually seeing the results of what we
just discussed. I already have a few parts that we are air bending and are
having some leg length issues, I believe that the air bend radius formula will
be put to good use." - Thad Lindstrom, Sheet Metal
Engineer, John Deere Harvester Works
"As a Plant Manager newer to metal fabrication, I found the Forming
Fundamentals course at Gladwin Machinery to be an outstanding resource. The
class was direct and allowed people of all skill levels to learn and grow" - Bill
Gochanour, Plant Manager
"We felt the class was very worthwhile. We found the formulas for
figuring different applications to be very beneficial. We also enjoyed seeing
all of the tooling options and latest technologies, such as the offline
programming and gauging demonstrated. We will definitely be sending more people
this spring."- Thanks, Steve and Kerry Cottle, Distefano
Tool and Manufacturing, Nebraska
Classes are located at:
Gladwin Machinery & Supply Co.
167 N5905 Greenway Circle
Menomonee Falls, WI. 53051
Office 262-703-0400
jsheahan@gladwinmachinery.com
