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Safety Webinars with Dr. Laura Helmrich-Rhodes

SMI’s regulatory compliance consultant Dr. Laura Helmrich-Rhodes was scheduled to present four webinars during 2021 to assist the spring industry. Two of the webinars were already conducted, in February on “OSHA under the President Biden Administration: Back to the Future or a Whole New Era?” and in March on “Creating Your Own In-House Training Programs in the COVID Era.”

Still to come this year is “Advanced Accident Investigation Techniques,” on Tuesday, April 27. This webinar is appropriate for safety coordinators/managers, and engineers/technical employees.

“This will focus on what your company needs to do to formalize the accident investigation process, retention of evidence and records,” explained Helmrich-Rhodes. “An overview of pros and cons of more advanced investigation techniques such as Root Cause Analysis, Barrier Analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis will be presented.”

The Tuesday, May 18, webinar will tackle “Leading and Lagging Indicators.” “Measuring your safety, health and environmental efforts to determine if you are meeting or exceeding your goals are necessary, but what metrics have real meaning in those areas, and which can help you to lead your organization to the health and safety culture you aspire?,” said Helmrich-Rhodes.

Helmrich-Rhodes is a former member of Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation. In addition to her work with SMI, Helmrich-Rhodes is an associate professor in the Safety Sciences Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate classes on topics such as OSHA standards, safety communications, workers’ compensation and human relations.

The registration fee per webinar is $129 for each computer terminal for nonmembers. All webinars are complimentary for SMI members, but registration is required. All seminars are scheduled for one hour and begin at 1 p.m. Eastern, Noon Central, 11 a.m. Mountain and 10 a.m. Pacific time.

For complete details and to register, contact Dina Sanchez at dina@smihq.org.

SMI Annual Convention In Arizona Will Be Held in 2022

Due to the ongoing challenges related to COVID-19, the SMI executive committee announced in January that the 2021 SMI Annual Convention would be postponed until 2022. The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale (the original 2021 location) from April 22–April 26, 2022.

“While disappointing, we felt this is the best decision for SMI,” said SMI executive director Lynne Carr.

Spring Design Training Update

Virtual training classes continue to be a popular option for students as COVID-19 challenges the way business is conducted. SMI’s spring design training program is off to a good start in 2021.

Already in 2021 the 203 Torsion Spring Design class was offered online in January, the 202 Extension Spring Design class in February and the 201 Compression Spring Design class in March.

Two advanced classes, 301 Springs – Fatigue and 304 Springs – Dimensioning, Tolerancing and Testing are currently being developed by members of the SMI Technical Committee.

Basic (200 series courses) and advanced (300 series courses) future class offerings include: • 203 Torsion Spring Design

April 22, 2021 • 202 Extension Spring Design

May 20, 2021 • 201 Compression Spring Design

June 24, 2021 • 301 Springs - Fatigue

Spring – Summer 2021 • 304 Springs - Dimensioning,

Tolerancing and Testing

Spring – Summer 2021

It is recommended that students complete the 200 level courses before signing up for the 300 level advances courses.

SMI’s training program consists of three fundamental, seven basic, and four advanced spring design training classes. Fundamentals courses were developed with new hires and non-technical staff in mind. Basic classes are designed to meet the needs of production and technical staff, including engineers, designers, and inspectors. Advanced courses address a higher level of expertise for engineers, designers, and other technical staff. The SMI technical committee, in conjunction with Rick Gordon, SMI’s technical director and Gary Van Buren, SMI’s technical advisor, have worked together to develop these programs.

Two fundamentals training modules, “Spring Fundamentals” and “Overview of Springmaking Materials,” are available to the public on the SMI website: www. smihq.org.

Courses are organized as focused, realworld spring design training programs combining basic spring design content for each spring type with practical handson use of SMI’s world-famous Advanced Spring Design 7 (ASD7) software.

For each spring type, students will learn: • The seven-step spring design process • Definitions and terminology • Design theory • Design stress analysis • How to input engineering design data into the ASD7 software • Important ASD7 tolerancing criteria

Classes benefit students by increasing their spring design knowledge, and benefit their company by having an SMI trained associate as part of their team.

For more information, visit www. smihq.org or contact Dina Sanchez at dina@smihq.org. n

SMI Mourns Passing of Joe Goldberg

SMI mourns the death of Joseph H. Goldberg, age 91, March 7, 2021. Goldberg was the husband of Sheila R. Goldberg; father of Steven, Rick, Brett and Judd; grandfather of nine; great-grandfather of one.

Goldberg loved his golf game, and anything related to his 84 years as a member of Twin Orchard Country Club in Long Grove, Illinois.

Goldberg was the owner of International Spring Company in Morton Grove, Illinois for more than 52 years and an active member of SMI and CASMI. Goldberg served on both boards of directors and is a former CASMI president.

In a Summer 2016 Springs magazine “Springmaker Spotlight,” Goldberg said the business philosophy he followed is what he described as “simple.”

“We make high-quality products at competitive prices with an on-time delivery record. We treat all our customers as if they are part of our team and our company, and we are fair to all of our employees, all the time,” explained Goldberg. “It’s very simple, ‘Treat people as people.’”

Goldberg started college scholarships for young employees at Twin Orchard Country Club, and was influential in getting scholarship programs started at both SMI and CASMI. At SMI, Goldberg sponsored the International Spring Scholarship, which annually awards two students $2,000 each. Goldberg also initiated a special needs program at Temple Jeremiah in Northfield, Illinois.

In his obituary, the family said, “Joe will be in heaven creating a new Twin Orchard Country Club for all his friends who will eventually arrive. He was a great guy and will be dearly missed.”

Calendar of Key Events for the Global Spring Industry

2021

June 8–10

wire Russia

Moscow, Russia www.wire-russia.com

Sept. 22–24

wire Southeast Asia

Bangkok, Thailand www.wire-southeastasia.com

Sept. 28–30

2021 SMI Metal Engineering eXpo

South Point Resort and Casino, Las Vegas www.metalengineeringexpo.org Sept. 30–Oct. 1

ISO/TC 227 – Springs

South Point Resort and Casino, Las Vegas www.iso.org/committee/369318.html Oct. 5–7

Wire South America

São Paulo Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, São Paulo, Brazil www.wire-south-america.com Oct. 7–9

11th International Congress of Springs

Barcelona, Spain www.federnverband.com

October 26–27

WAI InterWire

Atlanta, Georgia https://wirenet.org/events/interwire

2022

April 22–26

SMI Annual Meeting

Hyatt Regency Gainey Ranch, Scottsdale, Arizona www.smihq.org May 9–13

wire and Tube 2022

Düsseldorf, Germany www.wire-tradefair.com/en Oct. 5–7

SpringWorld 2022

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois www.casmi-springworld.org

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