<\/p>\n
Officials from Pennsylvania College of Technology, Bruderer Machinery Inc. and TE Connectivity surround a mechanical stamping press in the college\u2019s Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing. Bruderer Machinery with assistance from TE Connectivity donated the adjustable stroke press system. Nearly 100 manufacturing students have access to the equipment. From left: Bradley M. Webb, dean of engineering technologies; Tim Koppenhaver, stamping supervisor (TE Connectivity); Howard W. Troup, assistant professor and co-department head of automated manufacturing & machining; Shanin L. Dougherty, senior corporate relations officer; Tom Sheridan, technical sales engineer (Bruderer Machinery); Jason A. Yorks, maintenance mechanic\/millwright specialist; and from TE Connectivity: Matt Whitcomb, engineering manager; Korey Harris, tool and die maker; Isaac Gonder, tool and die maker apprentice; and Bill Lavery, stamping manufacturing engineer (retired).<\/p>\n
Alexandra Butler\/Penn College<\/p>\n
Williamsport, Pa. \u2014 Nearly 100 Penn College students have access to a new addition to the Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing: a 20-ton mechanical stamping press.<\/p>\n
Bruderer Machinery Inc., with assistance from TE Connectivity, donated the adjustable stroke press system and accessories, including two stamping dies. Students seeking degrees in machine tool technology, automated manufacturing technology, and manufacturing engineering technology will receive hands-on experience operating the machine.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like a 20-ton cookie cutter. It feeds coiled stock into the machine and then stamps and forms the metal into finished parts,\u201d said Howard W. Troup, assistant professor and co-department head of automated manufacturing & machining. \u201cIn the past, we would show videos of how these machines work. Now, we can show students firsthand how a press system works. We can disassemble the dies to show the inner workings of the dies, and in the future, we plan to build our own dies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Troup\u2019s contacts at TE Connectivity, a world leader in connectors and sensors, facilitated the press system donation from Bruderer Machinery, known internationally as a pacesetter in high-quality punching technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are excited to partner with Penn College and believe it is imperative for students to have hands-on experience in manufacturing to secure a workforce for the future,\u201d said Alois J. Rupp, Bruderer\u2019s president.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur collaboration with Pennsylvania College of Technology to build a comprehensive, hands-on stamping program will help to create a clear pathway of talent into TE Connectivity and other local companies to support the future of manufacturing in Pennsylvania,\u201d added Matt Whitcomb, engineering manager at TE\u2019s site in Lickdale.<\/p>\n
Both Bruderer Machinery and TE Connectivity are members of the Visionary Society ($100,000-$499,999) on the college\u2019s Donor Wall.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are grateful to Bruderer Machinery Inc. and TE Connectivity for this generous donation,\u201d said Shanin L. Dougherty, senior corporate relations officer. \u201cIt is corporate partnerships like this that allow for industry-leading technologies to be made available to our students to broaden their education and make them competitive in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\n Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup.\n <\/p>\n
\n Error! There was an error processing your request.\n <\/p>\n
Get Our Free Newsletters <\/p>\n
Never miss a headline with NorthcentralPa.com newsletters.<\/p>\n
Sign Up Today!<\/p>\n
Morning Headlines:\u00a0Would you like to receive our daily morning newsletter?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Afternoon Update:\u00a0What’s happening today? Here’s your update!<\/p>\n
Daily Obits:\u00a0Get a daily list straight to your email inbox.
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
Keep your news local<\/p>\n
Access to independent, local news is important, do you agree? <\/p>\n
We work hard to deliver timely, relevant news, for free. 100% of your contribution to NorthcentralPa.com goes directly to helping us cover news and events in the region.<\/p>\n
Thank you for saying that local news matters!<\/p>\n
\n Donate Today
\n <\/a><\/p>\n
\n <\/a>
\n
\n <\/a>
\n
\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officials from Pennsylvania College of Technology, Bruderer Machinery Inc. and TE Connectivity surround a mechanical stamping press in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1594,227,1606,1881,97488,139,5629,59774,28,59783,30,29,53776],"class_list":["post-224460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-college","tag-education","tag-lycoming-county","tag-manufacturing","tag-mechanical-press","tag-news","tag-northcentralpa-news","tag-penn-college","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-college-of-technology","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-williamsport-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}