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 Metalworking Fluid Management Certificate Course
Overview
This course provides a comprehensive overview of metalworking fluids, and is led by industry-renowned experts. This year featured Fred Passman and Gary Rodak, who both have more than 30 years experience in their respective fields. The course is tailored to provide you with a comprehensive look at the latest techniques and practices that are sure to improve your metalworking fluid operation. The course gives you the opportunity to review the various operations that use metalworking fluids, explore the fundamentals of fluid and additive chemistry, analyze factors that affect the quality of metalworking fluids and the work environment, learn about the unique aspects of metalworking fluid microbiology and toxicology, and review a broad range of condition monitoring tests, learning how to use condition monitoring to manage metalworking fluids in individual sumps and large central systems.
This 2 1/2 day course features talks on a variety of subjects and allows participants to:
- Review the various operations that use MWFs
- Explore the fundamentals of fluid and additive chemistry
- Analyze factors that affect the quality of MWFs and work environment
- Learn about the unique aspects of MWF microbiology and toxicology
- Review a broad range of condition monitoring tests
- Improve knowledge and understanding of MWF management
- Obtain documentation and validate expertise with an optional post-exam at the end of the course (Please note: this is different than STLE's certification exams - the CLS, CMFS, OMA I and OMA II).
- Attend a course led by industry-renowned experts (The 2010 & 2011 courses featured Fred Passman and Gary Rodak)
- View and apply the information through a variety of case studies
- Learn content specialized to your field
- Find solutions to common MWF problems
Course Recap
The course was held November 1-3, 2011. We had 16 attendees join us for the course at the Engineering Society of Detroit's facility. We want to thank the ESD, the course instructors as well as the attendees. The interactivity and feedback made the course a success. Thank you all!
Final Course Items
Photos: Click here to see what happened at the course and what it was like from the attendee's perspective.
Videos: short features will be posted soon on our YouTube page with Fred Passman providing tips from the course that you can revisit or share with colleagues.
Book: Attendees inquired about discounts on the book, Metalworking Fluids, 2nd Edition, edited by Jerry P. Byers. The discount code is 967HW. The code will save you 20% on the cost of the book. The code is good for the month of November. Click here to purchase. Click here to read a review of the book.
Survey: Please give us feedback about your experience and your thoughts on what we should modify for the next course - we do take your comments and put it towards the next program. Thank you!
Discussion Forum: utilize this forum to post questions and find answers to questions that come up after you've attended the course. You can access the forum by logging in to your account (if you don't have your login information, we can look it up for you), and by clicking on the "MyCommunities" tab. You can also visit the STLE LinkedIn page and post questions and find answers to other questions those in the community has had.
Other Formats: An electronic version of the course material was requested - this will be available shortly. If you are interested, please send an email to let us know and we will set aside a copy for you.
Metalworking Fluid Resources
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- Reference List for the MWF Professional: a helpful list of information sources
- Podcasts:
Don Smolenski - Metalworking Fluid Management
Fred Passman - Microbicides and Recent EPA Actions
Neil Canter - Metalworking and Chemical Additives
Jerry Byers - Metalworking Fluid Additives - Amines and Microbicides
John Burke & Greg Foltz - UEIL Metalworking Symposium Summary
Feedback/Testimonials
Once the course is over, STLE would like to extend an opportunity to submit your feedback and testimonials for the course. Your comments will enable us to improve this and other courses in the future. If you participated in the course please take a moment to send us an email about your experience, or take our survey by visiting this link.
• Did the course meet your expectations?
• Would you recommend this course to others?
• What did you think about the content included and covered by the course?
• What did you think about the instructors and their expertise in the subject matter
• Did you like the course book or would you prefer a jump drive – what are your thoughts on one versus the other?
• What did you think about the overall organization of the course?
• What would you recommend we change for future courses? What would you recommend we keep?
• Was there anything in particular that you liked or disliked about the course?
If you did not get a chance to attend the 2010 or 2011 course but would like to attend future courses please email Kara Lemar at klemar@stle.org for more information on upcoming certificate courses and to make suggestions on future locations and content.
 Testimonials
Here you can see what course attendees thought about the course, the content, the instructors, and their overall course experience.
I learned more than I thought I would and I have a greater appreciation for formulators and troubleshooters in Metalworking Fluids. - Course Attendee
STLE's Metalworking Fluids Management Certificate Course is a keystone for any one involved in the business. The instructors and staff are very informed and helpful. - Tim Harris, Chrysan Industries
The course was hugely beneficial. Lots of info I didn't know I was missing. Printed material will be useful for me and other people in the lab. - Lina Nashif, Lube-Tech
The course is taught by industry veterans whose insight and experience is both enlightening and intriguing to anyone with basic knowledge of the field and seeking to further develop their skills. - Course Attendee
“Having little experience with Metalworking Fluids, this course appeared to be a great opportunity to learn about different aspects of these products, without having a lean towards one manufacturer or type of product. The presenters appeared very informed on their topics, and the case studies were a good way to help observe how to investigate different issues tied to metalworking fluids. I also appreciated the electronic copies of the presentations to have as references. I would recommend this course to people in a position such as myself, where one has some familiarity with Metalworking Fluids, but does not have intricate knowledge of them.” -Mitchell Hunt, John Deere
"I took this course in order to increase my knowledge of the metalworking fluid market. As an additive supplier I wanted to gather insight on the issues my customers face with their own customers. What I received was my expectations and more. I not only learned problem solving for a machine shop but learned more about microbiology and ways to combat it with metalworking fluids. I thought the instructors were very knowledgeable and were able to reach a diverse audience with both basic terminology and also expanding the terminology for those who were advanced. The information presented at this course is so good, I believe I will take the course in the future to help review the topics presented and I am sure I will pick up new ideas.” -Jason Pesek, Polartech
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